Natalie Cofield (@ncofield)
has carved a niche for herself as an entrepreneur, advocate, and
speaker on all things business and diversity. Her work has spanned
continents, communities and corporations and can currently be found
impacting lives and bottom-lines at organizations in cities
including Austin, New York, DC, LA, Sao Paulo, Johannesburg,
Nairobi and beyond.
A converted management consultant, economic fellow, and
economic development director she is the Immediate
Past President of the Greater Austin Black Chamber of
Commerce, Founding President of the Austin Black
Technology Council and Founder of
Walker’s Legacy a national women in business
collective.
Natalie recently co-founded urban-co lab-- urban
innovation focused co-working space and startup incubator designed
for community change-makers and innovators looking to create
solutions for urban problems throughout the nation.
A graduate of Howard and the Baruch School of Public Affairs
in New York, her work has been featured in Forbes,
BusinessInsider, Black Enterprise,
Essence and Ebony among others.
In this episode we discussed:
How to persevere in your business, job and life even when all
you want to do is quit.
How Natalie has achieved EPIC success by putting others
first.
How Natalie maintains balance even while running two profitable
companies.
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