Feb 26, 2021
From her early days at Yahoo! to her current efforts on solving homelessness issues, Harvard Business School alum, Elizabeth Funk takes on new challenges with optimism and gratitude.
EPISODE SUMMARY:
2:15
- What Elizabeth’s childhood was
like
5:45 - Her Savior of the Debutante
Ball
7:16 - The impact of
family
9:33 - Starting out at
Microsoft
13:32 - Eternal optimism and getting into
Harvard
16:36 - Being in tech in the early
days
22:12 - Compensation with shares of
Yahoo!
24:24 - How their first ad ran into a funny faux
pas
27:16 - Yahoo! Shopping - as an early
idea
30:37 - Entrepreneurial ideas taking
shape
33:13 - Leaving Yahoo! to work with her future
husband
36:05 - Moving into
micro-finance
43:22 - What’s next for Dignity
Fund
46:58 - Elizabeth tackles the homelessness
problem
53:02 - Dignity Moves and Social
Enterprises
55:45 - What keeps Elizabeth going, and what’s
next
57:36 - How gratitude lists and optimism can serve
you
QUOTABLES:
7:17
- “I’ve always really prioritized
being there for my children, and it’s been a real
balance.”
19:21 - “People don’t define community by their zip
code, they define community by shared
passion.”
21:31 - “I’ve always felt that if you create
something really powerful, it’ll monetize itself… there will be a
way that it is worth
something.”
34:52 - “You know that self-doubt and that imposter
syndrome - we all have it - and you just have to set it aside and
believe in yourself.”
38:14 - “When someone tells me it can’t be done -
there was something in me… it was my aha moment - I thought, ’Yes,
it can!’.”
40:27 - “A dollar in a woman’s hand is nearly twice
as powerful in terms of economic recovery, than in a man’s, in
developing countries.”
57:51
- “When times are at their worst,
and when there’s disruption in your life or in the world, that
creates opportunity.”
CONNECT WITH US:
Find Elizabeth Funk on Twitter.
Check out our website, Potential to Powerhouse, for more details and to learn about past, present, and future guests. Be sure to follow us on Instagram and Twitter, and join our Facebook Community for a deeper connection with the P2P tribe.
Grab your free copy of our guide, 4 Daily Habits Essential to Becoming a POWERHOUSE Entrepreneur, and don’t forget to subscribe to our show and leave a rating and review. Do you know any other female powerhouses that could benefit from listening? If so, please let them know to follow us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever they like to listen to valuable audio content.
Until next time… High Five!