Helen Thomas Minisode

Helen Thomas is a serial entrepreneur in technology and digital media now connecting us in a more meaningul and collaborative way with a disruptive touchscreen collaboration platform enabling genuine human connection. CEO and founder of Touchjet, Helen shares her advice on overcoming isolation, building a community of mentors and supportive peers, and how to pursue big dreams with persistence.

Show Notes

The price of isolation is high.

It can spell the difference between success and failure in business because we’re only as confident and inspired as the people with whom we surround ourselves.

All entrepreneurs need a “business family” – that is, other entrepreneurs who provide support, accountability, encouragement and mentorship.

Helen Thomas is an inspiring serial entrepreneur who has built successive tech and digital media companies from startup to 9-figure revenue and she’s now connecting us in a more meaningul and collaborative way as CEO and founder of Touchjet, a new touchscreen technology platform that enables genuine human connection.

Today Helen shares her advice for women about why we really do need to be around great people to succeed.

Learn how to:

• Build community around your entrepreneurship so that you have support and accountability
• How new collaboration technology can get us the connection we crave
• How to think big and go for the big vision with persistence
• Why women must truly lift as we climb and why we benefit from working with each other instead of competing with each other
• And much more…

More about Helen

Get 20% off your Touchjet:  Use the Code CEO20 at Touchjet.com

• https://go4roi.com/podcasts/helen-fu-thomas-into-the-corner-office-episode-4/
• https://youtu.be/fcHv__S9e2E

Imagine for a minute you could turn any surface – that’s right, any surface – your cellphone, your laptop, your TV, gosh even your wall or your kitchen counter – into a collaborative touch screen. You could collaborate on the user experience of your product, draw wireframes for your app, brainstorm a sales funnel. Or you could teach your kids. And you can do it with anyone you want, anywhere in the world, at any time.

You don’t have to imagine it because it is already here, it doesn’t cost much, and it’s about to revolutionize your life.

Prior to Touchjet, Helen was the Founding President and Director of the Board for BlueFocus Communication Group of America. She established the strong platform for mergers and acquisitions that enabled the company to acquire fuseproject, Vision 7, Wearesocial, Huntsworth, and many other companies contributing to their rapid growth and expansion across European, Asia-Pacific, and North American territories. Helen’s leadership increased revenue from $0 to $150M within two years and established the BlueFocus American as the #6 media company in the world.

Before joining BlueFocus, Helen was a member of the founding executive team for Livescribe, Inc. as the Senior Vice President of Global Sales and General Manager for International Development. Helen developed an extensive retail distribution with leading outlets including BestBuy, Target, Staples, Apple, Amazon, and many other distributors for a global presence in more than 45 countries. She grew the organization to over $50M in annual revenue while continuously pursuing outside investment opportunities to fuel its development.

Earlier in her career, Helen was also the Founding CEO and General Manager of LeapFrog China. She spearheaded development of LeapFrog’s Asia-Pacific business and successfully penetrated markets in Japan, China, and Korea through strategic partnerships with leading educational and gaming companies.

Helen has established herself a thought leader by tirelessly working to promote technology as an educational tool and the development of innovative consumer electronics.

She was named Businesswoman of the Year in 2013 and 2014 by the National Association of Professional Women and has been featured in multiple publications discussing crowd funding, technology, and leadership. She was recently featured on panel at the Continuum SF 2016 Innovation and Credit Conference on crowd funding and at PR Summit 2013 on M&A as a growth strategy for independent firms.

Read the full transcript here

252 MINISODE Helen Thomas: The Power and Profit of Collaboration

Where to Find Helen on Social Media:

• https://twitter.com/helenfuthomas
• https://facebook.com/helenfuthomas
• https://linkedin.com/in/helenfuthomas
• https://instagram.com/helenfuthomas

Like and Follow WINGS!

• https://facebook.com/wingspodcast
• https://melindawings.com
• https://instagram.com/melindawittstock2020
• https://facebook.com/IAmMelindaWittstock
• https://twitter.com/MelindaWings

Our Sponsors and Special Offers

Wings of Success Summit and Inner Circle

Grab your WINGS! Learn from 60 women entrepreneurs who’ve “been there, built that” to create and sustain 6, 7, 8, 9 and even 10 figure businesses, grow their influence and overcome many challenges along the way. We share our success habits, give practical advice you can implement right away to transform your business and your life. Free for live streaming and early bird discounts now for lifetime access, instant downloads of more than 70 hours of video and audio downloads, bonus content plus access to an exclusive private Mastermind and a private VIP invitation to join the Wings Inner Circle for mentoring and more. It’s your “entrepreneurial MBA”! Save your seat here: https://wingssummit.com

Allison Maslan – Scale or Fail

Want to scale your business and finally take it to the next level – and you’re just not sure how to do it? Allison Maslan is a serial entrepreneur who has scaled 10 companies from startup to 7 and 8 figures. In her Scalable Strategies Video Training and Scalable Strategies Download, Allison outlines 17 time-tested strategies that she’s used to skyrocket revenue and profits, while building self-managed businesses. Click here to get:

Understand the 17 proven scale methods and the impact of each

Determine which scale method is the right fit for your business

Expand your reach on a much larger scale

Impact more people with your product or services

Stop working harder by leveraging my strategies and trusted formula for working smarter

You can also get Allison’s Leadership Assessment tool to find out how to:

Easily transition from boss to leader

Effortlessly shift from micromanaging to letting go

Determine if you are empowering — or suppressing — your team

Find out for sure if you’re a good listener (or if you just think you are)

Identify if you’re on the right path for building a power team that will help you scale your business

Binge Networks

If you don’t know Binge check it out here right now because it is aggregating great podcast and video content so you can reach hundreds of millions of people on smart TVs and connected devices – all over the world. On Bings you can automatically convert audio into video in one quick “set it and forget it” on Binge, and put all your Facebook Lives and YouTube videos up there too. It makes sense because 80% of US households have a connected device TV, Binge reaches 100s of millions of people globally, and 65% of people who use connected device TV have looked up information about a product they’ve seen advertised on that program or podcast. So if you have a podcast, if you do video on Facebook or YouTube sign up now

Zero Limits Ventures

How much is your company worth? Want to find out how to boost your valuation? Claim your FREE consult call with ZLV Founder and Principle Steve Little for your valuation enhancement and capital acquisition strategy.

You can also book your complimentary “office hours” with Steve

Audible.com

Listeners of Wings can get a FREE audiobook download and 30 day free trial at www.audibletrial.com/WingsPodcast – with more than 180,000 titles to choose from for your iPhone, Android, Kindle or mp3 player. Start your free trial now!

Springboard Enterprises

Find out if you and your company qualify for this Accelerator for Female Founders – in media tech, fashion tech, life sciences and more!

Check it out!