There is a picture of myself and my business partner from February 13, 2013 (above). Eleven years ago, when my women's leadership platform first launched. We are standing on a stairwell, speaking to a sea of faces.
"You have 300 women RSVP-ed."
I was overwhelmed. I had no website. No membership. No Mastermind. I had no idea what I was doing.
What I didn’t expect was:
1) This would become my full-time business.
2) This would allow me to travel the world.
3) That it would completely change my self-worth.
When I launched this business, it was a by product of a documentary production company. My partner and I were hosting free monthly meetups to build our project pipeline.
First there were 8 attendees.
Then 40.
Then 300.
Many had grown up watching me on television at a time when no Indian women were on mainstream TV. I looked like them. I spoke like them. After years of having a one-way relationship with me from their living rooms, they were coming to share that they were building something. They were doing something outside of the Indian-parent-approved ‘doctor, lawyer, engineer’ professions.
Today, my business provides me with so many pinch-me moments, including a month in Paris this year. Watching my clients tell their stories, get clients, get the promotion, get the job—--It’s why I do what I do.
Since last year’s anniversary I’ve created VIP Days, so women can work with me one-on-one on their thought leadership strategy. This year, I’ll be in Paris, Istanbul, Barcelona, and New York working with women.
I’m already creating the retreats and curriculum for the 2024 Class of the Samita Lab Mastermind.
