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{{Short description|American writer and entrepreneur}}
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'''Penelope Trunk''' (born '''Adrienne Roston''',<ref name=HOPPER>{{cite news |last=Hopper |first=Ben |date= |title=Plugged into Madison. Blogger on careers took her own advice and moved here. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/522527147/ |work=[[The Capital Times]] |location=Madison, Wisconsin, United States |page=1 |access-date=May 3, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription |quote=The voice belongs to Penelope Trunk, a columnist and blogger for Boston Globe and Yahoo!, and a recent arrival to Madison who has a book on careers coming out this month. . . Trunk, who was born Adrienne Roston and lived in New York before moving to Madison in August, says there were a number of reasons she chose here. . . The approach is neatly encapsulated in her new book, also entitled "Brazen Careerist: The New Rules for Success," which comes out May 25 from Warner Press.}}</ref> December 10, 1966;<ref name=INDEPENDENT>{{cite news |title='I'm in a board meeting, having a miscarriage ... ' Is this a tweet too far? |url=https://www.independent.ie/style/im-in-a-board-meeting-having-a-miscarriage-is-this-a-tweet-too-far/26581357.html |work=[[Irish Independent]] |date=November 2009 |access-date=May 3, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2009/12/10/my-birthday-post/|title=My Birthday Post |last=Trunk |first=Penelope |date=December 10, 2009 |website=penelopetrunk.com |access-date=September 3, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2010/12/10/my-birthday-present-to-myself/|title=My Birthday Present to Myself |last=Trunk |first=Penelope |date=December 10, 2010 |website=penelopetrunk.com |access-date=September 3, 2023}}</ref> legal name '''Adrienne Greenheart''')
Trunk founded several [[Startup company|startup companies]] and provides career advice through her blog penelopetrunk.com.<ref name=VUITTONET>{{cite news |last=Vuittonet |first=A.D. |date=September 20, 2015 |title=30 Women Who Have Revolutionized A Male-Dominated Industry |url=https://techcrunch.com/gallery/30-women-who-have-revolutionized-a-male-dominated-industry/ |url-status=dead |work=[[TechCrunch]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923021858/https://techcrunch.com/gallery/30-women-who-have-revolutionized-a-male-dominated-industry/ |archive-date=September 23, 2015 |access-date=May 3, 2023}}</ref><ref name=SCHAWBEL>{{cite news |last=Schawbel |first=Dan |date=July 23, 2012 |title=Penelope Trunk on "The New American Dream" |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/danschawbel/2012/07/23/penelope-trunk-on-the-new-american-dream/ |work=[[Forbes]] |access-date=May 3, 2023 }}</ref> She has written columns about the workplace and the job market for several publications, including the syndicated column, "Brazen Careerist", featured on [[Yahoo! Finance]], and "The Climb," which ran in ''[[The Boston Globe]]''.<ref name=LAINKENNEDY>{{cite news |last=Lain Kennedy |first=Joyce |date=June 11, 2007 |title=Brazen career advice for Generations X & Y |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/284918772/ |work=Visalia Times-Delta |agency=[[Tribune Media Services]] |page=D1 |access-date=May 3, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription |quote=The independent-thinking Trunk has been a software executive, entrepreneur and professional beach volleyball player. She writes a
''[[Inc. (magazine)|Inc.]]'' magazine referred to her as "arguably the world's most influential guidance counselor" in 2011.<ref name=WARRILLOW>{{cite magazine |last=Warrillow |first=John |date=February 25, 2011 |title=What Does It Take to Become an Entrepreneur. Psychopathy? Brazen Careerist blogger Penelope Trunk shares with Inc.com contributor John Warrillow who is and who is not cut out for entrepreneurship. |url=https://www.inc.com/articles/201102/what-does-it-take-to-become-an-entrepreneur.html |magazine=[[Inc. (magazine)|Inc.]] |access-date=May 3, 2023}}</ref> She was included on [[TechCrunch]]'s list of "30 Women Who Have Revolutionized A Male-Dominated Industry" in 2015.<ref name=VUITTONET/>
==Early life==
Trunk was born in [[Wilmette, Illinois]] and graduated from [[Brandeis University]] in 1990, before moving to [[Los Angeles]] to pursue a career as a professional beach volleyball player.<ref>{{cite news |last=Elejalde-Ruiz |first=Alexia |date=November 8, 2007 |title=Have a bawl; Sometimes, you just need to cry -- but do you know why? |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2007-11-08-0711080553-story.html |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |access-date=May 3, 2023 |url-access=subscription |quote="It's this baby boomer myth that if you play like guys, you'll succeed," said Penelope Trunk, a Wilmette native who runs a blog called the Brazen Careerist.}}</ref><ref name=BRANDEIS>{{cite magazine |last=Trunk |first=Penelope |date=Spring 2011 |title=Can We Talk? |url=https://www.brandeis.edu/magazine/2011/spring/turning-points.html |magazine=Brandeis Magazine |publisher=[[Brandeis University]] |access-date=May 3, 2023 |quote=Penelope Trunk, aka Adrienne Roston ’90, is the founder of three startups — most recently Brazen Careerist, a career management tool for next-generation professionals.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wwbv.org/player?id=818&name=Adrienne%20Roston |title=Adrienne Roston's Beach Volleyball Profile |website=Women's World Beach Volleyball |access-date=May 3, 2023}}</ref> On the
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