This article was recently featured in The Huffington Post. I recently got some very bad news: I have to stop running. Now! Notice that I didn’t say that I can’t run. I can definitely throw one foot in front of the other, pounding on my knee that no longer contains any cartilage. I can ignore…
[VIEW FULL POST]Kari’s book hit stores last week – here’s a picture of the book at Porter Square Books in Cambridge. Click on the link to order a copy!
[VIEW FULL POST]BY PETER ECONOMY Peter discusses Kari’s book and her 4 tenets of risk taking in a new column on Inc.com. Follow the link below to read the article for free. Read the full article on Inc.com
[VIEW FULL POST]By Cynthia Littleton April 6, 2016 In a recent story for Variety, Cynthia talks to Kari about the number of women on Wall Street and how running her own firm keeps her in constant motion. Read the full story in Variety
[VIEW FULL POST]I am 100% supportive of Caitlyn Jenner’s journey of self-actualization, as well as anyone’s effort to “follow their passion” or “trust their instincts.” However, from the moment of Caitlyn’s unveiling, I have wondered whether any of the media, drooling in anticipation of a new quote from the former Bruce Jenner, would describe the risk of…
[VIEW FULL POST]The Commonwealth School is an academically rigorous, independent, co-ed day school of about 150 students from grades 9 through 12, located in Boston’s Back Bay. I was invited to speak at their graduation and spoke about life, “a-ha” moments, and keeping a sense of humor. Hello, I am Karen Firestone, Chair of the Board…
[VIEW FULL POST]I am a grandmother. I don’t just admit it, I am proud of it. My first grandchild was born when I was fifty five, which is relatively young for American professional women, but I had four children by age 30. I also run an investment firm. You can imagine, then, how interested I might be…
[VIEW FULL POST]This is an article by Robert Lerose on maternity/paternity leave and how it can affect small businesses. My comments on the issue are included in the article about the ability for small businesses to be flexible with employees and encourage them to use their leave to bond with their child and support their wives or partners….
[VIEW FULL POST]You never want to receive an unexpected email from a very important client that reads “I need to talk to you at 2:30 today.” Particularly if he’s never sent you anything like that before. But one morning last month, that was the message that landed in my inbox. My heartbeat quickening, I replied, “Of course,…
[VIEW FULL POST]After the piece I wrote last year about never going out to play golf with clients, colleagues or friends, and deciding that I should do that once every few weeks this summer, I realized that I only left work early once, at 4:00, to play 9 holes after work. I began to think about why…
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