Genevieve Thiers, Sittercity CEO, Speaks Keynote at Heartland Conference for Free Enterprise
March 9, 2007FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(Chicago, Ill.) - Genevieve Thiers, Sittercity.com's CEO, rallied entrepreneurs today at the Heartland Conference for Free Enterprise in Lincoln, NE. Well known as a keynote speaker, Thiers spoke to entrepreneurs about communication, networking and bootstrapping your way to the top. Her talk was punctuated with occasional bursts of song, as she illustrated her story of moving from a career in opera to a career in business.
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.