THE FUTURE IS FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS

Weak Ties/Strong Bonds is a non-competitive, reciprocal community for women and gender diverse entrepreneurs that creates and strengthens the weak ties that are proven to drive business opportunities. Through our membership, events, and programming, we provide a strong, supportive ecosystem for entrepreneurs, solopreneurs, freelancers and side hustlers at various stages of their business journey. 

We support our community to create financial freedom, build businesses they love, and connect them with impactful resources to help them to grow and thrive.

meet our founders

Weak Ties/Strong Bonds Co-Founder Lauren Karasek wears a blue, pinstripe, off-the-shoulder button up and smiles at the camera. Her laptop, complete with stickers, a pink coffee mug, and a plant sit on the desk in front of her.

Lauren Karasek

Lauren Karasek is an integrated marketing strategist with a digital-first approach who runs Seamless Brand Consulting as its Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer. Lauren helps businesses, non-profits, and governments to connect with their audiences wherever they are and drive them to action. She’s been recognized with tens of industry awards including Executive of the Year for the PR, Marketing and Advertising Industry and New York Business Journal’s Women of Influence.

Connect with Lauren on LinkedIn or visit her website.

“The technical, bureaucratic side of starting a business was difficult for me - there were tears - and I would not have made it through without the women entrepreneurs in my life, including Laura. I think it’s inherently feminist to help women start businesses, and I don’t think having the support to do so should be a matter of luck - that’s why we started WT/SB.” - Lauren Karasek, Co-Founder

Laura Maurer

Laura Maurer is a Business Coach & Advisor for new entrepreneurs and a Digital Strategy Consultant. With over 12 years of entrepreneurial experience, she helps ex-corporate women launch and scale their service-based businesses & to exceed their corporate income in a year. She also works with companies large and small to develop and implement innovative digital marketing strategies.

Connect with Laura on LinkedIn or visit her website.

“My business has been powered by weak ties. I’m excited to continue to leverage this theory to create a powerful community of women entrepreneurs who support one another to build businesses they love that give them financial freedom and security.”

- Laura Maurer, Co-Founder

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