Jill Salzman

Jill Salzman is currently growing her third entrepreneurial venture, The Founding Moms, the world’s first and only collective of offline meetups and online resources for mom entrepreneurs to build better businesses.

A graduate of Brown University and law school, Jill started a music management firm and then launched and later sold a baby jewelry company before creating her current venture. She’s the author of Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs and has been busy writing The Best Business Book In The World (And Other Bold Statements For Entrepreneurs).

Jill is a co-host of Inc. Magazine’s top-rated entertaining business podcast, Breaking Down Your Business, gave her own TED talk on 11/11/11, was dubbed a “mommy mogul” by CNNMoney, a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love” by MSN Live, and she was recently named one of the Top 50 Women to Watch In Tech as well as a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer after Forbes’ named The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs.

Jill has shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu and she regularly appears on ABC7’s Windy City Live TV show. In her spare time, Jill enjoys kloofing, baking, and erasing her daughters’ crayon artwork from the kitchen walls.

CULTIVATING A ‘FANBASE’: HOW TO TURN CUSTOMERS INTO BRAND ADVOCATES

Every business has customers – but only a small percentage have fans – real advocates who not only buy on a regular basis, but evangelize that business to friends, family and co-workers. Could your business benefit from building its fanbase? In this workshop, Jill will walk you through her proven tips and methods to keep your customers coming back for more and get them talking about your business at every chance they get.

TURNING YOUR TEAM INTO AN INNOVATION MACHINE

Is your business or industry changing at the speed of light? Do you need your team to be entrepreneurial and always considering new opportunities? Learn how to inspire greater creativity and innovation for your employees to capture and leverage their creative potential. This program will help you discover how to foster a collaborative environment that unleashes the creative resources of your entire organization; establish systems and processes for effective risk-taking; focus employees’ creativity on the goals of the organization; implement internal structures and processes that make innovation a reality; and inspire a culture of continuous creativity and innovation.

LEARNING LEADERSHIP: FIND THE TRAILBLAZER INSIDE OF YOU

Conventional wisdom says that leaders are unique individuals born with distinct qualities that make people want to follow them. Nothing could be further from the truth.

Leadership can be learned – and great leaders are always learning. In this session, you will learn how to identify your strengths and leverage those strengths to create your unique leadership style. Jill will lead you through the process of discerning your role as a leader in your chosen field. Learn to listen for, understand and master your internal motivations to find and release your inner trailblazer.

"Jill hosted our TEDxNaperville and we needed a host who could bring energy to the event. Jill delivered, and delivered BIG. Getting a full day conference style audience to keep pace and keep energized was no easy task, but Jill handled it with a natural flair." — Founder of TEDx Naperville

"Jill was simply a pleasure to work with. My team and I thought she did an awesome job making the hosting both fun and entertaining. Thank you. We will 100% use Jill again and I would highly highly highly recommend. She is brilliant. Thank you again for helping to make the Women In Sales Awards North America event highly successful." — Managing Director, Zars Media

"Women Tech Founders (WTF) chose to have Jill Salzman lead both of our events for many, many reasons and we never considered anyone else: 1. Jill charges a room with positive energy. She empowers people. 2. Jill is whip smart. Her humor is strategic and cleverly effective. 3. Jill offers experienced suggestions and an easy-going working partnership attitude. 4. Jill is an awesome person. We work at the nation's largest incubator and Jill has a reputation of honesty, fierceness and FUN... so much fun - way more fun than regular people could ever hope to be. Everyone loves Jill. Jill helped WTF create a memorable event that inspired everyone who participated and helped us land our reputation as the hot, new nonprofit in Chicago. She is exceptionally skilled in speaking, hosting and strategic event-planning. I can't recommend Jill more." — Founder of Women Tech Founders Organization