My STory

When I tell people about co-founding BlogHer, they often ask, “Weren’t you afraid to fail?” Valid question, given most startups fail, and less than 2% of venture dollars go to women-founded companies.

I managed the fear by leaning into it and asking myself, “What is the worst that could happen?” Answer: If it all fell apart, I’d have to move in with my mom, sleep in my childhood twin bed, get a job, pay off my debt, and start again. Not fun, but not tragic. That in mind, I knew the risk was worth the potential reward.

Against the odds, BlogHer succeeded. We grew from grassroots movement to national women’s media and transformed that valued-based movement into a new market. We also built value, raising four rounds of VC funding and exiting via acquisition. Along the way, BlogHer gave hundreds of women their first speaking opportunities and paid writing gigs. The “BlogHer Economy” paid content creators before it was cool. And we consciously featured the full diversity of our community from the very outset. 

I co-created a mission-based company rooted in the ethos that you can do business and do good.

We busted stereotypes about women creators and women-owned companies. 

We established value in the marketplace and let values dictate how we ran the company. 

Since BlogHer, I have focused on helping others know their value and live their values too.

OFFICIAL BIO

Elisa Camahort Page was the Founding COO of BlogHer, Inc. BlogHer scaled from grassroots movement to national women’s media brand. After bootstrapping for two years, they raised four rounds of VC funding and achieved exit by acquisition. Through BlogHer’s community practices and her own, Elisa built community, scaled a business, created a new market, and championed inclusivity in words and action at the intersection of content, community, and commerce. 

Since leaving the company that acquired BlogHer, Elisa has served in full-time and fractional CxO roles, delivered advisory and consultative services to organizations across the Media, Tech, Social Impact, and Learning & Development verticals, and coached early-stage entrepreneurs.

Elisa’s past speaking engagements include TEDx, INFORUM at Commonwealth Club, 92nd Street Y, SXSW, DENT, DLD Women, U.S. Embassy Moscow, and the headquarters of Coca-Cola, Google, LinkedIn, and Logitech. Her writing has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Fortune, Mashable, San Jose Mercury News, and FoxNews.com. She is now the host of The Op-Ed Page with Elisa Camahort Page podcast and the curator behind the This Week-ish newsletter.

Elisa serves on the board of directors of the NanoSteam Foundation and Our Hen House. She is also an Astia Advisor and longtime member of the SXSW Interactive programming committee. 

You can move through obstacles to create, build, and scale your dreams. 

I can show you how.