Francine Hardaway

Current

• Founding Member at Social Media Club
• Acting Executive Director, Founder at Opportunity Through Entrepreneurship Foundation
• Partner at Stealthmode Partners

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Past

• Member at American Biofuels Counsil
• VP Marketing at Innovative Environmental Products
• Manager, World Wide Press Relations at Intel Corporation

• Founder at Hardaway Marketing Services

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Education

• Syracuse University
• Columbia University in the City of New York
• Cornell University

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Recommended

4 people have recommended Francine

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Professional Training & Coaching

Websites

• Stealthmode Partners
• My Blog

Francine Hardaway’s Summary

Stealthmode Partners is an advocate and accelerator for entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs: a network of people and companies working together to help support and accelerate new initiatives - be they new or emerging growth companies or new directions, projects, or products within existing companies.

I write a blog on technology, entrepreneurship, and society at http://blog.stealthmode.com. I also blog for Huffington Post and Fast Company.

Francine Hardaway’s Specialties:

technology, health care, real estate, financial services. Early stage companies. I'm an entrepreneurship coach. I serve on many advisory boards and run an incubation program.

Francine Hardaway’s Experience

• Founding Member

  Social Media Club

  (Professional Training & Coaching industry)

  2006 — Present (3 years)

  Responsible for bringing Social Media Club to Phoenix organizing and running all the meetings, marketing it, and in general evangelizing for Social Media in Arizona.

• Acting Executive Director, Founder

  Opportunity Through Entrepreneurship Foundation

  (Civic & Social Organization industry)

  June 2005 — Present (4 years 2 months)

  The Opportunity Through Entrepreneurship Foundation (OTEF) provides training and support to help at-risk youth and adults improve their lives by creating and growing entrepreneurial ventures.

• Partner

  Stealthmode Partners

  (Marketing and Advertising industry)

  1999 — Present (10 years)

  Coach, connect, and consult with entrepreneurs. Invest when appropriate
  Founding Member, Social Media Club Phoenix and Social Media Clubs internationally
  Huffpo and Fast Company Blogger
  Social Media Director, Earth911
  Co-founder, USHealthCrisis,.com
  Founder, Arizona Entrepreneurship Conferences
  Participant, NewsGang Live
  @hardaway on Twitter

• Member

  American Biofuels Counsil

  (Professional Training & Coaching industry)

  2007 — 2008 (1 year)

• VP Marketing

  Innovative Environmental Products

  (Privately Held; Chemicals industry)

  November 1997 — June 1999 (1 year 8 months)

  Corporate and product marketing for an environmental cleaning products company with a NASCAR-licensed product.

• Manager, World Wide Press Relations

  Intel Corporation

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; intc; Semiconductors industry)

  November 1996 — November 1997 (1 year 1 month)

  Responsible for public relations support of several key initiatives that launched during my tenure ,including digital imaging, internet telephony, in-car computing, I/O processing, and USB.

• Founder

  Hardaway Marketing Services

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Public Relations and Communications industry)

  June 1980 — November 1996 (16 years 6 months)

  Developed the largest marketing and PR firm in Arizona, specializing in real estate, financial services, health care and high tech.

Francine Hardaway’s Education

• Syracuse University

  Ph.D , English , 1964 — 1968

• Columbia University in the City of New York

  Masters of Arts , English , 1962 — 1963

• Cornell University

  BA , English , September 1958 — January 1962

  Activities and Societies:

  PHI Beta Kappa

Additional Information

Francine Hardaway’s Websites:

• Stealthmode Partners
• My Blog

Francine Hardaway’s Interests:

new technology, investments, yoga, Buddhism, travel, writing

Francine Hardaway’s Groups:

Board of Directors, Social Venture Partners Arizona; Yoga Alliance Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT); Arizona Technology Council, Tie-AZ, Phoenix Community Alliance, Arizona Commercial Real Estate Women, Facilitator and Administrator, Fasttrac Entrepreneurial Education Foundation, Arizona Software Assocation

•    AZIPA - Arizona Internet Professionals Association
•    Stealthmode Partners
•    Grow VC - Venture Capital 2.0 - Member Group
•    Global EHS Online Software Solutions[1500+]
•    Refresh Phoenix

Francine Hardaway’s Honors:

2002 Entrepreneurial Fellow, Eller School of Business, University of Arizona
Adjunct Professor, Medical Informatics, AT Still University
Co-Chair, Tech Oasis Initiative
Recipient, Community Development Block Grant (2004)

Francine Hardaway’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• consulting offers
• new ventures
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
• getting back in touch