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Julia Pimsleur, CEO and Founder of Little Pim, the leading program for introducing young children to a second language at home joins Enterprise Radio. Julia explains how she started the brand and how Little Pim has become a success today.
Listen to interview with host Eric Dye & guest Julia Pimsleur discuss the following:
- Please tell our listeners the history behind Little Pim and what inspired you to start the company?
- What makes the Little Pim system different from all other products out there in the market?
- Why is it so important in today’s climate for parents to teach their kids a second language?
- Does the parent need to also know the language that they are trying to teach their child?
- What are some tips you have for families that want to utilize the holidays for learning? Is now a good time as any to start the program?
- Are there any new products that have been developed this year or are in the works for next?
- What can you say to parents or children who might be a little reluctant or hesitant to learn a second language thinking it may be difficult?
Duration: 12:01
Julia Pimsleur is CEO and Founder of Little Pim, the leading program for introducing young children to a second language at home. She created Little Pim for her own two boys and out of a desire to democratize language learning for kids. Julia grew up in the language teaching business, as the daughter of language teaching pioneer, Dr. Paul Pimsleur. The Little Pim program has been selling successfully for five years, has won 25+ awards for its proprietary Entertainment Immersion Method®.
Little Pim is one of the few women-led businesses backed by Venture Capital in the country, and Julia is dedicated to helping other women entrepreneurs access growth capital, which is widely seen as one of the the greatest impediments to business success for women. Julia’s personal motto is “Fortes fortuna juvat” (fortune favors the brave), a message she is taking to women across America through her Little Pim and Forbes blog and more recently, through teaching. In 2013, Julia created the Double Digit Academy “fundraising bootcamp” to help other women entrepreneurs raise Angel and Venture Capital.
Prior to founding Little Pim, Julia was the co-founder and CEO of a women-run film production company, Big Mouth Productions, which produced social justice documentaries sold to HBO, Cinemax Reellife and PBS. Julia’s interest in social change work took the form of fundraising as well as filmmaking, and she drove over $20M in contributions to international human rights organizations.
Julia currently serves on the Advisory Board of Global Language Project, a nonprofit which brings free foreign language instruction to kids in disadvantaged public schools, and as Communications Chair of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO). She started a women’s group within EO, called EO Ellas (Spanish for women in the plural). Julia earned her B.A. from Yale University, an M.F.A from the French National Film School in Paris and attended Harvard’s Executive Education Program. She lives in Manhattan with her husband and energetic two young boys.
Past speaking engagements include: Stanford University, Yale University, NYU Stern Business School, Metropolitan College, the Yale Club, the Women Entrepreneurs Festival, Walmart Women in Toys, and Digital Kids.
Julia is a regular contributor to the Forbes Entrepreneur section and she and Little Pim have been featured on The TODAY Show, NBC Weekend Today, Fox News, and in Business Week, Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times.
Website: www.littlepim.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/mylittlepim
Twitter: @littlepim
