Forty Over 40 Asks: 9Qs for Cindy Gallop, Founder of If We Ran The World and Make Love Not Porn

Welcome to the Forty Over 40 blog. We frequently spotlight one of our honorees and their thoughts on reinvention, mentorship and momentum…plus a peek into what makes them tick.

This week’s Q & A is with Cindy Gallop. Cindy moved to New York from London in 1998 to start up the US office of ad agency, and Bartle Bogle Hegarty in 2003 was named Advertising Woman of the Year. She is the founder & CEO of http://www.ifwerantheworld.com, a radically simple web-meets-world platform designed to turn good intentions into action, one micro action at a time – currently 9 months old in beta. She is also the founder of http://www.makelovenotporn.com which launched at TED 2009. She consults for brands and clients who want to change the game in their particular sector.

1)  What was a pivotal momentum of reinvention for you?

The moment I realized I no longer give a damn what anyone thinks.

2)  Who has been a valuable mentor or sponsor?

Everyone who’s ever helped me in any way. There are too many to count. I regularly say to myself, “Aren’t people wonderful?”

3)  What is your biggest goal right now?

Finding open-minded investors to fund MakeLoveNotPorn so that I and my co-founders, Oonie Chase and Corey Innis, can scale and grow it into the billion-dollar venture we believe it can be.

4)  What was the last business book you read? 

Gavin de Becker’s ‘The Gift Of Fear’. It may not look like it given its ostensible purpose, but it’s a brilliant business book.

5)  What cause do you most want to advance?

Women

6)  What song can’t you get out of your head? 

The Magnetic Fields, ‘Busby Berkeley Dreams’

7)  What is the best piece of advice you ever received?

Get more sleep.

8)  What is your “keep me going” quote?

“I’m going to f***ing well show you.” Said by me. 🙂

9) What is your secret indulgence? 

Non-secret (because I’m open about it): sex with younger men

Check out Cindy Gallop’s full 40 Over 40 profile here!