Her Perspective: Reflections on Leadership from Five Successful Women in TBED

With Sheryl Sandberg’s modern day feminist manifesto, Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead, as the backdrop, SSTI invited these five influential women who have been involved in the tech-based economic development field since its formative decade (1980-1990) to provide their perspective on some of the key — and controversial — issues raised in the book and to talk about the challenges involved in rising to the top.

To call them trailblazers is quite fitting. They have broken barriers in traditionally male-dominated fields and led some of the most progressive initiatives designed to boost our nation’s competitiveness. But beyond the "wild west" analogy, these five women are top-notch innovators, who for the past 25 years have helped shape technology-based economic development in states and regions across the country through hard work, sacrifice, dedication, and a passion for leadership.

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