#251 Unveiling Entrepreneurship with Elissa Bloom

<p><strong>Unveiling Entrepreneurship and giving in-depth insights into the subject</strong></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Elissa Bloom is the <strong>Executive Director of the Philadelphia Fashion Incubator</strong> at Macy's Center City. She has been with the organization since 2011 and, with the board, launched the successful initiative, which is now used as an international model for fashion incubation.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Elissa Boom founded and maintained<strong> Elissa Bloom New York</strong>, a successful accessories line she <strong>oversaw for ten years</strong>. She has earned<strong> multiple US State Department funds</strong> to speak at conferences and conduct business boot camps in Italy, Russia, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Israel, and Scotland's fashion industries. The White House invited Elissa to speak at the<strong> Global Entrepreneurship Summit</strong> in Kenya in 2015.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>In this podcast, I talk about entrepreneurship with Elissa Bloom.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>In 2017, she was named <strong>the Philadelphia Ambassador of Women's Entrepreneurship Day</strong>, a global event promoting female entrepreneurship and commemorated by the United Nations in <strong>144 nations</strong>.&nbsp;</p><p>Elissa created and chaired the first and second annual events in Philadelphia recognizing female entrepreneurs. Philly Fashion Week presented her with the<strong> Trailblazer Award in 2016.</strong></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>With over <strong>20 years </strong>of both corporate and entrepreneurial experience, Elissa brings a unique and fresh comprehension of the fashion and business worlds. She has worked for Bloomingdales and Anthropologie as well as <strong>Drexel University, Moore College of Art &amp; Design</strong>, and Thomas Jefferson University, where she taught fashion entrepreneurship courses.&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>RESOURCES</strong></p><p><strong>Linkedin: </strong><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/elissa-bloom-19a0a211" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>linkedin.com/in/el