Women Who Startup Basecamp: "We have a giant sandbox, now let's build a fucking castle."

With the current events of the #metoo movement, it was ever so timely to go to this workshop/presentation put on by Women Who Startup. It's like there is so much turmoil from the past being brought to the surface, women and people speaking up...we don't know how to work through it. (That's pretty much where I've been at with the business...so much going on and no tools and experience to process it.)

The events are founded by Lizelle VanVurren, sho started her first group of entrepreneurial women in 2013 and has now grown the group to host monthly speakers, a summit during Denver Startup Week and 6 minute solutions. All of her programs are directed towards giving women sponsorship and opportunity in a world created and sustained by men(not always a bad thing). But encouraging women to become powerful and bold and run with their ideas. (We need both!)

I loved every word that came out of her mouth. Strong, bold, empowering..to say the least. Luckily, in my lifetime, I have yet to feel like I "can't," do something. Maybe from the encouraging words of my parents, that I could do anything and go anywhere I wanted...or maybe its just something you're born with. As Lizelle put it, "we're bulldozers." We have ideas that we don't take no for an answer, or we just don't stop till we find a solution. She's spotlighting women entrepreneurs and breaking down how they got to where they are, and who they really are.

Last night she interviewed the CEO of @kitables Arieanne DeFazio..an ex-scientist, young personality who thought it would be better to give people an experience by building their own projects; give them all the tools and empower people of all ages to build; backwards in a way, instead of an app, give them a hands on-do-it-yourself kit. I love it!  Anyways, listening to her speak about not knowing anything about finance and crowdfunding when she started..and the fact that she is three years in (where we are as a catering business), really helped me focus on "taking the legos and building."

I (Mezcla Maggie) am at this odd stage where we need to grow the business, but giving up the reins on the "Do everything yourself," roller coaster...is mentally going to be the hardest thing. Finding the right people, to trust with the "baby." I can't really fathom it until it happens...but it's happening. I can't resist growth. That's what we are here for. To learn, to grow, to innovate...hence being an entrepreneur. "We have a giant sandbox, now let's build a fucking castle."

​More reflection to come...