Founder and COO

Georgia Vanderville is an award-winning entrepreneur, best-selling author, TEDx Speaker,  and known for her international work with Youth and within our Women Owned Small Business community.  Georgia was voted the Most Influential Women of the Sierra Nevadas.  She sits as the Chair for NevadaWorks, representing manufacturing in 7 counties across Northern Nevada. Georgia Vanderville has used her influence to help Women Entrepreneurs Nationally and Internationally grow and expand their reach.  Georgia’s years of traveling the United States and Europe hiking, backpacking and listening to stories around the world led to starting her large scale Candle Manufacturing Company, Shortie’s Candle Company, in 2002 with a Just Cause to "Inspire healthier mental health by connecting people to happiness."  Armed with her Listening approach to business she has built a world renowned team. In her downtime she loves to go snowboarding and hiking with her family.

Inner Development Through Product Development; Building Your Inner Candle

How can you uplift your personal and business progress and hit the targets you’ve been dreaming of?  Feeling stuck is not desirable.  The feeling of “nothing new is coming my way” is a common feeling to have. However, like with Product Development, Research and Development is key to diving in, noticing what bothers you, and learning and growing from it.  The key to successful growth is through small thought shifts and habits.  In this fun talk, Georgia Vanderville focuses on research and development for products and how the R&D translates to our own personal development.   Through personal stories and step by step candle building, audiences will be empowered with steps and strategies they can immediately apply to their personal and professional lives.