Beth Polish has held senior management positions in diverse industries, including media, finance, private investment and technology. She has been founding cfo and svp, corporate development, of iVillage, Inc.; president of Dreamlife, Inc. (co-founded by Anthony Robbins).

   Expert at mobilizing and leading teams through such critical junctures as startup, merger and acquisition, strategic planning, financing, operations, and turnaround, she also has extensive experience negotiating corporate partnerships and business development agreements. Ms. Polish secured initial and follow-on financing from leading venture capital and strategic investors including Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, TCI, AOL, Allen & Co., and Mitsubishi. She has also advised companies in their fundraising activities, totaling over $300 million secured.

   After graduating from business school, Ms. Polish produced three Grammy-nominated children’s programs and related products for Rabbit Ears Productions, best known for its video of “The Velveteen Rabbit” with Meryl Streep. A frequent speaker and commentator on the subjects of “financing growth” and “strategies for growth,” Ms. Polish teaches entrepreneurship and small business management at NYU’s School of Continuing and Professional Studies and was chosen as the first woman professor at Trump University, teaching entrepreneurship. She has testified as an expert witness on company valuation.

   Ms. Polish serves on the National Advisory Board of the Women's Leadership Exchange® and conducts seminars around the country as a WLE “growth guru.” She is the past co-chair of the New York New Media Association’s Venture Downtown Technology Showcase Conference.

   Ms. Polish is the creator and author of the multi-media program “Business Plan Power: Creating a Tool that Works for Your Company” and the DROOM® (Don’t Run Out Of Money) primer series, “In The Market For Money®”. Initial titles are “The 5 Essential Stages,” “Raising Equity,” “Securing Debt,” and “15 Secrets of Winning Pitches.” Ms. Polish received her M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

   Beth Polish is a frequent speaker on many topics including financing growth and strategies for growth.

• DROOM (Don’t Run Out Of Money)
• In The Market For Money: Finding the Right Financing for Growth
• Your Business Model: Key to Success or Recipe for Failure
• Change Your Mindset About Money and Finance in Your Business
• Business Plan Power: Creating A Tool That Works For Your Company