Occupation CEO of Little Pim Parents Paul Pimsleur Name Julia Pimsleur Education Yale University | Role Filmmaker Grandparents Solomon Pimsleur Spouse Darren Levine (m. 2001) | |
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Known for Language education for children and fundraising coaching Residence New York City, New York, United States Movies Brother Born Again, Nuyorican Dream People also search for Paul Pimsleur, Katy Chevigny, Laurie Collyer, Linda Hattendorf, John Kimbrough | ||
Julia Pimsleur Explains the Method behind Little Pim
Julia Pimsleur is the founder and CEO of the Little Pim language education system, author of the book Million Dollar Women and is a former documentary filmmaker. She is the daughter of Paul Pimsleur, who was a scholar of applied linguistics.
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Biography
Julia Pimsleur is the daughter of Paul Pimsleur, the creator of the Pimsleur Language Aptitude Battery and the Pimsleur Method. She is also the author of Million Dollar Women: The Essential Guide for Female Entrepreneurs Who Want to Go Big (Simon & Schuster) and the founder of the Million Dollar Women Academy to help more women get to $1M in revenues. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale University, Master of Fine Arts degree from the French National Film School in Paris, and attended Harvard’s Executive Education Program. Prior to founding Little Pim, Julia was the co-founder and CEO of a film production company which produced independent documentaries sold to HBO, Cinemax Reellife and PBS. She produced several films in association with the Arts Engine film organization and was featured on This American Life. Her films Nuyorican Dream and Innocent Until Proven Guilty were shown on Cinemax Reellife and HBO and at festivals around the world. Her film Boola Boola... Yale Goes Coed was awarded the Sudler Award for the Arts at Yale University.
She used to be a fundraiser for human rights organizations, including Echoing Green, CPJ and Witness. She serves on the Advisory Board of Global Language Project, a nonprofit organization which brings free foreign language instruction to children in disadvantaged public schools, and as Accelerator Chair of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization.
Pimsleur speaks French, Italian, some Spanish and lives in New York City with her two sons.
Career
Julia Pimsleur is the Founder of Little Pim, a system for introducing young children to a second language using a proprietary strategy branded as the "Entertainment Immersion Method." The company has raised $5.9 million in Angel and Venture funding and $20 million in philanthropic dollars.
Pimsleur coaches women business owners on fundraising and entrepreneurship through her Million Dollar Women Fundraising Workshops, and her blog on Forbes.com.