Sittercity.com CEO Speaks at Microsoft Event
Genevieve Thiers Shares Her Experience Founding a New Tech Category with the Next Generation at Microsoft/YWCA EventCHICAGO, March 26, 2009 --- Genevieve Thiers, who successfully turned the nugget of an idea into a multi-million dollar business, will share some of the secrets to her success with dozens of Chicago-area young girls at an event co-sponsored by Microsoft and the Chicago YWCA on Thursday, March 26.
Thiers, who created a new tech category that links parents in need of care providers with experienced sitters in cities across the nation, has received numerous accolades including: Forbes Junior Power League, Crain’s 40 Under 40, President Bush Small Business Administration Young Entrepreneur Champion of the Year and Women’s Business Development Center Rising Star. This will be the second time that Thiers will speak for Microsoft, as she was a featured speaker at its Small Business Summit last year. Thiers will speak on a panel with several other successful women tech CEOs in an event called TechGyrls. The event will take place in the Microsoft Technology Center, and it will include 25 girls between the ages of 9 and 14. The purpose of the event is to encourage girls to pursue careers in technology and promote women in the tech world across the Chicagoland area.
Thiers has also been a guest speaker and teacher at Harvard Business School, the Northwestern University Kellogg School of Business, Babson College, the University of Chicago, Loyola University and Columbia College in Chicago, the national CEO convention, the Heartland Institute, and hundreds of other conventions and events across the country.
Sittercity.com®, the inventor of online caregiving, is America’s largest and most trusted online source for child care, pet care, senior care, housekeeping, housesitting and tutoring. As the industry leader in online care, Sittercity has a network of more than a million caregiver profiles nationwide, and helps families and individuals across America find the perfect in-home care provider quickly, easily and safely. Sittercity’s care seekers can use the company’s four-step screening process, which includes checking references, reading caregiver reviews, conducting interviews and utilizing free access to background checks. Sitter profiles also come with photos, experience, training, safety skills, availability calendars, reviews and more. Registration for sitters is free, and care-seekers pay as little as $8 per month for a membership, which gives them unlimited ability to post jobs, and search, contact and hire sitters in their areas. The pioneer of its field, Sittercity has been featured by thousands of media outlets, including The Ellen DeGeneres Show, The View, TODAY Show, Good Morning America, The Early Show, New York Times, Wall Street Journal and many more. Sittercity has also received twelve national awards, including a U.S. Small Business Administration award in 2006 from President Bush, and three international awards, including first place in the prestigious UPS "Out of the Box" Small Business contest. Sittercity’s Corporate Program now serves more than 25 marquee clients, including Avon, Mastercard, FOX Networks, Pitney Bowes and Monster Worldwide.
