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FOUNDERS
Over the last twenty years, the founders of Invent Your Future Enterprises,
Ruth Stergiou and Denise Brosseau, have created and led a variety of successful
programs and communities for corporate and entrepreneurial leaders. They have never
wavered from their commitment to give back to their community. In building Invent
Your Future, they have committed to partner with and support non-profit
organizations through income-sharing arrangements and the co-development of high
quality programs. Invent Your Future has created partnerships with PBWC, FWE&E,
BlogHer, ATW, WIPP, Astia and more.
Denise Brosseau
Ruth Stergiou
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FOUNDERS
Over the last twenty years, the founders of Invent Your Future Enterprises,
Ruth Stergiou and Denise Brosseau, have created and led a variety of successful
programs and communities for corporate and entrepreneurial leaders. They have never
wavered from their commitment to give back to their community. In building Invent
Your Future, they have committed to partner with and support non-profit
organizations through income-sharing arrangements and the co-development of high
quality programs. Invent Your Future has created partnerships with PBWC, FWE&E,
BlogHer, ATW, WIPP, Astia and more.
Denise Brosseau
Ruth Stergiou
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Denise Brosseau, Co-Founder & President, spent over 10 years in the women’s
leadership arena, founding and serving as the first CEO of the Forum for Women
Entrepreneurs (FWE). Denise made FWE (now FWE&E) the country’s leading
organization for women-led startups, with more than $1 billion of venture capital
flowing to its members’ companies in just three years. Along the way, she built FWE
into a powerful network of female executives earning extensive media coverage and
several high profile community service awards. Denise also co-founded and continues
to be an advisor of the powerful venture conference series for women entrepreneurs,
the Springboard Venture Forums, which have led to over $3.7 billion in funding for
women entrepreneurs.
A Wellesley graduate with a Stanford MBA, Denise also completed Stanford’s
prestigious Executive Education program in Negotiation and is a licensed facilitator for
The One Page Business Plan®. Prior to starting Invent Your Future Enterprises, Denise
ran her own successful strategic consulting practice for four years and she spent 10
years as a successful marketer at Motorola, Broderbund, and Kensington. Denise has a
strong commitment to non-profit excellence and community service, serving as the
Chair of the Business Leadership Council of Wellesley College and the Housing and
Human Concerns Committee in Redwood City. She has been profiled in Forbes,
Business Week, Fast Company, Inc. Magazine, and Wired. Denise is a regular guest
speaker at conferences, workshops, universities and colleges in the US and
internationally.
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leadership arena, founding and serving as the first CEO of the Forum for Women
Entrepreneurs (FWE). Denise made FWE (now FWE&E) the country’s leading
organization for women-led startups, with more than $1 billion of venture capital
flowing to its members’ companies in just three years. Along the way, she built FWE
into a powerful network of female executives earning extensive media coverage and
several high profile community service awards. Denise also co-founded and continues
to be an advisor of the powerful venture conference series for women entrepreneurs,
the Springboard Venture Forums, which have led to over $3.7 billion in funding for
women entrepreneurs.
A Wellesley graduate with a Stanford MBA, Denise also completed Stanford’s
prestigious Executive Education program in Negotiation and is a licensed facilitator for
The One Page Business Plan®. Prior to starting Invent Your Future Enterprises, Denise
ran her own successful strategic consulting practice for four years and she spent 10
years as a successful marketer at Motorola, Broderbund, and Kensington. Denise has a
strong commitment to non-profit excellence and community service, serving as the
Chair of the Business Leadership Council of Wellesley College and the Housing and
Human Concerns Committee in Redwood City. She has been profiled in Forbes,
Business Week, Fast Company, Inc. Magazine, and Wired. Denise is a regular guest
speaker at conferences, workshops, universities and colleges in the US and
internationally.
www.brosseaugroup.com
Ruth Stergiou is the CEO and Co-Founder of Invent Your Future Enterprises. For 20
years, Ruth has run a thriving event and non-profit management company, Planning
Dynamics. In that role, she served for 19 years as the Founding Executive Director and
event producer for the Professional BusinessWomen of California, building their two
successful annual conferences in San Francisco and Sacramento to 5,000 and 3,000
attendees respectively.
Ruth also produced the highly-acclaimed California Governor's Conference for Women
in Los Angeles for 17 years, working with four administrations, and building the
conference to over 10,500 participants.
Ruth serves as a faculty member for San Jose State University's Professional
Development Center and on the Advisory Board of the Anita Borg Institute for Women
and Technology. She has been recognized by the Northern California Chapter of
Meeting Professionals International with the Meeting Planner of the Year Award. Ruth
is also an active member of the National Association of Women Business Owners
(NAWBO). She has been featured in the San Jose and Silicon Valley Business Journal’s
"Who's Who in Silicon Valley Business." Ruth holds a B.A. (Hons.) degree in Geography
from Leeds University in England.
years, Ruth has run a thriving event and non-profit management company, Planning
Dynamics. In that role, she served for 19 years as the Founding Executive Director and
event producer for the Professional BusinessWomen of California, building their two
successful annual conferences in San Francisco and Sacramento to 5,000 and 3,000
attendees respectively.
Ruth also produced the highly-acclaimed California Governor's Conference for Women
in Los Angeles for 17 years, working with four administrations, and building the
conference to over 10,500 participants.
Ruth serves as a faculty member for San Jose State University's Professional
Development Center and on the Advisory Board of the Anita Borg Institute for Women
and Technology. She has been recognized by the Northern California Chapter of
Meeting Professionals International with the Meeting Planner of the Year Award. Ruth
is also an active member of the National Association of Women Business Owners
(NAWBO). She has been featured in the San Jose and Silicon Valley Business Journal’s
"Who's Who in Silicon Valley Business." Ruth holds a B.A. (Hons.) degree in Geography
from Leeds University in England.
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