Sittercity CEO Genevieve Thiers Speaks to E-Women Network Group
April 11, 2005FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(Chicago, Ill.) - Genevieve Thiers, Sittercity.com's CEO, spoke to the MA chapter of E-women network today in Boston, MA, about entrepreneurialism, building a company and incorporating the arts into a corporate setting. Well-known as a nationwide child care expert, Thiers was the keynote speaker at the event which included networking and meeting other local entrepreneurs.
Thiers has also been nominated to be an E-women Femtor for 2006, to represent her state and company at the national conference in Dallas, TX.
About Sittercity.com
Sittercity.com is the Web's leading parent-babysitter online matchmaking site and the inventor of online child care, dedicated to making the process of finding a caregiver fast, easy, safe and fun. With access to hundreds of thousands of sitters nationwide, parents can find a wealth of qualified caregivers in their area by using Sittercity's four-step screening process, which includes references, parent-to-parent feedback, personal interviews and background checks. Registration for sitters is free, and parents pay $7.99 per month for an annual membership, which gives them the unlimited ability to post jobs, and search, contact and hire sitters in their areas. A true pioneer in its field, Sittercity.com has been featured by hundreds of media outlets; from the Today Show to the Wall Street Journal. It received a Webby Worthy Award in 2005, won the Women's Business Development Center Rising Star Award in 2005 and won the U.S. Small Business Administration Champion Award in 2006 from President Bush. For more information, visit the company website at www.sittercity.com.