Fast Company's '100 Most Creative People' List

When Alessandra Lariu moved first moved to New York, she and I established an instant bond as two women in the male-dominated creative director's club. When she told me about SheSays (which is not at all anti-men but rather just a nice networking/mentorship group for women) I was inspired by the fact that she took the time to make something happen.  Because it's harder than it looks to gain traction for new things.

I spoke at the first SheSays in New York, where my friends Catherine and Elyse (among many other supporters) attended. Catherine wrote the next day to say she wanted to do something and over dinner with Ale a week later, we all cooked up the idea for this blog. Sure, it took us way too long to launch it. And with my crazy work schedule and condo shopping, and Cat's recent addition to the family, we've been slow to post. But this blog wouldn't have started if it weren't for the inspiration we got from Ale.

So I was pretty pleased to see her called out in Fast Company's 2010 list of the 100 Most Creative People for her efforts in mentoring women in the industry. Read about it here.

To my surprise, Perry Chen is also on the list. A friend of a friend I run into at parties occasionally, Perry and a few other talented thinkers started Kickstarter, a really awesome site for anyone looking to get a creative project off the ground. I sadly had to pass on an opportunity to be part of the design team for this project years ago, but am really pleased to see it picking up such success. Way to go, Kickstarter team!

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