Am I Brave Enough? Lessons & Stories from an Entrepreneur (with Pamela Raitt)
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Pamela has always believed that acting brave begets being brave – and that the more you put yourself into situations that lie outside of your comfort zone, the deeper becomes your capacity for straying into uncharted territories and experiencing their rewards. When she decided to leave a 25-year corporate career to start her own consultancy, she put that belief to the ultimate test. So just what does it take to be an entrepreneur? Pamela will share some of what she’s learned – both the pitfalls and the accomplishments - why she’s excited about the future of entrepreneurism in the city of Philadelphia, and how her relationship to courage continues to evolve as she steps farther and farther away from her corporate self.
EVENT TIMELINE:
6:00 - 7:00 pm: Networking & Introductions
7:00 - 7:45 pm: Presentation
7:45 - 8:00 pm: Q&A
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER:
Pamela is an established leader who has spent the last 25 years helping global brands create meaningful, memorable cross-channel touch-points, helping them establish or reset their brand identity, leading enterprise-level digital initiatives, and fostering human-centric innovation and design thinking practices into her clients’ work, and cultures.
As Chief Strategy Officer at Bellatrix Group, she oversees all aspects of the firm’s go-to-market strategy and service portfolio, and works directly with clients to identify and map out their brand and business objectives, understand and empathize with their core customer, figure out how technology can best support their goals, and ultimately how to turn their customers into engaged loyalists.
Pamela began her career on Madison Avenue and was privileged to work across channels with large consumer brands including Bank of America, Lucky Strike, CVS and Wendy’s. She later spent several years in Silicon Valley where she helped then emergent brands like Microsoft, eBay, Sony, Yahoo! and Charles Schwab create unique, memorable digital engagement strategies for their prospects and customers. Eventually she made her way to product development, overseeing an experience design team that worked across content strategy, user experience, user interface design and front-end development to bring end-to-end, platform-driven initiatives to global clients including YouTube.
Pamela brings passion, enthusiasm, intellectual curiosity and drive to her work every single day. She continues to be excited and engaged by how technology enables humans, and is grateful to partner with clients who are looking for new ways to solve problems, with people at the center.
Pamela lives in Logan Square with her 13-year-old son.
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ABOUT THE SPONSOR/HOST:
O3 World is a leading digital product design and development agency. They combine strategy, innovation, and a deep understanding of the current and emerging digital ecosystem to deliver results for clients. They work with businesses as their strategic partner to provide long-term digital solutions through web, mobile, e-commerce, and application development. Headquartered in Philadelphia, they emphasize a balanced approach to design, innovative technological solutions, and award-winning agency culture. To learn more, visit http://www.o3world.com.