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Women Mean Business - Donna Mittendorf

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Women Mean Business host Leisa Holland-Nelson, president of ContentActive, interviews Donna Mittendorf, market manager and SVP of Comerica Bank, who shares her advice for the young bankers.

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Leisa Holland-Nelson: Hello. I'm Leisa Holland-Nelson, and welcome to another edition of Women Mean Business where we're going to take you up close and personal with extraordinary women doing extraordinary things. My guest today is Donna Mittendorf, market manager and senior vice president for Comerica here in Houston. Donna, imagine we have an aspiring businesswoman with us here today. What advice would you give her about joining the banking business?

Donna Mittendorf: Oh, business banking is so exciting, Leisa, and a lot of people don't realize that. I'm in a formal mentoring program here at Comerica and when I talk to my mentee on a monthly basis, we discuss the fact that in business banking, you get to see so many different things. In thirty years I've seen small businesses that became big businesses. I've seen flange companies. I've seen churches. I've seen so many, many types of business. You need to be inquisitive. You need to persevere. You need to have a great sense of humor because sometimes your customer doesn't. You need to be a colleague. You need to be a mentor to the business. You need to be thoughtful. You need to be caring. You get to see so many things and do so many things, it's absolutely incredible.

Leisa Holland-Nelson: Thank you very much. There you have it, extraordinary advice from an extraordinary woman. I'm Leisa Holland-Nelson, president and co-founder of Content Active, Houston's leading web and mobile technology company. You can find me at contentactive.com or follow me on Twitter at LHNelson. We'll be back again next week with another edition of Women Mean Business.

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