NY Brand Lab Radio | Tory Johnson

If you're looking to bring more spark and hustle into your business, meet Tory Johnson. She's a small business champion, and knows a lot about spark and hustle especially at work and play. She dropped out of Emerson College for a chance to work at ABC News, then jumped to NBC News, only to be fired unexpectedly a couple years later. The permanent scar from that experience inspired her to shift from employee to entrepreneur: In 1999, she founded Women For Hire from a corner of her New York City apartment. Now in its 11th year, the company hosts high caliber diversity career expos across the country. A workplace contributor on ABC’s Good Morning America, she was dubbed the 'raise fairy godmother' by Glamour for her ability to help women ask for—and get—more money. In 2010, she began hosting conferences for current and aspiring small business owners nationwide. Her fifth book, Fired To Hired was both a New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller. Check out Tory's sites: www.womenForHire.com or www.sparkandhustle.com.