women of power Most inspiring to Kristi was being able to personally touch through services, events or classes, over 1000 women within the first year of Women CEO Project.
uncertainty surrounding September 11, 2001. She did retail for awhile, but then she found her passion. Real estate would fascinate her and occupy her from then on, in one way or another. Wanting to learn everything she could, Kristi studied, went to seminars and workshops. Most of all, she read. In fact, she read over 200 books in a very short time. With her newfound knowledge and her experience in real estate, she quickly became an expert in the field. We asked Kristi about her biggest hurdle, setback or failure. She was very positive in everything she said, but she did tell us about a problem she had in learning the business. Kristi said that she took a little longer than she would have liked to learn to dot all her i’s and cross all her t’s in real estate deals. She took awhile longer than she wanted to discover when people were being dishonest with her. She did learn from those mistakes, though, and her success is absolute proof of it. Kristi has taken all those years and knowledge and transferred them into her life’s 92 Power Culture May/June 2012
purpose, creating the Women CEO Project’s companies. We knew a little about the Women CEO Project, so we asked Kristi to tell us more. She told us that she was inspired to start the group by other businesswomen. After just one month, the feedback was overwhelming. She did more research on the business and decided it would do just fine, both as a lucrative venture and a fulfilling occupation. We wanted to know what Kristi’s biggest inspiration was with the Women CEO Project. She explained that seeing women start with mere ideas and goals then creating real businesses was exhilarating. She saw the potential of the group to inspire and assist women in acting on their dreams and pursuing their goals. Maybe most inspiring to Kristi was being able to personally touch through services, events or classes, over 1000 women within the first year of Women CEO Project and to begin the expansion of the services and open a virtual university in 2012 .