Terri is flying solo and shares what’s top of mind for her this week.

Show Highlights

• Terri is focusing on self-care and finding peace within this month
• Terri shares what she’s been listening to the past two weeks
• Terri talks about how Melinda Gates influenced her to change her investing thesis to focus on the startups who have products and services that expand the influence and power of women
• Terri purchased a new sports bra from Bloom Bras and is focusing on getting fit before 50
• Terri talks about recapping 2019 and planning for 2020 in all aspects of her life
• Terri offers to be a part of book club conversations in 2020
• Terri is looking to do more library talks in 2020 and is open to suggestions and connections
• Terri shares her plans for the Terri Hanson Mead YouTube channel
• Terri talks about her 2019 investments including SendaRide, Astarte Medical, Via Global Health, Silk + Sonder, SMBX: Bernal Cutlery, CrowdFund MainStreet:  Absinthia, and Jane VC.
• Terri reminisces about Slush in Helsinki in 2016 and 2017.

Terri’s Key Takeaway

The holiday season is a great time to focus on finding peace within. 

References in the Podcast

• Piloting Your Life: https://www.pilotingyourlife.com/
• It’s Been a Minute: https://www.npr.org/2019/11/15/779757232/alicia-menendez-wants-women-to-stop-falling-into-the-likeability-trap
• The Secret Lives of Black Women: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/stitcher/the-secret-lives-of-black-women
• Likeability Trap by Alicia Mendez: https://www.harperacademic.com/book/9780062838766/the-likeability-trap/
• Moment of Lift by Melinda Gates: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250313577
• ReedsyDiscovery: https://reedsy.com/discovery/book/piloting-your-life-terri-mead
• E. Flores: https://ceflores.com/
• Magnus Chase series: http://rickriordan.com/series/magnus-chase-and-the-gods-of-asgard/
• Bloom Bras: https://www.bloombras.com/
• SendaRide: https://www.sendaride.com/
• Astarte Medical: http://astartemedical.com/
• Via Global Health: https://www.viaglobalhealth.com/
• Silk + Sonder: https://www.silkandsonder.com/
• SMBX: https://www.thesmbx.com/
• Bernal Cutlery: https://bernalcutlery.com/
• Absinthia: https://www.absinthia.com/
• CrowdFund MainStreet: https://crowdfundmainstreet.com/
• Jane VC: https://www.janevc.com/
• The Coven: https://thecoven.com/
• Slush: https://www.slush.org/events/helsinki/
• Slush panel on Shifting Demographics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yP-1LQ3838s&feature=emb_logo

Contact

You can purchase Piloting Your Life (the book) on Amazon at http://bit.ly/PYL-Amazon, or you can go to https://www.pilotingyourlife.com/ to choose your preferred format and retailer and see other goodies.

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com. Terri blogs a variety of topics on Medium at https://medium.com/terri-hanson-mead.  

Terri would love to hear from you via email at [email protected].