Find Time For Your Side Hustle Fireside Chat with Penelope Fisher
Work 9-5? Going to school? Want to start a business? Wondering how to manage it all? Penelope Fisher can relate!
Penelope runs a business, works full-time, started graduate school, doing house renovations and runs 3-4 times a week. Oh! And she's married and likes to have some sort of social life, lol! How does she do all that and still run a successful business?
Join us on October 25th as Penelope shares her tips and strategies for finding time for your side hustle in the midst of all your chaos and distractions!
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Penelope is an accomplished communications and marketing professional with over 10 years of experience in the retail, healthcare, nonprofit, transportation, and lifestyle industries.
Penelope is currently a Communications Advisor at FedEx Services where she leads the company’s external thought leadership platform, Access.
In addition to her full-time day job, Penelope is a serial…
Penelope is an accomplished communications and marketing professional with over 10 years of experience in the retail, healthcare, nonprofit, transportation, and lifestyle industries.
Penelope is currently a Communications Advisor at FedEx Services where she leads the company’s external thought leadership platform, Access.
In addition to her full-time day job, Penelope is a serial entrepreneur and the founder and CEO of Found & Fitted – a gift planning and organization membership service. Members of the monthly subscription service start by answering a few questions about their upcoming gift-giving needs for the month or even year. Two weeks before the event, they receive three completely customized gift ideas delivered straight to their inbox.
Prior to Found & Fitted and FedEx, Penelope was a Manager of Social Media and Mobile at ALSAC/St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, where she had the opportunity to play a vital role in the digital transformation of the organization. Before joining ALSAC/St. Jude, Penelope was the Manager of Digital Marketing at archer > malmo, a Memphis and Austin, TX-based advertising agency where she worked in public relations, digital strategy and account leadership.
During her time at archer>malmo, she launched Lesouque with Co-Founder Gokben Yamandag. Lesouque is an international e-commerce brand selling ethical and sustainable accessories and decor.
Originally from Southeast Missouri, Penelope began her Memphis career with MPACT Memphis - a nonprofit focused on developing and retaining young professionals. Penelope earned her BS in Journalism from the University of Missouri and is currently pursuing her MBA from the University of Memphis.
Penelope is also passionate about supporting other women leaders in the Memphis community and beyond which has spurred her latest venture. The Gift Exchange is a community for successful women to connect and exchange ideas, failures, and advice about advancing their careers, improving themselves and achieving balance in their personal and professional lives. It gives women a chance to learn valuable ways to reclaim and restructure their most precious commodity – time.
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