Women Talk Tech Episode 43: Building Resilience in Business
In this week’s Women Talk Tech episode, our guest is Shannon Ferguson, the co-founder and CEO of tech startup FanSaves – a mobile app that gives users discounts and deals from sponsors of their favourite teams and organizations! Throughout the episode we discuss learning along the way as a non-technical co-founder and the ups and downs of developing an app.
As a hockey player growing up, Shannon is familiar with being the only girl in the room. Now as a CEO in the sports tech industry, she explains how daunting her beginning experiences in the tech world had been. But through perseverance, Shannon has grown to find her own voice and seat at the table.
Building Resilience
In this episode, Shannon discusses the importance of facing adversity and developing resilience as a business owner. She explains how important it is to keep faith in yourself as an entrepreneur, and believing in the unknown, your vision and yourself.
“Building resilience is really just deciding and knowing that you are not going to give up.”
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About Shannon Ferguson
Shannon Ferguson, the co-founder and CEO of tech startup FanSaves – a mobile app that gives users discounts and deals from sponsors of their favourite teams and organizations.
She has her B.A. from Wilder Laurier University and certificate of Sports industry essentials from Columbia University in NYC.