Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
Chief Marketing Officer
Rebellion Defense
Education
University of Missouri School of Journalism
B.J., Journalism
Harvard Business School
M.B.A.,
2006Podcasts
28:0471: What It’s Like Being a NYT’s Bestselling Author & Journalist Gayle Tzemach Lemmon [Main T4C episode]
Gayle Tzemach Lemmon is a journalist, author and marketing professional currently working in the technology industry at Shield AI as the Chief Marketing Officer. Her two NYT’s bestselling books: The Dressmaker of Khair Khana and Ashley’s War: The Untold Story of a Team of Women Soldiers on the Special Ops..
Career Path
Interview Highlights
“I look for the story that I don’t understand when I first hear it and that I cannot stop thinking about once I do understand it.”
Best Career Advice
“If it were easy, everyone would do this. It’s supposed to be this hard. Never look for the easy way out but the right way in.”
Career Challenge
“[My friend] connected me to his agent and I had this idea for “Dressmaker,” but I really didn’t have it well formed. And I wrote to him so excited, and he wrote me back this rejection letter saying I do not see anything here that would become a book nor do I even see a nugget that has promise. And I felt like I had been gut punched. I had access to this incredible person who could’ve changed my career, my life. And he just basically hit 0 on the judge meter.”
Skills
Emerging Markets, Strategic Communication, Business Strategy, International Relations, Management Consulting, Venture Capital, Social Media, Journalism, Nonprofits, Social Entrepreneurship, Editing, Public Speaking, Management
Professional Interests
Mohamed El-Erian, Alan Murray, Harvard Business School, Council on Foreign Relations, Esquire magazine, Aid Funded Business Opportunities
