Connecting the World's Workforce: Stephanie Leffler at TEDxStLouisWomen

Stephanie Leffler is good at solving problems. And with three successful tech companies under her belt, she has the track record to prove it. Coming out of college, Leffler helped launch an online store and quickly saw an even bigger opportunity to help others traveling down the e-commerce path and launched MonsterCommerce in 2002. Four years later, MonsterCommerce hit $20 million in sales, and was sold to Network Solutions. From there, Leffler went on to start online publishing site Juggle.com, which now has a portfolio of companies, including her latest venture, CrowdSource, which uses a team of 500,000 remote workers to provide managed crowdsourcing solutions. .

In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)