Victoria Montgomery Brown is the CEO and co-founder of Big Think, the knowledge company that makes people and companies smarter, faster through efficient e-learning from world-renowned-experts.
The website is a collection of interviews, presentations, and round table discussions with experts from a wide range of fields.
Since founding Big Think in 2007, Victoria has transformed the company from a thought leadership forum to the leading knowledge company for a competitive edge in the knowledge economy. She has overseen the development of Big Think’s content and e-learning solutions to improve how people and organizations perform through BigThink.com, and its corporate e-learning solution, Edge. I’ve overseen the creation of two subscription products, to help people advance personally and professionally.
As CEO, Victoria Montgomery Brown oversees and direct all fundraising, investor relations Big Think’s strategic partnerships with global 5000 companies including initiatives with Shell, Intel, Merck, Mercer, Microsoft, HP, Electronic Arts, Citi; co-branded content creation with MSNBC, The Washington Post and the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University; and licensing agreements with educational institutions and corporations including Harvard Business School, University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management, Pearson and McGraw Hill, among others.
Digital Goddess: The Unfiltered Lessons of a Female Entrepreneur
With women leading only twenty-four Fortune 500 companies, female founders receiving only 2.2 percent of US venture capital, and the continued presence of sexual harassment and double standards, the gender gap continues to hinder the advancement of women in the professional world.
In Digital Goddess, Montgomery-Brown—founder of Big Think, a collection of experts across all fields and disciplines that are either at the top of their field or disrupting it, shares her story in an entertaining and educational light. Told from the unique, female entrepreneurial perspective that unpacks all the hurdles other female founders may face in their own journey to the top, Montgomery-Brown shares the real-world lessons she’s learned along the way, such as:
- Never lie to your investors, even when you just got arrested.
- Raising money is a poker game—learn how to play.
- The power and money still lie with men. Pretending it’s not that way, or being angry about it, won’t lead to success.
- Your relationship with your co-founder is like a second marriage, so forget about keeping the personal out of the workplace.
- The more authentic you are, and the more fun you have, the better your experience will be.
This book is about dealing with the way things are, even when you don’t like it, and being yourself, even when it seems like a drawback. It’s about sucking it up, making the hard choices, and dealing with the consequences. It’s about being honest no matter what is going down.
Victoria’s been called “the anti-Elizabeth Holmes,” for a good reason—unlike the ill-fated Theranos CEO, she’s transparent with her investors even when she fears they will walk away.
Digital Goddess is a story for entrepreneurial women at any stage of life who want to know what it actually takes to build a business in a world that’s not always fair, predictable, or politically correct.
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