CEO Brewpoint Coffee | Co-Author Starting & Running a Coffee Shop | City Commissioner Elmhurst Economic Development | Entrepreneur-In-Residence at Innovation Dupage
I'm going to try something different. I actually don't like social media too much as I've had a hard time knowing how to be authentic on it. But I've been on this journey where my internal voice is getting clearer and clearer, and so I'm going to attempt a different way of sharing achievements on here. The Achievement (aka what you see): I'm honored to be selected for the Tory Burch Foundation Entrepreneur Program 2024! This is an amazing organization of people with resources and energy to help women succeed in business. What you don't see: Meeting this incredible group of women was a pivotal moment for me last week. I've been struggling to figure out my North Star in business as the more success I've had, the more pressure and disconnection I've felt. With big opportunities on the horizon, the fear of failure has been making it harder and harder to know why I am doing all this in the first place. Meeting with Tory and other incredible women on the call, it was clear they know why they are doing what they are doing (to give women the resources and connections needed to do big things, things that have never been done before). Hearing their vision and clarity, made me take this week to really sit with myself. I don't want Brewpoint Coffee to be whatever will make it successful. I want it to continually carry a message for what I believe is important during this brief time I am on the Earth. Coffee is so often referred to as fuel, but for me, it has a product that caused me to pause and find inspiration, hope, and purpose. One thing I am soaking in from our fellows meeting is this concept of being a leader that embraces failure. I am learning to be someone who sees failure as not something to run from, but a necessary teacher, to guide me to what is right for me. Thank you, Tiffany Dufu, for your wisdom on this. So right now, I am very grateful to be where I am, nearly 10 years into being an entrepreneur, but still feeling fresh with a child-like wonder for what is in front of me. I look forward to sharing the evolution of what's to come.
