Through personal interviews with twenty-nine of today’s global, top-performing women in purpose-driven organizations, the book offers, men and women, a unique, insider view into the diverse pathways to success. Whether you’re an entrepreneur, corporate leader, or new to business, InnovateHERs provides stories and ideas that show how to leverage your personal entrepreneurial mindset to accelerate your purpose-driven professional journey.
Ms. Kurshan speaks about how accomplished, purpose-driven, entrepreneurial women blazed new trails and rose to the top of their professions. Discover how to think bigger, lead stronger, and embrace your unique passions, traits, and skills.
"InnovateHERs inspires and guides by telling the stories of a diverse set of women who have developed the mindset, and have used it to succeed in brilliant ways." —Coco Brown, CEO, The Athena Alliance.
"One inspiring story after another, this is a great book about great women." —Jack Lynch, CEO and President, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Barbara “Bobbi” Kurshan is a thought leader, connector and entrepreneur with outstanding expertise at innovating collaboration among researchers, educators, policymakers, and investors.
Copies of InnovateHers will be available at the event.
Dr. Barbara (Bobbi) Kurshan has honed her vision of “what can be” using technology while supporting purpose-driven companies and developing innovative products. She is a Senior Innovation Advisor at the Graduate School of Education at Penn where she builds and advises education innovation ecosystems.
As the President of ECC, she provides strategic consulting on digital transformation, entrepreneurship, and innovation. As the past Executive Director of Curriki, Bobbi helped to build one of the most innovative global open-source education communities. Dr. Kurshan has previously served as the Co-CEO of Core Learning, an education investment fund, and the Chief Academic Officer of big chalk. She currently serves on the board of American Public Education and invests and advises several edtech companies.
She is the author of several books, articles, and regularly blogs for Forbes.com. She was recognized in 2023 for her work as the IT Innovator of the Year by IBIT Philadelphia and Globant’s Women that Build Board Executive Awardee.
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