Ep. 293 | Strength in the Struggle: How You Can Use Challenges To Succeed with Susan Sly
Susan Sly is an entrepreneur, business owner, tech investor, best-selling author, and former professional athlete. She has built sales teams that have generated over $2 billion. However, she has faced many challenges in her life, including homelessness, a divorce, and being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS).
Despite her struggles, Susan's resilience, faith, and determination have helped her overcome her challenges and empower others by first empowering herself. Her story is one you don't want to miss.
ABOUT Susan Sly
Susan Sly is a tech Co-Founder, Co-CEO, host of the popular podcast Raw and Real Entrepreneurship, investor, and founder of The Fem Boss Incubator. As a female co-founder, Susan is in the 2% of US based companies which have at least one female founder. Susan is passionate about helping women launch and grow successful startups. She has built sales teams that have generated close to $2 billion USD. She is a mother of 4, resides in Scottsdale, Arizona with her husband Chris, and is an alumni of The MIT Sloan School of Management.
Susan Sly is a tech investor, co-founder, best-selling author, keynote speaker, entrepreneur and podcast host of Raw and Real Entrepreneurship. She has appeared on CNN, CNBC, Fox, Lifetime Television, The CBN, The Morning Show in Australia and been quoted in MarketWatch, Yahoo Finance, Forbes, and more. Susan is also a member of the Forbes Business Counsel. Susan holds an Advanced Certificate for Executives in Management, Innovation, and Technology from MIT and is the author of 7 books.
As a highly acclaimed keynote speaker, Susan has spoken for MIT, NVIDIA, Intel, Lenovo, and shared the stage with Tony Robbins, Jack Canfield, Robert Kiosaki, and more. And she has been a featured guest speaker for the National Restaurant Association, Executives Next Practices Institute, Forbes Roundtable, Corenet Global and the Edge AI Summit.
In 2022, Susan was honored to receive the Rosalind Franklin Society Award in Science and a nomination for the Rising Star in AI from Venture Beat. Susan is the Co-CEO, and Co-founder, of RadiusAI – an award-winning artificial intelligence company with offices on three continents.
Susan has completed the Boston Marathon 6X and placed Top 10 in the Pro Division of the Ironman Triathlon in Malaysia. Susan is passionate about philanthropy and has dedicated a significant amount of time and money working to liberate girls from trafficking and invest in education to support women and girls who have survived trauma and abuse both domestically and overseas.
Susan is the mother of four children and resides with her husband in Scottsdale, Arizona. Find out more about Susan at www.susansly.com.
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