From Executive to Entrepreneur: How to Prepare to Start Your Own Business

If you’ve ever thought about starting your own business but aren’t sure where to begin or what the process even looks like, it helps to have a roadmap from someone who has taken the leap from executive to startup CEO-not once but twice.

Hear the successful career transition story of an experienced corporate executive who leveraged management expertise with Fortune 500 clients to pursue her core passion of helping companies and their leaders thrive.  Through strategic insight, proven business development experience and entrepreneurial drive, this executive started two consulting companies focused on guiding organizations through transition, growth and change. 

In this webinar, Janice DiPietro, CEO of Exceptional Leaders International will be interviewed by Elena Bajic, CEO of Ivy Exec about how to strategically think through the steps it takes to successfully transition out of the corporate world and start your own business:

• Planning the transition:  Key questions to ask and to whom?
• Know thyself:  Do you have what it takes to lead a startup?
• Advice from an advisor—What are some of the pitfalls to avoid and what was the learning from each?
• What are the best resources to utilize when contemplating a shift?
• Understand your career timeline—is there an optimal time to make a change?

Janice DiPietro, CEO @ Exceptional Leaders International

Dedicated to helping people and organizations succeed, Janice has successfully led and consulted to companies for over 25 years. She has experience in many diverse and complex industries, including technology, life sciences, and business services. Janice founded E.L.I. to channel that passion and experience in a powerful new way, bringing together an exceptional team of business veterans to guide organizations through their most critical transitions.  Janice holds an MBA and doctoral degree from Boston University and graduated summa cum laude from Bentley University with a BS in Accountancy. She also lectures and publishes on a variety of business topics and serves as a board member for several for-profit and non-profit organizations.

Exceptional Leaders International is a team of C-level executives dedicated to guiding our clients successfully through periods of growth and transition.  Whether our clients are seeking to expand, improve performance or effect a change in ownership, E.L.I Partners deliver solutions that solve their most challenging problems. 

Elena Bajic, CEO @ Ivy Exec

Elena is the founder and CEO of Ivy Exec, a curated career community of the world’s most successful executives and professionals. Passionate about entrepreneurship and new ideas, Elena founded Ivy Exec during her MBA at Columbia Business School. Since its inception, Ivy Exec has helped startups, boutique, and Fortune 500 firms, hire high-performers across their organizations. Within Ivy Exec, she successfully scaled the company from 5 to 30 employees in less than 24 months.