During the recent Oscar awards, Kathryn Bigelow made history by winning Best Director for “The Hurt Locker.” Impressed? I certainly am. As a woman in business, I have always admired other women who are leaders in their fields. Therefore, I was especially honored to interview Liz Willette, founder and owner of Willette Wines, a company that specializes in importing and distributing small, boutique French wine primarily from Burgundy and Champagne. Willette Wines is based out of OfficeLinks’ Chelsea office space location at 33 W 19th Street. With their wine tastings and generous donations, Liz Willette and her team have certainly become popular at Chelsea.
Starting her career in Europe, Liz’s road to success is certainly an interesting one. She studied food and wine while working as a guide and trip researcher for Butterfield & Robinson, ran a wine bar in Italy where she selected wine for the well-known chef David Bouley, assisted with the opening of Bouley’s restaurant Danube, and worked for a distributor. All of this, along with a connection to Jean Louis Chave, contributed to Liz’s creation of Willette Wines. As the daughter of two entrepreneurs, she said starting her own business was always her goal.
In today’s challenging economic environment, it is especially important to stand out among the competition. Liz shared with me some of her secrets to success:
- 1. Do what you are passionate about. Be authentic and true to yourself. For Liz, Willette Wines is a labor of love. Simply put, she does what she enjoys doing.
- 2. Take a focused approach. Liz does not try to be all things to all people. She sells to high-end restaurants and specialized boutiques and aims to support small growers who make soulful wines. Read More
OfficeLinks’ client and friend Steve Steger, co-founder and managing partner of Global IP Law Group, an international team of attorneys in the U.S., Europe and Asia-Pacific who have created a powerful and compelling approach to monetizing intellectual property (IP) for their clients, has been named a Super Lawyers magazine Illinois Rising Star, and Global IP Law Group’s co-founder David Berten has been named a Super Lawyers magazine Illinois Super Lawyer for the sixth year in a row.
Each year, Super Lawyers magazine, which is published in all 50 states and reaches more than 13 million readers, names attorneys in each state who attain a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement, including the state’s top up-and-coming attorneys under the age of 40 (also known as the Rising Stars). Polling, research and selection are performed by Law & Politics, a publication of Key Professional Media, Inc.
OfficeLinks Chicago office space location clients will have something new to look at when walking past the corner of Wacker Drive and Adams Street. U.S. Equities Asset Management, LLC and the Willis Tower Management Team have announced an upcoming installation of a new public art sculpture on the property at the corner of Wacker Drive and Adams Street, just around the block from the OfficeLinks Willis Tower business center in Chicago. More details will follow as the installation progresses.
