WEBVTT 00:00:02.240 --> 00:00:04.240 mm we work with the girls to help them connect to their inner supergirl 00:00:06.230 --> 00:00:09.457 and we do that through a program we created called Supergirl and it 00:00:09.490 --> 00:00:14.107 focuses on three things self esteem, sister hoods and bullying solutions 00:00:14.140 --> 00:00:17.506 Kerry Syverson has been changing girls lives with her nonprofit Syverson 00:00:17.539 --> 00:00:24.306 Sisters since 2011. Now train adults on how to impact girls on how to have 00:00:24.339 --> 00:00:26.517 their own supergirl program in their own neighborhood. We call them 00:00:26.550 --> 00:00:30.717 supergirl facilitators and we license our program to them and we do that 00:00:30.750 --> 00:00:34.876 in Arizona California, Wisconsin and we just got license in new york. What 00:00:34.909 --> 00:00:41.927 makes you Supergirl whatever. So employing my friend, I hope is a very 00:00:41.960 --> 00:00:45.836 serious problem. The Arizona State University alum says the program is 00:00:45.869 --> 00:00:49.787 based on six core principles ranging from respect body image and 00:00:49.820 --> 00:00:53.137 acceptance. Every girl who wants being powered. We're going to find a way 00:00:53.170 --> 00:00:57.467 to give this program to hurt clean lines. We've got our little charm on 00:00:57.500 --> 00:01:01.037 the outside to other issue. Alumni making a name for themselves in the 00:01:01.070 --> 00:01:04.796 business world are jennifer Boone Lorne and sarah boom is their company's 00:01:04.829 --> 00:01:08.967 sole carrier. Just released its latest handbag collection on the market 00:01:09.000 --> 00:01:13.007 and then I named me to the bags after a friend and there's kind of a 00:01:13.040 --> 00:01:17.617 soulful spiritual kind of inspiration behind each of the bags as well, 00:01:17.650 --> 00:01:21.617 jennifer started the business five years ago, I was part of this event 00:01:21.650 --> 00:01:25.397 when Barney's opened and they had um something called the mannequin is our 00:01:25.430 --> 00:01:29.717 muse and they asked artists to take mannequins and tournament to art. So I 00:01:29.750 --> 00:01:34.977 collaborated with another issue graduate. Um he's an architect and we made 00:01:35.010 --> 00:01:38.926 this mannequin covered it in these like rugs, these recycled rugs and he's 00:01:38.959 --> 00:01:43.107 like you should do something with it. So I was like maybe I should use my 00:01:43.140 --> 00:01:47.667 fashion degree from Parsons. And um he kind of pushed me to start 00:01:47.700 --> 00:01:51.236 developing these little handbags. Jennifer's love for designing and 00:01:51.269 --> 00:01:56.087 Sarah's finance degree made it a perfect combination to join forces. This 00:01:56.120 --> 00:02:01.016 is what she's meant to be doing. Like she is a designer, it's so amazing. 00:02:01.049 --> 00:02:04.786 And I ended up moving back to phoenix and we were just hanging out and I 00:02:04.819 --> 00:02:10.886 was kind of helping her with things and um then write about like seven 00:02:10.919 --> 00:02:16.267 months ago, eight months ago. We were like, should we just do this actual 00:02:16.300 --> 00:02:19.717 um Clayton Mass entrepreneurial drive is helping other small business 00:02:19.750 --> 00:02:23.807 owners do sales and marketing automation software for small businesses 00:02:23.840 --> 00:02:28.277 under 25 employees and over 100,000 in revenue so that they can be 00:02:28.310 --> 00:02:32.196 successful by growing their sales saving time and helping them get more 00:02:32.229 --> 00:02:37.117 customers. Clayton is one of the founders of Infusion Soft when they tell 00:02:37.150 --> 00:02:40.647 us you're helping me to be successful in business and be successful in my 00:02:40.680 --> 00:02:44.997 life. That's what's so valuable to us. That's the payday economic classes 00:02:45.030 --> 00:02:49.606 is what sparked plates. Journey to where he is today. I took them already 00:02:49.639 --> 00:02:54.467 knowing that my major was economics but I love them and it really those 00:02:54.500 --> 00:02:58.797 both both those classes gave me a desire to go to law school and then 00:02:58.830 --> 00:03:02.406 business school which I did A. J. D. N. B. A. All of these sun devils 00:03:02.439 --> 00:03:05.356 credit their time at A. S. U. Was one of the stepping stones to their 00:03:05.389 --> 00:03:10.397 success personally and professionally. When I came to ask you I found my 00:03:10.430 --> 00:03:15.827 own personal group and I feel like that was my starting point to finding 00:03:15.860 --> 00:03:19.446 my inner supergirl. I was bullied as a kid. I love self esteem as a kid. 00:03:19.479 --> 00:03:22.256 But once I got out of the environment and I came to a place where I could 00:03:22.289 --> 00:03:26.457 authentically figure myself out. That sent me on the path to what I do 00:03:26.490 --> 00:03:31.327 today. Strong mentorships for university professors was also a big factor 00:03:31.360 --> 00:03:36.207 I think like Bath was always want to be like keep searching, keep seeking 00:03:36.240 --> 00:03:40.596 and that made me be like all right I'm gonna look at things outside of 00:03:40.629 --> 00:03:43.626 maybe the traditional, I'm just going to get a marketing job at a very 00:03:43.659 --> 00:03:48.837 corporate because I'm not that's just not my nature. So what advice do 00:03:48.870 --> 00:03:51.997 these issue alums have her students waiting to spread their wings in the 00:03:52.030 --> 00:03:56.566 real world. So listen to your own heart. I look back and I'm like 00:03:56.599 --> 00:04:01.636 everything that I was like oh I should just give up and get a 9 to 5. Like 00:04:01.669 --> 00:04:06.237 this isn't worth it. It was all leading to this space right now where I 00:04:06.270 --> 00:04:10.497 feel so at peace and I don't really want to share the message of like 00:04:10.530 --> 00:04:14.807 listen to your intuition be authentic and like it's not gonna guide you 00:04:14.840 --> 00:04:18.257 wrong. Some people would say, oh well you don't need education to go start 00:04:18.290 --> 00:04:22.467 your own business. And while there's some truth to that, um to to grow a 00:04:22.500 --> 00:04:25.866 successful business, education is incredibly powerful. What am I 00:04:25.899 --> 00:04:29.507 passionate about? What do I want to do with the rest of my life? And then 00:04:29.540 --> 00:04:34.106 I waited for answers and I followed the answers that came to me and that 00:04:34.139 --> 00:04:42.139 is how entrepreneurs live, that's how they go after their dreams. 00:04:45.439 --> 00:04:47.439 Yeah.