Vanessa Quigley: Champion of Work-at-Home Moms
Co-founder, Chatbooker-in-Chief, Chatbooks
Twitter: @vanessaquigley
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vanessa-quigley-9b36131a
Website: chatbooks.com
Bio: Co-founder, Series A-funded Chatbooks, former Miss Utah USA, former Entertainment Cast Member, Walt Disney World, Oldest of 12 children, mother of 7.
Innovating in Field of Work:
- Chatbooks designed to break the digital-only mentality
- Print from social media and camera roll favorites to create hard copy photo and memory books
Impact:
- Over 100,000 subscribers, over 1 million books published in first 18 months
- Raised $6 million in Series A round in early 2016
Role Model:
- Models innovative on-ramping after extended workforce absence
- Advocate for the work-at-home mom
- Customer service dept. employs ‘mom force’ of passionate stay at home moms
Reinvention / Risk / Momentum:
- Education in music; trained to be an opera singer
- Launched start-up after staying home to rear 7 childre
- Grew up the oldest of 12 children on a petting zoo outside of Orlando, FL
“When my youngest child went to school, I realized I had more time for my newest passion—Chatbooks. I know there are a lot of mothers out there like me who still want to maintain their professional passions. That’s why those women were our first choices when we hired our customer service staff.”