Sylvia Acevedo, CEO of Girl Scouts: “I didn’t know who Shawn Mendes was. Big mistake.”

9 to 5ish with theSkimm

theSkimm

Entrepreneurship, Careers, Business

4.7 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 24 October 2018

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

When Sylvia Acevedo was 7 years old, she was a Girl Scout. One night, her troop leader caught her looking up at the stars...and encouraged her to pursue that interest. Sylvia took that advice. And became a rocket scientist at NASA right out of college. Eventually, she switched tracks and went down the business-leadership path. She’s been a leader at companies like Dell, Apple, and IBM, and she even worked for the White House. But since 2016, Sylvia has been the CEO of Girl Scouts, where she’s helped build out the Scouts’ alumni network, and introduced new badges and programming around STEM. And yes, she’s earned her science badge along the way. On the couch, she talks to us about being a servant leader, investing in herself, and being persistent...at cookie sales and beyond.

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0:00.0	Support for today's episode is brought to you by Goldman Sachs 10,000 women.
0:04.4	So you guys know on this podcast we love hearing the different ways women grow their
0:08.4	entrepreneurial endeavors.
0:10.0	And that is why we are so excited to tell you about Goldman Sachs's 10,000 women.
0:14.4	You probably know about Goldman Sachs, but you might not know about the 10,000 women program.
0:18.9	They founded it to help female business owners around the globe.
0:22.1	The program has literally reached over 10,000 women in over 50 countries and it empowers women
0:28.0	to learn practical business skills like planning, negotiation, and employee management.
0:33.4	Management, that is a big one.
0:34.8	And we are going to dive into that right after this.
0:37.0	And at Apple, one of the ways I broke through to the global was I created a great presentation that showed that we could grow their business with large multinationals.
0:49.0	But I only printed one copy.
0:51.0	And so when I presented that, the vice president's like, oh, gosh, this is great analysis.
0:56.0	And he went to get it.
0:57.5	And I put my hand on it.
0:59.1	And I said, it comes with me.
1:01.6	So after. me. to our podcast skimmed from the couch where we talk to other female entrepreneurs
1:14.8	about what it takes to get to the top and what it is like along the way.
1:18.8	We're talking bad advice, the really low days, management mistakes, the real stuff. No BS.
1:24.3	Before we get into it, please bear with me because I am flying solo today.
1:29.1	Welcome to startup life. I'm trying something different.
1:31.7	Danielle's on a vacation.
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