Despite their good intentions, today's businesses are missing an opportunity to integrate social responsibility and day-to-day business objectives - to do good and make money simultaneously.

I deplore the shying away that can go on, within women, from the term 'feminist.' I am, absolutely, all about being a feminist.

I realized I was an attractive older woman who never wanted to settle down.

I design my start-up ventures around my own personal beliefs and values.

Out of discomfort comes greatness.

My background is advertising: I moved to New York from London in 1998 to start up the U.S. office of ad agency Bartle Bogle Hegarty.

Anyone who has worked with me knows that I am extremely action-oriented. I'm all about making things happen.