Pulling Women out of Poverty, while Pulling Planes - Lia Grimanis

We are all in serious need of inspiration, as we continue through
this challenging time. My guest today is the definition of
fearless - Lia Grimanis, Founder and CEO of Up With Women - an
organization that gives women and children inspiration and
strategies for rebuilding their lives after homelessness.  


Lia has many remarkable feats to her name. Financial Post
Magazine listed her as one of Canada's 100 Most Powerful women,
and in 2012 Chatelaine named her one of the 2012 Women of the
Year. And yes, she has Guinness World Records!  


At 17:08min hear Lia recount the incredible story of pulling her
charity from the brink of bankruptcy " I was staring down the
last 5 thousand dollars in my bank account, and I was joking with
the shelters that they might want to make room for me - I might
become homeless again. And at that point, I was giving a talk for
the international women form. Wendy Freeman, the CEO of CTV news
was in the audience, we were talking about Up With Women - she
said, I want to put you on TV. I said, well great! I'm about to
go bankrupt, I would like to break a Guinness World Record on
live TV, and then I was going to sell the exposure for
sponsorship - cause if I couldn't get grants, I knew I could sell
stuff. On my 42 birthday, I broke my first Guinness World Record
on Live TV, and within a matter of weeks we had raised almost 40
thousand dollars, and we were back in business."


 


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