How She Made It To Forbes’ 2014 “30 Under 30”
Tiffany Pham, Founder and CEO of Mogul, shared her one woman team story from the start.
On the 14th April 2017, we attended the NYU Startup Week Keynote Address held at LinkedIn HQ New York in Empire State Building. Tiffany Pham was the speaker for the event and we learned several important points as she shared her experiences founding Mogul.
Tiffany Pham
Tiffany Pham is the Founder & CEO of Mogul, an award-winning worldwide platform connecting women to trending content, including articles, videos, questions, photos, products, and courses that are personalized to their interests. Mogul is visited by millions of women from over 196 countries and territories and 20,651 cities worldwide. Mogul was named one of the “Top Sites for Marketing Your Company Online” by Forbes in 2015, a “Top NYC Startup to Watch” in 2015 by Entrepreneur and “Best Website for Finding Top Talent” by Inc. Magazine. Tiffany was named one of Forbes’ 2014 “30 Under 30” in Media, Business Insider’s 2014 “30 Most Important Women Under 30” in Technology, and also the Winner of the 2014 Cadillac “Innovator” Award in Film. Tiffany was also named one of ELLE Magazine 2015 “30 Women Under 30 Who Are Changing the World.”
She is a frequent speaker at Harvard Business School, Bloomberg, North-eastern, Columbia, and events from Beijing and Dubai. Tiffany is also the co-author of the book From Business Strategy to Information Technology Roadmap: A Practical Guide for Executives and Board Members (published by CRC Press). She is a graduate of Yale University and Harvard Business School.
Lessons from Tiffany
Remember Why This Is Important To You.
Technology
Don’t be narrow minded. To create an environment that thrives on creativity and entrepreneurial spirit, voice out all ideas and hear all ideas first. For the prototype, set your ideas into a tangible reality and get started. Once the product is out, iterate rapidly by perfecting it over time.
Networking
Build support among business leaders. You got to contact those at the very top to accelerate your path upwards. Build your support among business leaders and contact those at the very top to accelerate your path upwards. Because who you hang out with will determine your path to success. Tap into their networks and gain access to other individuals you need to become the best version of yourself. Optimize your conversations by asking if there is anyone they can introduce to help you with something you need support in. Collaborate and learn by working on projects together to improve your own skills and knowledge base.
Community
Always be kind and practice empathy because it will help you to connect to others externally and internally. Remain true to yourself and be authentic. Stay with your mission and it will help you maintain buy-in as you grow. Be generous and give without expectation. It will inspire goodwill in the world around you and an opportunity will be presented when you least expected it.
Lastly, Tiffany mentioned a mistake we all should not make. During her first pitch, she used black background for her presentation and it was not ideal for printing. So remember, use a white background for your pitch presentation!
