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Sept. 29, 2023

Liz Elting: How to Dream Big and Win

Liz Elting: How to Dream Big and Win

My guest on episode 291 of #thePOZcast is Liz Elting. Liz is the Founder and CEO of the Elizabeth Elting Foundation, an entrepreneur, linguaphile, philanthropist, feminist, and mother. 

After living, studying, and working in five countries across the globe, Liz founded TransPerfect out of an NYU dorm room in 1992 and served as co-CEO until 2018. TransPerfect is the world's largest language solutions company, with over $1.1 billion in revenue and offices in more than 100 cities worldwide. 

Today Liz helps empower women and other underrepresented groups to hopefully put them into the position to do all the great things she’s done with TransPerfect and elsewhere, plus more! Let's get right into her story as there’s much to unpack. Enjoy!

For all things Liz, please check out:
Book: https://www.amazon.com/Dream-Big-Win-Translating-Creating/dp/1119904366https://www.lizelting.com/https://www.elizabetheltingfoundation.org/

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0:44 - Introduction 

2:20 - Fun memories of different cultures and languages

5:10 - Quick language learner
 

6:14 - Favorite country/city

7:00 - Favorite food city in the world

7:33 - Mix of Parents' career/interest

9:36 - Accident at the age of 14

13:39 - The Origin story 

17:25 - Gender Bias in corporate culture

 18:39 - Getting into the Translation industry

20:55 - Early lessons during opening a business

22:22 - Reaction to the business

24:37 - Experience in building teams/Hiring process

27:05 - Getting into BIG Business

28:34 - In touch with employees and customers 

30:39 - Valuable Feedback

31:33 - Show by change

32:25 - Toxicity in the workplace

34:23 - The hardest thing to make a difference on

37:44 - Advice to college girls

39:18 - "Dream big & win" - book writing process

41:51 - Liz's Superpower

42:49 - Liz's Northstar