Liberty Media Corporation ("Liberty") (Nasdaq: LCAPA, LCAPB,
LINTA, LINTB, LSTZA, LSTZB) today announced the founding of the
Women’s eCommerce Network (WeCN), a unique program that pairs ten
established business leaders (the Council) with five early stage
eCommerce companies (the Class) for a six month mentorship period.
The program commences with a Summit in Silicon Valley, where each
Class member is paired with two Council members who will support
and mentor her on a targeted, business-enhancing project. The six
month mentorship period will culminate in a graduation ceremony,
hosted by QVC, in April. Additional executives from Liberty Media
and QVC, including Andrea Wong, Liberty Board Member and former
CEO, Lifetime Networks, and Claire Watts, CEO, QVC US will
participate in the program.
The WeCN provides exposure to best practices and emerging
trends, as well as networking opportunities with the broader
Council through the Summit and the creation of an Alumni network.
Liberty Media’s intent is to institutionalize the program moving
forward.
Representing the WeCN 2012 Council are distinguished
entrepreneurs and business leaders from brands in all phases of
growth:
Fiona Dias, Chief Strategy Officer, ShopRunner
Susan Feldman, Co-Founder, Chief Merchandising Officer, One
Kings Lane
Jill Layfield, CEO, Backcountry.com
Aileen Lee, Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Dawn Lepore, former Chairman, CEO, drugstore.com
Barbara Messing, Chief Marketing Officer, TripAdvisor
Alison Pincus, Co-Founder, Chief Strategy Officer, One Kings
Lane
Kathy Savitt, Founder, CEO, Lockerz
Jennifer Schulz, Head of Product Strategy, Innovation and
eCommerce, Visa
Alexandra Wilkis Wilson, Founder, Chief Merchandising Officer,
Gilt
The inaugural Class, as selected through a nomination and
application process, includes entrepreneurs and founders of
early-stage eCommerce companies:
Jen Bekman, Founder, CEO, 20x200
Kate Duff, Co-Founder, 3floz.com
Alexi Mintz, Co-Founder, 3floz.com
Vivian Weng, Co-Founder, President, FashionStake, Inc.
Emily Olson, Co-Founder, Foodzie
Cindy McLaughlin, Co-Founder, CEO, Style for Hire
Andrea Wong commented, “We at Liberty came to recognize through
prior events that there was significant interest among women
entrepreneurs for a structured forum that would afford them access
to feedback, critiques, motivation, and mentorship from women
entrepreneurs who have been there, done that and learned along the
way. Through WeCN we are opening an uncensored dialogue with the
mission of helping to build promising, young eCommerce companies
into vibrant established eCommerce companies. I happen to believe
in the power that comes in connecting women in meaningful ways and
speak for Liberty when I say the company is pleased and proud to
have founded this group.”
The first-ever WeCN Summit will take place on September 21, 2011
in Silicon Valley. The agenda for the day includes discussions on
building a quality leadership team, taking companies to scale and
social strategies for engaging customers.
About Liberty Media Corporation
Liberty Media owns interests in a broad range of electronic
retailing, media, communications and entertainment businesses.
Those interests are attributed to three tracking stock groups: (1)
the Liberty Interactive group (Nasdaq: LINTA, LINTB), which
includes Liberty Media's interests in QVC, Provide Commerce,
Backcountry.com, Celebrate Interactive, Bodybuilding.com and
Expedia, (2) the Liberty Starz group (Nasdaq: LSTZA, LSTZB), which
includes Liberty Media's interest in Starz, LLC, and (3) the
Liberty Capital group (Nasdaq: LCAPA, LCAPB), which includes all
businesses, assets and liabilities not attributed to the
Interactive group or the Starz group including its subsidiaries the
Atlanta National League Baseball Club, Inc., and TruePosition,
Inc., Liberty’s interests in SiriusXM, Live Nation and Barnes &
Noble, and minority equity investments in Time Warner Inc. and
Viacom.
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