Upcoming Spring 2020 Events
LadyDrinks Luncheon
3.1 Phillip Lim Fireside Chat
BetaWorks Masterclass
Wharton Women in Business Keynote
Sawaya Partners Panel Discussion
On Brand Podcast
Kettlespace
HSBC and Wharton Alumnae Founders & Funders Association (WAFFA) Fireside Chat
NYEDC Keynote Speaker
TechDayHQ Conference Speaker
Project W’s Women Entrepreneur Boot Camp (WEB)
Wharton Startup Competition Finals Judge
Wharton Reunion: Author’s Panel
In The News
The Mentors Podcast
How To Build A Fashion Marketplace With Billions In Transactions. Mona Bijoor speaks with Sergei and Vadim Revzin.
Why All Startups Need a Brand Book with Mona Bijoor
“Vision and strategy require a lot of thinking about brand.” Mona Bijoor would know. She spends a lot of her time thinking about and helping early-stage founders startup, scale, and grow their businesses.[…]
Modern Meadow Keynote
Andras Forgacs, CEO and the visionary behind Modern Meadow invited me to give a keynnote address at the company’sWinter Gala. We spoke about how true transformation requires patience, resilience and fearlessness.
Wharton Women In Business
Last week I spoke about the lessons from my book #StartupsandDowns @ the Wharton Women in Business Conference. As a college freshman at Penn, this was the first club I joined. Back then, I was in awe and honestly intimidated by my peers who were so smart, focused, and had the work ethic to back up their brilliance. They wanted to conquer the world. Last week, I was reminded of that feeling. I was surrounded by women who are destined for greatness and doing all the right things so that nothing holds them back. […]
5 New Year’s Resolutions Every Entrepreneur Should Make
For me, the end of the year is filled with lots of reflection. I like to pull up the list of resolutions I’ve made for the year and figure out whether I still have time left to accomplish them. Often, I’ll carry items over to the following year — and I’m fine with that because some things take time to accomplish. As I put the finishing touches on my plan for 2020, I already know several resolutions that I’ll be making. Here are five that I believe should be on every entrepreneur’s list. […]
7 Steps for Building a Financial Plan for the Future
Every September, I begin the financial planning process for both my business and my household for the upcoming year.
Most people don’t think they have the time to do this (or don’t feel it’s important), but I believe it’s an incredibly valuable exercise, and is one I actually look forward to it. That wasn’t always the case; but now that I put a system in place, I am less fearful about the planning part and more excited about what the future holds.
When it comes to your business, your financial plan is the blueprint of how you want the future to unfold. […]
20 Books to Inspire Your Happiest Life at Work.
When I’m coaching entrepreneurs who are working to get their companies off the ground, I always remind them that hurdles and challenges will inevitably arise. In this book, Mona Bijoor takes that advice a step further with true stories about how entrepreneurs have weathered the tests they’ve faced along the way. […]
The new year presents new opportunities for retailers.
U.S. retailers are feeling the heat: E-commerce brands must contend with expectations set by Amazon’s same-day delivery, meanwhile brick-and-mortar businesses face their own survival challenges–2019 will be the last year of operations for an estimated 12,000 stores, according to advisory firm Coresight Research. […]
Fireside Chat with Mona Bijoor, Founder of JOOR and Author of Startups and Downs: The Secrets of Resilient Entrepreneurs
In this book, I share what I think all business owners (big, small, start-up, or established) need to know about overcoming the challenges every entrepreneur experiences during his or her journey. […]
“You’re Writing Your Own Story:”
Mona Bijoor and Tsai CITY executive director Clare Leinweber speak during a fireside chat.
Earlier this month, Mona Bijoor visited Yale for a series of conversations with students, from a breakfast talk as part of the Yale Women Innovators Series to a fireside chat at the School of Management. […]
"How to Fix How We See Self-Care."
Not so long ago, the idea of self-care was simple: It was about the things you did for yourself to stay mentally and physically healthy. But because of Goop and other commerce-driven pseudo self-care brands that operate under the guise of well-being, the concept of self-care has been bastardized. […]
Columbia Business School
What do you get when you put 120 brilliant women in a room to talk about how to make their mark? You get an inspiring morning with the motivation to make an impact. Thank you to Columbia Women in Business for inviting me as their Keynote Speaker to discuss the value of professional networks and never forgetting that we all have are blessed with the ultimate superpower: Resourcefulness.
MIT Sloan School of Management
As A Founder Who Stepped Down – My Advice to WeWork
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For a long time, most conversations about Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, or Jeff Bezos were about how smart, amazing, and innovative they were as company founders. But cut to 2019, and the talk has shifted to, “Does he know what he’s doing?” “Can he fix this?” […]
Mona Bijoor, a Sounding Board for First Time Founders
By Lisa Buyer
Joining the group of Female Disruptors today is Mona Bijoor. Simply put, she’s a force. Her deliberate balance of drive and compassion yields a passionate leader and mindful mentor for today’s entrepreneur. She knows that success is never one person’s job, decides to channel any fear of failure into positive energy […]
Startups and Downs: The Secrets of Resilient Entrepreneurs
As the founder of Joor, the fashion B2B e-commerce giant, Bijoor has advised hundreds of entrepreneurs and realized they share a common set of challenges. Her book offers advice for overcoming those critical obstacles and presents seven principles to help any business owner—from novices to CEOs —develop the mind-set to persevere and succeed. […]
Lessons Learned | Happening in the Hills
On Our Radar, with Mona Bijoor
In her new book Start-Ups and Downs, local part-time resident Mona Bijoor explores the highs and lows of entrepreneurship and shares the success stories of 10 start-up founders. In a newly released book titled Start-Ups and Downs, the author Mona Bijoor shares the wisdom, failures, downfalls, and exits of 10 entrepreneurs. […]
Markets Business Insider
Founder, Investor, Startup Advisor Mona Bijoor Releases Startups & Downs: The Secrets of Resilient Entrepreneurs
NEW YORK, Sept. 30, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Available today, Startups & Downs: The Secrets of Resilient Entrepreneurs, by Mona Bijoor, Partner at Kings Circle Capital and Founder of JOOR, takes readers through Mona’s own entrepreneurial journey. […]
Interview with Chaya Weiner
Startups and Downs: The Secrets of Resilient Entrepreneurs, with Mona Bijoor
As part of my interview series on the five things you need to know to become a great author, I had the pleasure of interviewing Mona Bijoor, author, startup advisor, Partner at King Circle Capital and Founder of JOOR, an online global B2B marketplace for wholesale buying. […]
Mona Bijoor on Cheddar T.V.
Top Tips for Budding Entrepreneurs on Cheddar, with Mona Bijoor
Mona Bijoor Partner at Kings Circle Capital and Founder of JOOR, an online global fashion marketplace, joined to discuss top tips for surviving the volatile ups and downs of the entrepreneurial journey. Her new book, “Startups & Downs: The Secrets of Resilient Entrepreneurs,” is available today.
Article Published in Thrive Global
Why Mentors (and Role Models, and Life Coaches) Matter, by Mona Bijoor
Like so many of us, I grew up thinking that with enough passion and persistence, I could be successful on my own—that I had it in me to have it all and to do it all. We tell ourselves this a lot, whether we’re setting our sights on a career goal or a personal goal. […]
An Interview With Chaya Weiner
Startups and Downs: The Secrets of Resilient Entrepreneurs, with Mona Bijoor
The biggest lesson I want readers to learn is that with the right frame of mind anything is really possible. Life seems to be less about developing the right tactical skills to succeed — it’s really about training your mind to work through any type of situation life or business throws at you.[…]