Female Founders: Dr Robin Sargent On The Five Things You Need To Thrive and Succeed as a Woman Founder

Good founders are humble enough to know that development is part of their job. Personal and professional development is not a personal investment, it is a business investment.

As part of my interview series, I had the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Sargent. After stints as a training director for a billion-dollar company and an assistant dean of students for a large university, Dr. Robin Sargent decided to open IDOL courses to be the leading trade school teaching instructional design and online learning to people of all backgrounds. In her 17 years in the industry, she has delivered creative and dynamic instructional design content for large corporate companies and universities.

After five successful years at the helm of IDOL courses, Dr. Sargent plans to continue growing enrollment for IDOL courses offerings and expanding the recruitment and staffing placements in instructional design.

Can you tell us a bit about your “backstory”? What led you to this particular career path?

When I graduated from college with a BA and an MA in Biblical and Theological Studies in 2007 the only thing I…