Short and sweet this week — because we've got five women to introduce, and every one of them deserves your focus. 💜
The thread running through these features? They all play the long game. With people — treating every relationship as a stake in the future, not a transaction. And with the problems that require ongoing investment — from who we build healthcare for to who technology is designed around.
Give them a follow. Let their words do the rest. 👇
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“Everyone you meet is a stakeholder in your future. Treat interactions with a long-term lens.”
Success is built on relationships, not résumé lines. Jessica is CEO & Co-Founder of Stockpress, building affordable, feature-rich digital asset management for the mid-market. After nearly two decades across fashion sales, nonprofit fundraising, and IT support, she found her calling in web and software — and now helps creative teams bring order to their digital chaos. Her advice for anyone early on: "You'll always have to do sh*t jobs, but if you get a chance to learn from people who've been there—take it, even if it doesn't pay the big bucks. ALL of my success today is because of the relationships I made when I was younger."
Build for the edges, and everyone wins. Only 10% of blind people use a white cane or Braille — Xiaoran is building for the other 90%. She's CEO & Co-Founder of AGIGA, Inc., creating AI-native smart glasses for blind and low-vision communities. Her thesis reframes accessibility as innovation: "Solving for the 'edges' drives the most complex breakthroughs in AI and hardware. Inclusive design isn't charity; it's a catalyst that pushes the boundaries of technology for everyone."
Your body isn't lying to you. Sherrod is Chief Customer Officer at GitLab, leading the global Customer Experience organization after 20+ years building and scaling customer-facing teams through hypergrowth and transformation. But ask what she cares about most, and the conversation turns to women's health. Her take is blunt: "We spend years being talked out of our own bodies. And… when you finally find care that actually works—it's priced for the 1%." Good women's healthcare exists, she argues — most women just can't get to it. Her conviction: with the right knowledge and tech behind it, we stop asking permission and start demanding outcomes.
You don't really know it until you can say it out loud. Amy is Chief Marketing Officer at NetAlly, an award-winning marketing and communications leader with big-company chops and a player-coach's instinct for leading teams through change. She's a passionate champion of women in tech — quick to credit her own mentors and determined to pay it forward. Her theory on how expertise actually forms? "My family is used to dinner-time 'Podcasts with Amy,' where I talk about the cool stuff I've learned—because it's by repeating it that you develop the intrinsic knowledge that turns into smarts, savvy, and the ability to make connections."
A French Lit major walks into capital markets. Alison has lived the full arc of finance's transformation — from trading floors at Merrill Lynch, BNP Paribas, and Salomon Brothers, to cloud strategy at Google, to now advising the firms reshaping the industry. She's Founder and Partner at Kyndryl, helping capital markets and wealth management firms turn AI into measurable results, and a recognized connector across global fintech. Her advice, earned across a career built on relationships: "Everyone you meet is a stakeholder in your future. Treat interactions with a long-term lens."
💜 That One Thing: A Marketing Partner You’ll Love
We're thrilled to welcome Nomad as a proud Wednesday Women partner … and [Hot Tip 🔥] reveal that they are the ones who make all things HubSpot work, over here at Wednesday Women.
Founder Arianna Cignarale isn’t just a part of our orbit — she is a spark that ignited our growth. And her team, including HubSpot wizard Chloe Rollock, is helping us in so many ways: building our renewal cadence and cleaning up our data.
A few more reasons why our partnership with Nomad is so special? They see eye-to-eye with us on real relationships, over transactions. They invest in excellence and quality, over hustle and quantity. They speak like real humans and skip the jargon.
If that sounds aligned and your team is looking for a consultant on marketing and sales operations: Nomad's your team.
🍒 If you will be at HubSpot's #UNBOUND26 conference in Boston this fall… We’re putting on a special event together. 🥂
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