#002: Terri Brax on Lessons in Resilience, The Power of the Collective, Rightful Spotlights, Women in Tech, Dialing Up the Change, and Much More

Terri Brax — Lessons in Resilience, The Power of the Collective, Rightful Spotlights, Women in Tech, Dialing Up the Change, and Much More!

“I was able to come into the tech community that was happening in Chicago at that time, and things were just kind of lifting off the ground. There was so much work to do on so many different levels.  

But there was also this community of people there that I found, that I had never been exposed to before, that felt like, let's go change the world. As difficult as it was being a woman of color coming into that, there was also a very special camaraderie and we have your back at the same time. At that point, less than 3% of all startups were led by women.” —Terri Brax

Terri Brax (@terribrax) is an entrepreneur, connector and community builder. She is the founder of TeacherCare (@teachercare), a nationwide agency for private teachers and the founder and CEO of Women Tech Founders (@womentechfounders), a leading voice for the tech startup ecosystem around female entrepreneurs.

Through Women Tech Founders, Terri builds opportunities that advance innovation and leadership in underrepresented communities. In this role, she's helped thousands of female founders across the nation and beyond. Her community-building work has been honored by Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and former Mayor Rahm Emanual. And she's interviewed trailblazers like Senator Tammy Duckworth, State Representative Susana Mendoza and cofounder Angie Hicks of Angie's List. Terri has been recognized as a Forbes Woman, WGN's MVP, the Tribune's Most Remarkable Woman, the Herald's Influential Woman in Business, 50 on Fire's Civic Leader, and featured in Crain’s, The New York Times, Entrepreneur Magazine, and Forbes, among others.

Terri also organizes events for foster and at-risk families and participates in boards and activities that drive progressive communities forward. She is a speaker and leads panels on diversity, innovation, and community-building, and is a founding member of the Women’s Entrepreneurial Institute.

Terri connects people, organizations, and ideas to equalize power and unleash potential.

Please enjoy this wide-ranging conversation with Terri Brax (@terribrax) and Founded By Women host, Margie Chuang (@margiechuang)!

For more about this episode, visit: https://www.foundedbywomen.com/podcast/terri-brax. 

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