Wednesday Women

🎉Congratulations to……. Channa Bannis, founder of Marketing 4 Moments, a demand gen expert, helping B2B SaaS companies penetrate the mid-market and enterprise segments. and Nomiki Petrolla, founder of PDS Lab, helping non-technical female founders build technology in the first product accelerator for women. They both have received a Wednesday Women Marketplace listing sponsored by Sara Mirza, founder of Avra Coaching. This is a perfect example of small ripples we can make that help lead to big change. Checkout out Women-Founded, Women-Led Marketplace 💜 https://lnkd.in/eWJ-Envx 💜 #womensupportingwomen #wednesdaywomen

❓Who are the women in investing we should follow and be inspired by? We are working on a series of women making waves 🌊 in investing. VC, Angels, people influencing where the money goes. Last week we finished up our Women in AI series with so much positive feedback. So now it’s time for Women in Investing. 💜 Please tag the women we should know in the comments. There are so many out there changing the landscape and we want to know them. #womeninvc #womenininvesting #angelinvestors

Curious to meet the first businesses in the Wednesday Women Marketplace? Come on over to https://lnkd.in/eWJ-Envx You'll find coaching, sales consulting, new software, recruiting firms and tech, and more. Plus, by participating, these businesses are supporting our mission - to raise visibility of women execs - on social, keynotes, panels, and podcasts. 🌊 Want your business or show or book or... anything... to be featured? 1. Comment below and tag a friend for a chance to win a spot, fully paid, for a year! This opportunity is being offered by Sara Mirza of Avra Coaching - and we'll be picking a winner by EOD Friday! 🎉 2. Apply directly: https://lnkd.in/gwgAzmb3 #womenledbusiness #womanleaders

👋 On this fine Wednesday, please meet Michelle Benfer, the SVP, Head of Revenue at BILL, a leading financial operations platform for small and midsize businesses (SMBs). Michelle is a skilled leader with more than 20 years of experience leading and driving successful sales teams at some of the world's most influential software and media companies. She is super-passionate about cultivating healthy, inclusive, high-performing sales teams, driving growth, and having fun with her team while she does it. ✨ Prior to joining BILL, she was Senior Vice President Sales, The Americas at HubSpot (NYSE: HUBS), where she helped lead and grow the company’s sales teams and contributed to HubSpot’s strong topline growth during her tenure. She also served as Global VP of Sales at LogMeIn, driving their high-growth products, and held various sales roles in several media companies, including AOL, Meredith Corp, and Condé Nast. She’s an OG Member & Ambassador at Pavilion, as well as a Board Member at PROS. 📣 Her TedTalk would be on 👉 “The Future of Sales: Using buyer behavior in the Sales process as the key insight to building a predictable, scalable, revenue engine.” Her advice for people early in their career? 👇 “You don't always have to move up. Building a portfolio of experience can sometimes be a better asset than simply going rep ➡️ team lead ➡️ manager ➡️ Director. For example, Rep➡️ International post ➡️ enablement ➡️ manager could set you up for a faster path to Director based on your more varied experience. The portfolio of experience path is a solid one.” ⭐️Follow Michelle and learn more below. ___________________ Wednesday Women is supported by Commsor 🦕 - where business and personal success is created by a focus on “go-to-network” and relationship-driven growth. Enjoyed this post?  Subscribe to our newsletter: https://lnkd.in/gG7MfApJ 💜 Help us amplify the voices of outstanding women with likes, comments, shares, and follow Wednesday Women to meet more inspiring women weekly. 💜 #wednesdaywomen #womenempowerment #womenexecutives #womenleaders #womeninsales Leslie Greenwood Melissa Moody 🍵

Today, we’re happy to introduce you to Lorraine K. Lee, the Founder of RISE Learning Solutions, where she helps hundreds of thousands of professionals become more recognized, influential, successful, and empowered. ✨ Before starting her own company, Lorraine was a founding editor at companies like Prezi, SlideShare, and LinkedIn. In these roles, she collaborated with global business leaders and helped launch core products, including LinkedIn Daily Rundown and LinkedIn Newsletters. She has a decade of experience leading editorial teams at the world’s top tech firms. Lorraine is a top-rated global keynote speaker, an instructor for Stanford Continuing Studies and LinkedIn Learning, and the author of Unforgettable Presence: How to Get Seen, Gain Influence, and Catapult Your Career (Wiley, 2025). She is recognized as a LinkedIn Top Voice and has been featured in numerous publications, including Inc., ReadWrite, and Entrepreneur. She has also been a guest on many podcasts. She’s very passionate about helping people supercharge their professional presence! 💜 👉 “How and where you're seen - these are the two critical puzzle pieces to succeeding in a professional environment. If you only have one, you will only get so far. For example, hard work is great, but if no one sees it, then it's not going to be very impactful. On the flip side, if you're seen everywhere but you can't back it up with a strong reputation, that also won't do much for you. So many topics fall within presence - your career brand, LinkedIn presence, the way you communicate virtually, how you give/receive feedback, and so much more.” 🙌 ⭐️Follow Lorraine K. and learn more below. ___________________ Wednesday Women is supported by Commsor 🦕 - where business and personal success is created by a focus on “go-to-network” and relationship-driven growth. Enjoyed this post?  Subscribe to our newsletter: https://lnkd.in/gG7MfApJ 💜 Help us amplify the voices of outstanding women with likes, comments, shares, and follow Wednesday Women to meet more inspiring women weekly. 💜 #wednesdaywomen #womenempowerment #womenfounders #womenspeakers #womenauthors Leslie Greenwood Melissa Moody 🍵

You thought announcing our WW Marketplace was big news?!?! Well, hang on. Because the marvelous Sara Mirza at one of our marketplace featured partners Avra Coaching is offering to pay for YOUR (women-owned or women-led) business to be featured on the marketplace for a year! WHOA. Interested in being considered!? 👇 Just leave a comment on this thread and tag a friend who should be following WW! We'll pick a winner at EOD Friday and that lucky winner will have their business added to the Wednesday Women Marketplace for a full year! ➡️ p.s. If you just want to get on there no matter what... check out the marketplace here and apply. https://lnkd.in/eWJ-Envx #contest #WomanOwned #FemaleOwnedBusiness

📣 Today, we launch our Women-Owned, Women-Led Marketplace 📣 Starting today, you can see a growing list of businesses and individuals who: 💃 are women-owned/women-led 💜 are supporting our mission at WW 👀 are worth checking out - and getting in touch with! A huge thank-you to our first partners on the marketplace: give them a follow on LinkedIn and on our site! Women in Customer Success - leading destination for women in CS Score More Sales - for mid-market companies hiring sales rockstars #samsales Consulting#samsales Consulting#samsales Consulting - positive impact + sales training + linkedin coaching Avra Coaching - free consult if you mention WW Marketplace! Blueprint Expansion - leading GTM recruiter My Panda - personal assistant next door app HireQuotient - transformational talent-acquisition SaaS Matcha.so 🍵 - solutions for professionals investing in network-driven growth ... Should your company be featured here? (And get a piece of this air-time?!) Check out the marketplace and apply here. https://lnkd.in/eWJ-Envx #womeninbusiness #FemaleOwned #WomanOwned

Drum roll please 🥁🥁🥁 We have exciting news! 🎉 We’re proud to introduce - The Ripple 🌊 - a brand-new podcast by Wednesday Women where extraordinary women executives share their turning points, growing pains, breakthroughs, and triumphs. Join us as we share formative moments from their journeys that will create a ripple effect and inspire women everywhere to show up with confidence in work and life. 💜 Hosted by the brilliant Ashley Laabs from Composure Digital, and brought to you by our dynamic duo, Melissa Moody 🍵 and Leslie Greenwood. 💜 🎧 Tune in to the trailer *now* and stay tuned for Episode 1, that’s coming out real soon! You won't want to miss it, so make sure to subscribe to The Ripple wherever you enjoy your podcasts. 👉 Spotify: https://lnkd.in/dk8tzNiB 👉 Apple: https://lnkd.in/dvC6BPiq 👉 YouTube: https://lnkd.in/dyV_Vb-F #theripple #podcast #wednesdaywomen

A warm thank you ... 💜 To the women innovating, leading, and building in AI - those we featured over the last two weeks and so many more 🌊 To our followers and supporters who raved about this series... Keep telling your peers and together we'll flood the internet with more examples of amazing women leaders 💻 To our coming robot overlords... we hope you see just how excited we are for your arrival 😂 And most of all to our Founder Leslie Greenwood for bringing this idea to the table, building an incredible list of must-follow Women in AI, and creating community around it. #TheRipple doesn't stop here. Share the article and keep sending us names we should be following and amplifying! #womenleaders #womeninai Women And AI

Minneapolis Wednesday Women, what are you doing on Wednesday 7/24 4 - 7pm? Join Wednesday Women’s co-founder, Leslie Greenwood along with Pavilion friends Walter Pape and Kate DiLeo for an executive mixer at North House - in the North Loop of Downtown Minneapolis. This event is for Pavilion members, Pavilion curious and executive women in the area. As we say, Wednesday Women is not just for women, it’s for all. Show up, grab a beverage (alcoholic and NA options available at no cost!), and get to know like-minded business leaders in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area. Who should attend? CEOs, Executive Leaders, as well as sales, marketing, and revenue leaders of fast-growing SaaS and B2B Service companies who desire to build relationships that foster personal and professional growth. Questions? Drop us a message or comment below! 👇 SIGN UP HERE >> https://lnkd.in/gbtt8EDF #minneapolis #executivemixer #community #pavilion #wednesdaywomen