Gina Bianchini shares her experience and advice as former CEO of Ning Gina Bianchini recently stepped down as CEO of Ning. Right before she left her post, however, she sat down with me to share her experience as a first-time entrepreneur. Gina founded Ning, along with Marc Andreessen, and then ran it as CEO for the past several years. Last week, she resigned as CEO.Her first piece of advice is this: "One major piece of advice would be finding the art in embracing feedback, but not letting it own you, and not letting it run you... there are a lot of naysayers. It’s importantto listen, but fundamentally listen to what's driving the vision you have."Another piece of advice she shared was to make sure to not pursue the building of a startup ...   [ Read more ]