Book Review
In her new book, Dream Big and Win, Translating Passion into Purpose and Creating a Billion-Dollar Business, for the first time ever, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and Forbes' Richest Self-Made Woman Liz Elting shares her story on how she co-founded and grew TransPerfect, the billion-dollar translation and language solutions company that began as a dream in a NYU dorm room. This is the story of how every entrepreneur can turn a passion and a big vision into a business success.
In Dream Big and Win, entrepreneur and author, Liz Elting, divulges practical and inspiring tips that other women entrepreneurs can implement immediately. She shows why success is not solely about attaining and wielding power. Instead, Liz shows you that fulfilling your highest potential will require you to look beyond yourself. In her honest and often humorous narrative, Liz illustrates why actions are more important than mantras and why doing will always eclipse dreaming. This book is for any woman entrepreneur who has ever dreamed of translating their passion into purpose and creating something bigger than themselves.
Author Quotes
A guide for how to not only dream big, but also win — both in business and in life.
Work today like no one else will, so you can live and give tomorrow like no one else can.
About the author
Liz Elting, Founder and CEO of the Elizabeth Elting Foundation, is an entrepreneur, business leader, linguaphile, philanthropist, feminist, and mother. After living, studying, and working in five countries across the globe, Liz founded TransPerfect out of an NYU dorm room in 1992 and served as Co-CEO until 2018. TransPerfect is the world's largest language solutions company, with over $1.1 billion in revenue and offices in more than 100 cities worldwide. Liz received the 2019 Charles Waldo Haskins Award for business and public service from NYU’s Stern School of Business, the American Heart Association’s 2020 Health Equity Leadership Award, the Alliance of Women Entrepreneurs’ 2021 Vertex Award for changing the face and direction of women’s high-growth entrepreneurship, the American Heart Association’s 2022 Woman Changing the World Award, and Trinity College’s 2022 Kathleen O’Connor Boelhouwer ’85 Alumni Initiative Award. Liz has been recognized as a NOW Woman of Power & Influence, American Express' and Entrepreneur magazine's Woman of the Year, and one of Forbes’ Richest Self-Made Women every year since the list’s inception.
Why LoA loves it…
At Lionesses of Africa, we often speak about how women entrepreneurs can harness their passion and create businesses that are authentic and capable of growing to fulfill personal visions and missions. In her new book Dream Big and Win, author and entrepreneur Liz Elting, shows us all how to really leverage our personal passion and ambitions, and turn them into a strong foundation for business success. This is an inspirational and a practical read that can help all of us, as passion-driven women entrepreneurs with big ambitions of our own, to make them a reality and fulfill our potential. A must-read! — Melanie Hawken, founder & ceo, Lionesses of Africa