Mastering Transitions and Maximizing Impact w/ Elisa Miller-Out

58 minutes Posted Dec 11, 2019 at 8:43 pm.

“We are a for profit company but we have a social and environmental mission as well. We believe in making the world a better place through technology and using technology for positive change in the world.”

Why diversity in technology matters

“The whole kind of ecosystem and landscape around innovation right now is being driven largely by a handful of white men still which is why I feel very strongly that this space is also defining a future for all of us because technology innovation is happening at this incredibly rapid pace right now and truly truly shaping our future and I just feel really strongly that we need to have a lot more voices at the table building that future together."

“I didn’t start out independently wealthy or anything like that so everything I’ve created in terms of my businesses I’ve done basically just bootstrapping.”

How to transition into the tech world without a tech background.

Why the ability to translate between technical and non technical speak is very powerful

Do you NEED to understand technology to start a business today? Hear what Elisa has to say.

“I think a lot of being an entrepreneur is just recognizing what your strengths are, and what your weaknesses are, and what your passions are, and having really good self knowledge so that you can then understand what team members you need to bring on who can do all the things you’re not as good at but that they’re passionate about.”

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How to land fortune 500 level clients

How to design your days for maximum impact

“One of the things I love about entrepreneurship and about the tech space in particular is that I feel like it actually allows for the most flexibility in terms of lifestyle, and that’s a message I’d like to get out there for a lot more women.”

The ritual that helps Elisa tap into her flow state

Why partnership matters

“I can also only do that because in part I have an incredibly supportive husband whose really a partner to me not just in the business but at home

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Elisa Miller-Out is an experienced tech entrepreneur, investor, board director and community builder. She is Managing Partner at Chloe Capital (chloecapital.com), a seed stage venture capital firm investing in women-led innovation companies. She also serves as a mentor, advisor and Entrepreneur in Residence with several organizations including: NYSERDA, The Center for Regional Economic Advancement, Cornell University, Launch NY, 76West and more. She’s an instructor with the National Science Foundation Innovation Corps and a guest lecturer at Cornell and Columbia. Elisa serves as a board director at Women 2.0, GatheringUs and as chair of the board at Singlebrook. Singlebrook is a custom software services firm Elisa co-founded and led as CEO for over 10 years. She oversaw the successful acquisition of a division of the company in 2016. Elisa has been featured in the New York Times, the Washington Post, USA Today, Forbes and other publications, and she speaks about technology and entrepreneurship at events across the country. Elisa graduated Summa Cum Laude from Barnard College of Columbia University.

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“I just find most other jobs wouldn’t grant me the flexibility that being my own boss gives me.”

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