Season 202 Episode 6917
SEASON 2 - EPISODE 26
"NEW SEASON - NEW CONVERSATIONS TOPIC: EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION Marie Cosgrove, Award-Winning International Speaker & Author of the book: Greater Fortune, Essential Lessons from the Entrepreneur Who Bought the Company That Fire Her. As a single mom of four, Marie bought the company that fired her, bringing a unique perspective gained from her experience to small businesses and corporations. As a speaker, she uses real-world examples with the ability to bring out the invaluable and irreplaceable talent that each person brings to any organization in order to create transformative action that will leave a lasting impact on your organization. Marie values hard work and dedication, learned from her experience of growing up in poverty. She was born to a mentally disabled single mom and then persevered through an abusive marriage, resulting in having to raise four children as a single mother alone while striving to make it in the business world. When she was fired because she 'made too much in commissions, she didn't become bitter, vengeful, or angry. Instead, she started her own company, & obtained FDA clearance for advice that identifies life-threatening biomarkers including the risk of stroke, heart attack, & diabetes. She scaled the business and was able to buy the company that fired her. Skeptics and competitors said she'd bankrupt the company and herself within six months. She built the company into the world leader in fall prevention, CNS disorders (Concussion, traumatic brain injury, tumors, etc...), diagnostic and treatment devices for clients including Dartmouth, Yale, Vanderbilt, University of Miami, VA hospitals, and Air Force bases nationally as well as major hospitals and universities worldwide. And a decade of leading the company is still the leader in her industry. Her unique perspective has proven that a positive mental attitude, regardless of your past or current situation, always results in success. This perspective has inspired her to teach, develop, inspire and mentor thousands of students, business leaders, mothers, fathers, "
