June 15, 2018
Women-owned companies that need help with small business need look no further than software engineer Laurie Simon and her Kirkland, Washington Ombrella Consulting. I had the pleasure of encountering Laurie because she beat me. 🙂 No, not literally, but figuratively in this year’s SBA Small Business Awards. As some of you may recall, I had the honor of being chosen as the SBA’s regional Women in Business Champion of the Year … and Laurie Simon was the National winner! When I first heard that she won (and I lost), I spent about 27 seconds moping about. And then I went on to the Ombrella Consulting website, where I learned what a rock star Laurie really is (and why she is so deserving of the national award). She’s passionate about supporting women in technology and preventing the brain drain (paying 100% of the benefits she offers, even to her part-time employees), and an advocate for bringing technology to rural areas so that business there can have a presence. And that’s not even the half of it! Listen in…
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