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Honor the Brave. Happy Memorial Day.

Mon, 27 May 2013 08:37:25 -0500

Honor the Brave. Happy Memorial Day.

Have a safe & super weekend! xo Posted via @RedStamp

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:20:10 -0500

Have a safe & super weekend! xo Posted via @RedStamp

You guys!!! Red Stamp is BRILLIANT! And we have page 52 to prove...

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:05:34 -0500

You guys!!! Red Stamp is BRILLIANT! And we have page 52 to prove it!!! Excuse all our !!!!’s, but we are kinda having a Red Carpet moment over here and we couldn’t have done it without YOU. #soverygrateful

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Fri, 08 Mar 2013 13:03:39 -0600

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How did you love thee? Well, we counted thy ways! Check out the...

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 13:03:35 -0600

How did you love thee? Well, we counted thy ways! Check out the top 200 words used in your lovely @RedStamp Valentine’s. Can you guess the #1 most sent word?! Posted via @RedStamp

Cheeky Monkey Hunter takes on Cardboard Bandit in an epic Sunday...

Sun, 27 Jan 2013 10:57:22 -0600

Cheeky Monkey Hunter takes on Cardboard Bandit in an epic Sunday morning battle…

Cheeky Monkey Hunter takes on Cardboard Bandit in an epic...

Sun, 27 Jan 2013 10:55:28 -0600

Cheeky Monkey Hunter takes on Cardboard Bandit in an epic battle. You know, typical Sunday morning stuff…

merry everything. {via @RedStamp} (at Sunset Island 2)

Tue, 25 Dec 2012 11:15:07 -0600

merry everything. {via @RedStamp} (at Sunset Island 2)

Change The Ratio: Forbes 30 Under 30 2012: Ratio, Changing

Tue, 18 Dec 2012 12:08:45 -0600

Change The Ratio: Forbes 30 Under 30 2012: Ratio, Changing:

Fabulous!

changetheratio:

Forbes published its annual 30 Under 30 package this week and we were pleased to see the trend of including and recognizing fantastic women is continuing and, dare we say, on the rise. We can all quibble with these lists (and I can think of a list of amazing women as long as my arm who were not…

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Sat, 08 Dec 2012 16:44:58 -0600

Happy Hanukkah! Posted via @RedStamp

at Tilia

Wed, 05 Dec 2012 17:54:31 -0600

at Tilia

changetheratio: Here is Mitt Romney at the Presidential Debate...

Thu, 18 Oct 2012 18:57:23 -0500

changetheratio:

Here is Mitt Romney at the Presidential Debate on Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012 at Hofstra, telling the story of how, as Massachussetts governor, he noted the absence of female nominees for cabinet positions:

“…and I went to my staff, and I said, ‘How come all the people for these jobs are all men?’ They said, ‘Well, these are the people that have the qualifications.’ And I said, ‘Well, gosh, can’t we find some women that are also qualified?’ And so we took a concerted effort to go out and find women who had backgrounds that could be qualified to become members of our cabinet. I went to a number of women’s groups and said, ‘Can you help us find folks,’ and they brought us whole binders full of women.”

****THIS IS NOT WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED.****

From “Mind The Binder,” The Boston Phoenix, immediately after the debate on Oct. 16, 2012, by David Bernstein:

“What actually happened was that in 2002 - prior to the election, not even knowing yet whether it would be a Republican or Democratic administration - a bipartisan group of women in Massachusetts formed MassGAP to address the problem of few women in senior leadership positions in state government. There were more than 40 organizations involved with the Massachusetts Women’s Political Caucus (also bipartisan) as the lead sponsor. They did the research and put together the binder full of women qualified for all the different cabinet positions, agency heads, and authorities and commissions. They presented this binder to Governor Romney when he was elected… Romney’s claim tonight, that he asked for such a study, is false.”

It is A VERY BIG DEAL that Romney misspoke in telling this story. For three reasons:

(1) He presented it as evidence that he has been a leader on women’s workplace rights by claiming that his outreach to qualified women was his initiative. It was not. That is massively misleading.

(2) Either he knew he was being misleading or he didn’t. Either way, it does not speak well for Romney as president. Here’s why: The now-infamous ‘Binders of Women’ initiative was actually an initiative of an ENTIRE WOMEN’S ORGANIZATION, MassGAP, which exists SPECIFICALLY to increase the number of women appointed by new governors to senior cabinet positions. MassGAP is sponsored by the Massachusetts Women’s Political Caucus (MWPC). These are not organizations you meet once and never deal with again. These are organizations Romney would have worked with throughout his term as Governor - the same term as governor that he’s running on to be President.

Moreover, Romney explicitly credited MassGAP in 2005 when given an award by the Women’s National Republican Club for his leadership in promoting women:

At the dinner in Manhattan at which the governor was feted, he attributed his success in attracting “top-level women to serve in [my] Administration to the MassGAP program spearheaded by the Massachusetts Women’s Political Caucus shortly after the 2002 gubernatorial election.”

That’s from the MassGAP “about” page. This was not a blip; also from their “about” page:

Between January 2002 and July 2004, 42% of the new gubernatorial appointments made by Governor Mitt Romney were women. Massachusetts was widely recognized for that achievement and MassGAP was given credit for it.

It is too much of a stretch to claim that this was a forgettable part of Mitt Romney’s larger gubernatorial story - the same larger gubernatorial story he’s running on in his bid for president.

So, if he misrepresented exactly whose idea the binders of women were, then he either claimed the credit deliberately (sketchy!), or he forgot (dim). Neither one recommend him that highly for President.

(3) This story was very clearly prepped beforehand as part of Romney’s intensive debate training with his campaign staff. The fact that such a major detail was wrong (and permitted by trained campaign operatives to be presented as such) means that the Romney team is not coordinating with/supported by any women’s groups in Massachussetts who would otherwise have been part of supporting Romney’s record on women. That’s an eyebrow-raise, especially given that his record in promoting women in his administration ought to suggest that he’d have a lot of friends amongst women’s groups in Massachussetts. It’s a definite red flag that he does not.

But - given that he just casually waltzed in on national TV and claimed the credit for a whole bunch of work done by women, maybe it’s not such a surprise.

About MassGAP [MassGAP]

Mika Brzezinski: How is Romney’s binder comment not a lie? [MSNBC]

Mitt Romney’s binders full of women just don’t stack up [Guardian]

Interview: Nilofer Merchant, Author of 11 Rules for Creating Value in the #SocialEra

Tue, 18 Sep 2012 14:37:41 -0500

Interview: Nilofer Merchant, Author of 11 Rules for Creating Value in the #SocialEra:

Instead of a buyer at the end of a value chain, more and more companies are embracing consumers as “co-creation” partners in their innovation practices. This collaborative model fundamentally shares power, improves speed, and shifts the value equation.

Oh what a joy it is to write for Matchbook Magazine each month....

Mon, 17 Sep 2012 14:24:57 -0500

Oh what a joy it is to write for Matchbook Magazine each month. pg. 40-41 of the September Issue. Enjoy!

: Female Founder Watch: Erin Newkirk

Sun, 02 Sep 2012 08:54:51 -0500

: Female Founder Watch: Erin Newkirk:

Honored to be a part of this series of interviews with Women Founders. Thank you, Women Innovate Mobile!

wimaccelerator:

Erin Newkirk
Co-Founder | CEO
Red Stamp

Who inspires you?
Pretty much everyone I follow on social media. It’s a long list because it’s rare I meet someone who doesn’t inspire me in some way…for business, for creativity, for bravery, for giving. Inspiration is all around us.

Why have you decided to become an entrepreneur?

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Tue, 28 Aug 2012 22:15:11 -0500

Hope you are, too.
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Incredibly current. Timeless beauty. vogue: Marilyn Monroe in...

Mon, 27 Aug 2012 16:17:26 -0500

Incredibly current. Timeless beauty.

vogue:

Marilyn Monroe in Christian Dior Haute Couture, photographed by Bert Stern, Vogue, 1962

Agents Provocateurs: A Look at Vogue’s New Book The Editor’s Eye

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So, this is where I’m at. (Taken with Instagram at Canyon...

Fri, 17 Aug 2012 16:22:29 -0500

So, this is where I’m at. (Taken with Instagram at Canyon Ranch Resort and Spa Lenox)

French press bliss #itsthelittlethings (Taken with Instagram at...

Thu, 16 Aug 2012 07:43:45 -0500

French press bliss #itsthelittlethings (Taken with Instagram at Canyon Ranch)