Diane Stokes, Startup Builder, Founder & Angel - "Ironwoman"

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In college, Diane Stokes juggled caring for a sick mother, working full-time, doing ROTC and even had time to be on U Mass Lowell’s cheer leading squad. This energy and focus served her well as she progressed in her career of helping build startup after startup. Eventually, Diane founded a startup of her own. It succeeded beyond her greatest expectations. She invested as an angel for a while but is now back at another startup, helping them grow. My conversation with her revealed a personality of impressive determination and stamina leavened by good humor and genuine caring. I really enjoyed this interview, I think you will too.

Topics covered include:

• Diane Stokes Bio
• While in College, Diane Stokes Cared for Her Sick Mother, Worked Full-time, Did ROTC and Still Found Time to Be on the Cheerleading Squad
• How Diane Stokes Found Her Path in Work Life
• How Diane Stokes Juggled Her Transition from Engineering to Sales While Being a Mom and Getting Her MBA
• Diane Stokes Left a Poorly Managed Startup and Went to a Second One that Got Acquired by Chipcom, a Particularly Well-run Company at Chipcom Diane Learned a Lot
• Diane Stokes Realizes She Wants the Startup Life
• Diane Stokes, Tri-Athlete
• Sal Daher Reads an iTunes Review by TDN7 – Insightful Review
• How Diane Stokes Founded her First Startup – Spoiler Alert: Moonlighting Involved
• In Many Ways, ORP Was the Perfect Startup for Diane Stokes to Co-Found
• What Diane Stokes Thought She Knew About Startups but Didn’t
• The Most Useful Things Diane Stokes Learned from Co-Founding ORP – Number of Founders Is Critical
• The Most Important Thing Sal Daher Learned at The Venture Café 😉
• Why Diane Stokes Is Going Back to the Startup Life
• Important Disclosure About Diane Stokes
• Diane Stokes Has Joined Wireless Startup Wyebot Heading Up Marketing
• Diane Stokes Gets Sal to Reveal the Exact Reason He Started the Podcast
• Parting Thoughts from Diane Stokes