2013《財富》最具影響力的女創業家

朱爾斯?皮耶里

? 公司：The Grommet公司

? 年齡：53歲

皮耶里在大型消費類產品公司工作過多年，如Stride Rite和科迪斯（Keds）等。所以，這種夫妻店在推出新產品時所遇到的困難令皮耶里感到失望。她解釋道：“越創新的產品，因為與主流和‘已知’相悖，因而越難銷售。”因此，她在五年前成立了The Grommet，這個信息分享平臺會將消費者與發明者的故事和產品聯系起來。皮耶里的公司幫助發布的產品包括自制碳酸飲料機Sodastream和智能腕帶Fitbit。她一直把惠普公司（HP）CEO梅格?惠特曼作為自己的導師，并在哈佛商學院（Harvard Business School）擔任入駐企業家。

Jules Pieri

? Company: The Grommet

? Age: 53

After years working with large consumer product companies like Stride Rite and Keds, Pieri grew frustrated with the difficulty mom-and-pop shops had launching new products. "The more innovative a product—as opposed to mainstream and "known"—the harder it was to get distribution," she explains. In response, she launched The Grommet, a discovery platform that connects customers with inventors' stories and their products, five years ago. Pieri, whose company helped launch products including SodaStream and Fitbit, counts HP CEO Meg Whitman as a mentor and has a side-gig as an entrepreneur in residence at Harvard Business School.