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227. Drive Isn’t a Flaw: Virginia Frischkorn on Alignment, Resilience & Reinventing Connection Through Events
23 Apr 2025
Virginia Frischkorn, Millennial, Founder and CEO of partytrick.com is an award-winning former event industry professional who has successfully transitioned into a startup founder. With over 15 years of experience craftingexceptional events, she is dedicated to transforming and empowering the experience economy.Her achievements include being recognized as one of the Top 50 Planners Worldwide by Vogue and Martha Stewart Weddings, named a Top 10 Innovator in EventTech, and honored in the DBJ 40 Under 40, among other prestigious accolades. In her next chapter, she is poised to disrupt the U.S. events economy with an innovative end-to-end white-labeled B2B solution called Partytrick. What You’ll Learn in This Episode:0:00 Introduction1:03 LI Post from ex2:19 Tug of war about balance/alignment4:33 Chapters of life6:29 Connecting through entertainment11:19 Vulnerability, authenticity18:05 Hope and resilience20:26 Just do it!23:28 20-something adviceQuotable Moments:“Being intensely driven and focused isn’t a flaw.” “Your drive, your focus, your ability to work towards your goals these aren’t traits to dim – they arethe very things that will help you build something meaningful.” “I don’t think there is balance – it’s about alignment.” “When people feel safe and in their right environment, and you set the stage, connection is much more possible.” Brené Brown quotes: "Practicing courage, compassion, and connection in our daily lives is how we cultivate worthiness. The key work is practice...WE invite compassion into our lives when we act compassionately toward ourselves and others, and we feel connected in our lives when we reach out and connect.""Hope is a function of struggle. We develop hope not during the easy or comfortable times, but through adversity and thebelief that we can create change.""Faith isn’t an agreement to a set of beliefs, it’s a place of mystery where we find the courage to believe in whatwe cannot see and the strength to let go of our fear of uncertainty." “Hope fuels action.” “Hope and faith balance out and build resilience.” Three Episode Takeaways: 1. When we’re not in alignment and there’s zero balance, that’s when things can get really chaotic. One way to view segments in life are as chapters and each chapter informs the next. Without those previous chapters we wouldn’t havegotten those life’s lessons.2. When people connect it can facilitate community. It allows people to open up. In-person events engage all senses providing more depth of a connection. It’s a whole different energy.3. Events have 3 core elements: the design, the planning, and execution. Most of us feel good about 1 of these things. The way a host gets people comfortable is by exuding confidence that all of the elements are handled. New Product:Virginia just launched her B2B product, Partytrick, the growth engine for scalable, repeatable events andactivations. Her end-to-end platform powers demos, brand activations, experiences, and large-scale events while capturing valuable data to measure ROI and provide actionable business insights. By streamlining operations andautomating workflows, she helps teams save time, ensure quality consistency, and execute events with greater efficiency and impact. How to reach Virginia: [email protected]://partytrick.com@partytrick How to reach Yo: Our website:www.girltaketheleadpod.com You can send a message or voicemail there. We’d love to hear from you! email: [email protected] group: Girl, Take the Leadhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/272025931481748/?ref=share IG: yocanny YouTube LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/yocanny/
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