Having a Cancer Journey

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i was diagnosed with stage three brass can ser i didn't have a family history. I'd no reason to suspect that i would have it, and it was very blindsiding. But one of the things i realized pretty quickly is that i didn'thave the same degree of emotional band as i might have before. And so i had acon ation with whitton,. We constructed this narrower, deeper role as chief strategy officer. It would enable me to go from a team of like a hundred and 50 to four five. The ipo processi we could make it work around kimo sessions and surgeries.

Sarah Jones Simmer calls on her years of experience as an advisor, investor, and top-level executive to offer a series of crucial career tips, and discuss how work helped rehabilitate her following a frightening cancer diagnosis. Simmer goes deep on scaling a business, making the right hire for your company, female-led companies, fundraising, setting boundaries, and how she learned to re-focus on the big deals in life.

Simmer is the CEO of Found, a company focused on making evidence-based, sustainable weight care for all. She joined the company in September 2021 after serving as the Chief Strategy Officer at Bumble, Inc., the parent company of the wildly popular relationship app. During her time with Bumble she was responsible for core strategy, international growth, marketing initiatives, business operations, and expanding Bumble’s rapidly growing team. She also led the investment strategy for the Bumble Fund, the company’s early-stage investing vehicle.

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