NATHALIE MOLINA NIÑO
Startup Ideation For Getting Unstuck & Finding Inspiration
Creativity is a muscle, one that entrepreneurs exercise on a daily basis. But too many of us get stuck or never take the leap because we think we're just "not creative enough" to be entrepreneurial. Nathalie’s curriculum was developed at the Athena Center for Leadership Studies of Barnard College at Columbia University, for women, by women. It later became the basis for the best-selling business book, Leapfrog, The New Revolution for Women Entrepreneurs (Tarcher Perigee, Random House) published in 2018 and named among Book Authority's "Best CEO Books of All Time." Join Leapfrog author, serial entrepreneur and investor, Nathalie Molina Niño in this workshop that will inspire you to rethink everything you were ever taught about entrepreneurship, creativity and especially, your own capacity for idea-generation!
Whether you are looking to sharpen your entrepreneurial skills for a corporate job or for your own business, this workshop is for you and will give you a fresh perspective and a reset. Based on years of startup experience and the latest brain science, Nathalie will guide you through a process that has been tested with thousands of women and girls nationwide (via the Athena Center, and the United State of Women), and has developed a global following thanks to Nathalie's book, Leapfrog. This workshop is suited for all women – whether they see themselves as intrapreneurs, entrepreneurs or just curious about what it looks like to think like a startup founder!
Participants will learn:
• Creativity is something everyone can develop
• The basic architecture of a business plan
• A repeatable process for getting unstuck and generating ideas quickly
• An easy to learn [and teach] process to pass along to others
MONEY TALK / Future-Proofing Your Legacy
MONEY WORKSHOP / Money + ENTREPRENEURSHIP
BIO
Nathalie Molina Niño is co-founder at Known. She's an entrepreneur, builder capitalist and tech globalization veteran focused on high-growth businesses that benefit women and the planet. She co-founded the trade organization for Builder Capitalists, an alternative asset class to VC. A technologist and coder by training, she's a consummate entrepreneur, and a storyteller at heart. Molina Niño advises FullCycle, Hispanas Organized for Political Equality (HOPE), and Vote, Run, Lead, and formerly served as advisor or board member of WE NYC (City of New York), Launch with GS (Goldman Sachs), the WOCstar Fund, the American Medical Association (Health Equity Group) and Accion Opportunity Fund. She serves on the boards of the National Institute for Reproductive Health, Hanky Panky, Carson Life and Cadence OTC. In 2019 she was honored with Schneps' inaugural Women of Wall Street Awards for her influence in banking and finance and was named among People Magazine's most powerful Latinas.
Keith Ferrazzi called her a “super-connector” in his updated best-selling classic, Never Eat Alone, saying Nathalie is the “fuel core of a network that makes it easy for her to tap the resources to get stuff done, and done quickly.” She launched her first tech startup at the age of 20 and spent 14 years in the tech globalization industry. In 2012, Molina Niño co-founded Entrepreneurship@Athena at Barnard College, Columbia University. In 2014, she stepped in as interim Chief Revenue Officer of PowerToFly. And in 2016 she helped Nely Galan launch her NY Times Best Selling book and eLearning platform, SELF MADE, then launched her first investment firm, BRAVA Investments.
During her career in tech, Molina Niño was involved in launching and growing a multinational business with Lionbridge (NASDAQ: LIOX) into a $100M operation in 30+ countries. At Lionbridge she helped lead the growth of its largest business from approx $5M in 2003 to nearly $100M in 2009, including the inception of the strategic relationship with Microsoft Bing.
She has advised industry leaders ranging from multinationals (Disney, Microsoft, MTV, The Discovery Channel, Mattel), early stage startups (Cranium, Seed & Spark, Tomboyx) and non-profits (Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, World Affairs Council). She contributes widely, from books like Tim Ferriss’ 4-Hour Workweek to Time Magazine, Newsweek, the Boston Globe, MSNBC & CNBC. In 2018 Penguin Random House published her book, LEAPFROG The New Revolution for Women Entrepreneurs (Tarcher Perigee), named among Book Authority's "Best CEO Books of All Time."