Part biography, part business how-to, and fully empowering, this book is the perfect gift for future entrepenuers! With colorful portraits, fun interviews and DIY tips, Girls Who Run the World features the success stories of 30 leading ladies today of companies like Rent the Runway, PopSugar, and Soul Cycle.
Diana Kapp is a business journalist with an MBA from Stanford
University who has written about education and entrepreneurism for
most of the major media outlets. Girls Who Run the World is her
first novel.
Bijou is an artist and illustrator from Los Angeles. She graduated
with distinction from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA.
Selected clients include- The New Yorker, Nike, Cinespia, ELLE,
girlboss, Harper's Bazaar, InStyle, Little White Lies, Penguin
Books, Refinery29, Rihanna, Stance Socks, The Los Angeles Times,
Glamour, W, ban.do, and Starbucks.
FEATURED ON NPR'S ALL THINGS CONSIDERED
"Kapp's trailblazing CEOs are humble about their formative years,
frank about the daunting challenges they encountered, and
relentlessly encouraging." —Forbes
“Just reading these stories will give you a confidence boost! Here
are 30 incredible women with plenty of secrets to share; they'll
show you that your journey may have bumps, and it probably won't be
a straight path, but if you keep going you will make amazing things
happen.” –Claire Shipman, author of NYT bestseller The
Confidence Code for Girls.
"Girls Who Run the World is a modern-day encyclopedia of the
women who are changing the world today, period." —Sophia Amoruso,
Founder & CEO, Girlboss, a media company dedicated to
empowering women in business, and author of NYT bestseller
#Girlboss.
“Diana Kapp brings us one of the most important gifts of all:
inspiration for the next generation to create lives fueled with
equal parts purpose and ambition. This book is a joyful testament
to the power of girls, the power of immigrants, and the unlimited
potential for young people everywhere to dream boldly.”—Laurene
Powell Jobs, Founder, Emerson Collective and College
Track.
"All girls should dare to dream big, and Girls Who Run
the World gives them the tools to not only achieve those
dreams, but to change the world while they’re doing it."—Arianna
Huffington, Founder & CEO, Thrive Global
“Girls Who Run the World is a woman-to-woman playbook that
spotlights bold businesswomen who have achieved success and done it
in their own way. In these pages, Kapp reminds all women that if we
work hard as one team and support one another, there is no limit to
how far we will go.” – Former Secretary of State, Madeleine K.
Albright
“The startup community needs more female and underrepresented
founders. Diana Kapp's book is sure to inspire future female
founders from all backgrounds to start companies that will change
the world. These profiles will give them the tactics and conviction
to take a risk on their idea and create a product people will tell
their friends about.”—Sam Altman, President of Y Combinator
and Co-chairman of OpenAI
“The book allows us to imagine success by seeing the Girl
CEOs accomplish it.”—Gitanjali Rao, age 14, 2017 winner of
Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge
“Relentlessly upbeat… the final chapters offer general
encouragement and guidance on creating a business plan and elevator
pitch, managing finances, and other necessary skills.” —Kirkus
Reviews
“The empowering tone will inspire girls to dream big, then break
barriers in the business world. Accessible for readers across
middle and high school." —School Library Journal
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