CNBC: Career vs. children is the wrong mindset—it’s not a trade off
Here’s how career women can avoid that tingling of guilt about missing that important soccer game. Read the full article on CNBC.com
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HuffPo: BONFIRE OF THE VAIN ONES
This piece was recently featured in The Huffington Post Sometimes I am sitting in a meeting and suddenly Tom Wolfe’s great 1987 novel, “Bonfire of the Vanities” pops into mind. It happens in the presence of a “Master of the Universe,” that deliciously described symbol of Wall Street success. He (almost always a “he”) is a…
[VIEW FULL POST](NYT) A Trillion-Dollar Question: Why Don’t More Women Run Mutual Funds?
This article explores the question of why there are not more women in the mutual fund industry (in America). From the article: “In fact, a paltry 9.4 percent of American mutual fund managers are women, according to a 2015 report by Morningstar. That’s lower than in the rest of the world, where one in five…
[VIEW FULL POST]Video: Kari Firestone at TEDx Beacon Street
This past Saturday, Kari Firestone was a speaker at the annual TEDx Beacon Street Event. TEDx Beacon Street is an independently organized TED talk whereby local communities can hold their own TED events and introduce the TED experience to a wider audience. You can watch the video of her performance below.
[VIEW FULL POST]Kari Firestone Speaks at TEDx Beacon Street
This past Saturday, Kari Firestone was a speaker at the annual TEDx Beacon Street Event. TEDx Beacon Street is an independently organized TED talk whereby local communities can hold their own TED events and introduce the TED experience to a wider audience. Kari spoke about the tenets of Sensible Risk-Taking and how we can apply…
[VIEW FULL POST]HBR – Case Study: An Office Romance Gone Wrong
Kari was featured as an Expert in one of Harvard Business Reviews’ case studies on office romance. Read the article as well as her commentary by following the link below. Read the full article in The Harvard Business Review here.
[VIEW FULL POST]How to Rely on Our Knowledge if We Misjudge What We Know
By Karen Firestone One of the tenets of sensible risk taking, the topic of my recent book, “Even the Odds,” is relying on own knowledge and experience. The more I describe that principle, the more I realize that it needs a footnote. Often, we do not have a solid grasp on what we do and…
[VIEW FULL POST]NYTimes: How Wall Street Bro Talk Keeps Women Down
By Sam Polk JULY 7, 2016 I applaud Sam Polk for the best and most honest piece I have read in my 35 years in the investment business about gender bias on Wall Street. Read the full piece in The New York Times
[VIEW FULL POST]Parent Entrepreneur Power (Podcast)
I was recently featured on the Parent Entrepreneur Power podcast – follow the link below to listen. Power Entrepreneur Podcast with Kari Firestone
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