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The CEO Still Wears Wingtips with Lavonne McLean

What happens when you finally get close to the top and start wondering whether the title is worth the sacrifice? For many women in tech, the question is not just “Can I get there?” It is “What will getting there cost me?”

Tiffany Benitez sits down with Lavonne McLean, CEO of Apparo, to talk about being the only woman at the table, watching louder voices take up space, and the pressure women can feel to work twice as hard just to prove they belong.

Then there is the story behind the episode title. More than 20 years ago, Lavon wrote her college honors thesis, “The CEO Still Wears Wing Tips,”…

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