Women with Brilliance

PDX Small Business Network

Here in Portland, we’re so lucky to have access to so many women-friendly groups and organizations. Today, I’m talking to the founder of one such organization: Nina Roberts of Women With Brilliance. WWB is a group meant for the “modern woman”: moms who are doing all the mom things, making dinners, taxing their kids, and so on, but also have a deep desire and passion to have a business for themselves. Nina’s kids are grown and out of the house now, but she was that “modern woman” herself! And when she told her husband she had a deep desire to mentor and coach other people, he encouraged her to pursue it. Women With Brilliance grew from that to become an awesome community for female entrepreneurs all over Portland! IN THIS EPISODE YOU WILL LEARN: What WWB is all about. Nina sums it up perfectly: when you work from home, sometimes you just want to hang out with your girlfriends at the end of the day. WWB gives you that chance, and bonus: they’re all driven, like-minded women who will inspire you! What events are like—though it’s hard to describe since no two events are alike. These meetups happen one to three times a month—whatever the group is feeling like! Being a guest versus the paid membership. Since it is a closed group, there is a membership fee, but there are tons of perks that come with it. For example, as a guest, you can only go to two events without paying, but as a member, you get unlimited access. A little bit about Nina’s coaching business and what her perfect client is like. She tells a story about how when she was working for White House Black Market, they had their perfect customer so finely tuned that they had given her a name. She also notes that your perfect customer is often similar to yourself. LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Nina Roberts Women With Brilliance MeetUp EventBrite Youtube Facebook LinkedIn Pinterest Twitter I know I say this a lot, but Nina and I have an awesome conversation, so if you’re curious at all about Women With Brilliance and how it all works, you’re not going to want to miss this episode. Oh, and her favorite places in Portland? The rose garden and Cannon Beach! Women with Brilliance in Pictures: