Marie Forleo
Marie Forleo
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Marie Forleo is a best-selling author, speaker, web TV host, and trainer in personal development, entrepreneurship and marketing [1]. Her book, Make Every Man Want You: How to Be So Irresistible You'll Barely Keep from Dating Yourself!, is published by McGraw-Hill in 11 languages [2]. Her company focuses on creating entrepreneurship and personal development training [3].
Starting Out
Forleo was born and raised in New Jersey. She attended Seton Hall University [1] and graduated Valedictorian with degree in business finance.
After college, Forleo worked on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange [2] as a trading assistant before leaving to work at both Gourmet Magazine [3] and Mademoiselle Magazine [4].
Forleo began working as a life coach in 2001 [3].
In 2004 she began working as a hip-hop instructor at Crunch Fitness [5], worked as a choreographer and producer for MTV’s Say What Karaoke [6] and began creating fitness videos with Crunch, Anchor Bay Entertainment [7], Women’s Health Magazine [8] and Prevention magazine [9].
Forleo has been interviewed by Tony Robbins [10] [4] for his DVD training program The New Money Masters [5]. She was also named a “thought leader for the next generation” by Oprah [11] [6] when interviewed on the OWN Network’s Super Soul Sunday [7].
In 2010, Sir Richard Branson invited Forleo to mentor young entrepreneurs in South Africa at his Center of Entrepreneurship [12] [8] .
MarieTV
In late 2010, Forleo established MarieTV, a weekly online YouTube show.
MarieTV was named an official Webby honoree in 2012 in the category of Best Web Personality / Host [13] [9].
B-School
Forleo founded the Rich Happy and Hot B-School program in 2010. B-School is an 8-week online digital training program for modern entrepreneurs [10].
Philanthropy
Forleo donates a portion of her programs’ profits to women and girl-focused and education related philanthropies and organizations [11].
Some organizations she has supported include Kiva.org [14] [12], GirlUp [13], and Pencils of Promise [15].
In 2013, Forleo began working with Pencils of Promise to build a school and fully fund it for 3 years.
Interviews
External Links
References
- ^ http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/awake-the-wheel/201212/no-excuses-behind-the-curtain-marie-forleo
- ^ http://www.mcgrawhill.ca/professional/products/9780071597814/
- ^ a b http://www.forbes.com/sites/carisommer/2012/02/22/when-youve-got-it-flaunt-it-a-case-study-on-marie-forleo
- ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCXnsZlZgXA
- ^ http://www.fastcompany.com/1701017/change-generation-how-marie-forleo-giving-women-rich-happy-and-hot-lives
- ^ http://www.oprah.com/own-super-soul-sunday/super-soul-sunday-blog.html?filter_tag=Marie%20Forleo
- ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Soul_Sunday
- ^ http://www.virginunite.com/Templates/bio.aspx?bioType=VirginUnite24902&nid=baa433fb-a751-4914-8258-0781487ed291&id=7d880a2b-79d9-4877-83fb-a2d74299fad9
- ^ http://www.webbyawards.com/webbys/current_honorees.php?media_id=97&category_id=724&season=16
- ^ http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/224277
- ^ http://www.therisetothetop.com/people/marie-forleo/
- ^ http://www.kiva.org/team/marie_forleos_kiva_lending_team
- ^ http://www.girlup.org/blog/teen-advisors-steal-the-show-reception.html
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