Scaling with Soul

<p><span style=color: rgba(13 13 13 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Before Co-founder and CEO Sharon K. Gillenwater exited Boardroom Insiders for 25 million dollars in 2022 she was a kid growing up in the turbulent '70s in sleepy Ocean Beach California. A voracious reader and deep thinker often at odds with her working-class parents she was determined to break from her surroundings-though she never thought her dreams would take her to the top of the tech food chain.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(13 13 13 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>In </span><em style=color: rgba(13 13 13 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Scaling with Soul</em><span style=color: rgba(13 13 13 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)> a swashbuckling memoir of resilience on the journey to becoming a CEO Gillenwater traces her path from waitress to marketer to bootstrapping founder of an industry-leading software company-all despite false starts sexism and an imploded first startup. In the process she shares crucial lessons about how ambitious founders can learn to cultivate resilience without losing their soul.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(13 13 13 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Illuminating the myriad challenges inherent in tech startups and VC funding and offering advice on how to beat them </span><em style=color: rgba(13 13 13 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Scaling with Soul </em><span style=color: rgba(13 13 13 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>is also a toolbox of nuts-and-bolts tech wisdom for ambitious founders: on networking scaling companies navigating the politics of acquisitions and more.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(13 13 13 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Told in a voice guaranteed to galvanize Gillenwater encourages readers to become tomorrow's leaders today and proves that entrepreneurship is a viable path to financial independence for all no matter your gender or background. </span></p>