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Beauty & Brains Unite: Changing Careers from Lawyer to Entrepreneur/PR Pro

My pieces on Carrie’s come back in the Sex & the City Entrepreneur3Crop“Runway of Life” entry and Vivian’s career change in the worst economic downturn both spurred a lot of positive karma.

Today, we have Jennifer Berson’s reinvention. She went from pursuing a career in the legal field to launching her own beauty & lifestyle PR boutique agency. The part of her story that fascinates me most is the stunning speed of her career change straight from lawyer to PR fashion boutique agency CEO. She did her homework for about a year, ...read more

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Beauty & Brains Unite: What’s My Calling Card?

I’m launching a “Beauty & Brains Unite” mini-series, starting with Desi Duncker’s road to reinvention after NH-1joining the throes of unemployed, Ivy-league educated professionals. The “Beauty & Brains Unite” mini-series will capture the stories of reinvention where the forces of intelligence and aesthetics fuse.

Desi has one of those straight A track records, starting with undergrad at Harvard, business school at the Tuck School at Dartmouth and an investment banking position at one of the most prestigious firms in the industry, Goldman Sachs. But like many professionals with a sterling resume, the economic crisis threw ...read more