Jody Burgess

Tribbon

Jody has over 15 years of experience driving successful sales and marketing programs for tech companies like TechSmith, Neogen, and Foresight Solutions (now Accvantage ERP). She recently left her position as VP of Business/Marketing after seven years at TechSmith to co-found Tribbon, a service that makes Twitter more useful at conferences and events.

Jody also co-founded an innovative paging business and two successful consultancies.  She holds a BBA & MBA from Northwood University and lives in Michigan with her husband and daughter.

Talk

 Living Fearlessly

It’s time to decide.  Fight?  Or Flight?  Fear is one of four major emotions we feel on a regular basis.  It is the most important one to business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs because it influences decisions we make every single day.  Overcoming fear can be the catalyst that propels your relationships, your business and your life to a whole new level.  This lightning talk is a short story about making an important personal life-changing decision to overcome fear, and finishes with some practical tips for how you can finally identify the fears in your life, get over it, and get on with life.