The IT SMB Meetup in NYC hosts a Fireside Chat with Renee Schmidt

January 14, 2015 – The Fueled Collective, Soho NYC

Here are a few of the evening’s most exciting highlights, below…

The life of an entrepreneur is not a particularly easy one. Doors open one day and for weeks or months new ones can remain shut. When doors are shut and no amount of knocking will open them, there’s nothing to lean on but certainty. Sometimes that certainty stems from a distant reminder of when a door unexpectedly flung open in the past. Other times that certainty borders on mania, stemming from nothing more than an inexplicable knowing from within. People sometimes remark to me of their admiration of how far I’ve come as an entrepreneur (how far is actually debatable, but that’s a separate post). I share with them that where I am today is a combination of knowing (mania) and knowing I have no choice. Truth be told, a lot of my accomplishments have come from being put between a rock and a hard place by life, with little or no choice but to go down an entrepreneurial path (doesn’t sound that inspired, huh?).

It’s been quite a while since I’ve picked up my proverbial pen and sat down to write a blog post.  Anyone who understands me well also understands that my mind is constantly abuzz with information, thoughts, and ideas. But for whatever reason I’ve lately been unable or unwilling to take a breather —and a moment—to express myself. It’s been a compounding problem, as I’ll soon explain.  Over lunch yesterday with a dear and long-time friend who I hadn’t seen in a while, I was offered some simple and valuable advice: just start writing. And so I am.

Fox Business News (foxbusiness.com) features Renee Schmidt (@FoxBusiness)

Renee Schmidt, Founder & CEO of SheBytes.com and consulting firm SheSquad is quoted as a tech pundit on the new Amazon Smart Fire Phone and emerging mobile industry trends.

June 19, 2014 – Fox Business News LIVE

Featured on Fox Business News under Technology at http://foxbusiness.com

Fox Business News (foxbusiness.com) features Renee Schmidt (@FoxBusiness)

Renee Schmidt, Founder & CEO of SheBytes.com and consulting firm SheSquad is quoted as an expert source on technology, offering tips on how to clean up your digital life.

June 6, 2014 – Fox Business News

Featured on Fox Business News under Personal Finance at http://foxbusiness.com

This past week I listened to a presentation for young professional (20s and 30s) from one of the largest asset management firms in the world. The objective, which is of course to educate the audience, is also meant to help the firm snatch up talent and future wealth management clientele while those prospects are still spring chickens. Although I found the information presented to be generally useful and relevant to the respective audience, I couldn’t help but take a devils-advocate view on —well— just about everything. I bit my tongue until they presented this one particular example regarding a 401k

Clubz, a new social mobile app, aims to reinvent groups. 

Imagine a huge WhatsApp group with people you don’t know but whom share your same passions. “It’s much like a WhatsApp group on Steroids,” says Moish Levin, Co-founder & CEO of Clubz. “Unlike WhatsApp groups, we are not limited to people you have on your contacts, and we offer a “lean back” discovery experience.”

If you’re motivated to better yourself and the world, check out Everest, an app that helps you reach personal goals. According to the markers, “Everyone has their Everest. We help you climb yours.”

With Everest, figuring out how to reach your goals is all about focus and baby steps. You can add an unlimited number of goals, but you can only choose up to three to focus on. From there, you can break down each goal into baby steps so you can achieve something each day and set reminders to help you get into the habit of taking certain steps to reach the goals you set.

New York Post (nypost.com) feature with Renee Schmidt on Cover (@nypost)

The New York Post is the 13th-oldest and seventh-most-widely circulated newspaper in the United States. I am featured online and in print (late city final on November 12, 2013) in an article titled Power pedicures: The new 3-martini lunch.

November 12, 2013 – New York Post

Featured as a Female Entrepreneur, Founder & CEO of SheSquad at http://nypost.com

ONDiGO is a new mobile app CRM for small business to quickly track conversations and tasks relating to their contacts.

Traditional contact relationship management systems can allow you to build better relationships with customers and potential customers. The problem? They’re really most useful for mid- to large-sized businesses, as you have to enter information into a large database. ONDiGO is a brand new CRM tool that launched this past month that solves this problem. If you’re running a small business, ONDiGO allows you to build better relationships with your contacts from the convenience of your mobile phone.