Angela Gennari is the host of the Pretty Powerful Podcast. As the founder and CEO of Titan Global Enterprises and single mom, she understands the unique struggle that women have in building their careers while supporting a family. Here is what she had to say about her "why".....

I have been an Entrepreneur for most of my adult life, and TITAN is the 3rd company I have founded over the past 20 years. Throughout my career I have had to fight through so many obstacles and overcome challenges with being a female in business, with very few women to guide me along my path. Owning a security company in a very male-dominated industry (large venues and sports nonetheless) presents even more opportunities for discrimination, skepticism, sexual harassment and disrespect. I fought hard to earn the respect of my colleagues, and grew my small business through tenacity and constant reinvestment while not taking a real salary as a single mom for 3 years until we were finally profitable enough to justify it (I could not get banks or investors to take us seriously). I found inspiration in books and business publications and tried to learn everything I could about how to scale my growing business. I thankfully had a few men who served as mentors for me, but clearly recognized that my journey was very different from theirs, and my challenges typically much greater. I genuinely hoped I would find a female mentor who could guide and encourage me, but never did.

In 2020 my business completely shut down for 5 months during the pandemic, as all of our venues were tempo… Read More