03/02/2018
Fantastic interview with Hub Dot founder Simona Barbieri to mark its 5th anniversary. Hub Dot is now a 35,000 member Global community: Storytelling is a very ancient language,” she says. “Hub Dot has re-created something natural. We have women who come to our events who share their stories around grief, children, politics, reinvention, and it’s all mixed up — the professional and the personal.”
Banks, schools, local government and universities have asked Barbieri and her team — Lesley McBride, Duygu Ergin, Sophie Castel — to bring their Hub Dot evenings to them. Hub Dot now has a network of 35,000 people.
There's a cult-like feel to Hub Dot. A friend you respect will slip you an invitation to a store in Chelsea or a town hall in Walthamstow and say, “You will love it — it is amazing.” Hub Dot, an all-female networking community, is the brainchild of Simona Barbieri, an effervescent Chelsea r...