Harper Spero

Harper had eight jobs in ten years before starting her business in 2014. She worked in marketing, public relations and event production for a private jet company, several beauty brands, a SaaS company, a music management firm, and a beauty focused PR firm where she got her first gray hair on her first day of the job. Tweeting about lipstick became meaningless when a life-altering surgery, a result of an extremely rare immunodeficiency, Hyper IgE Syndrome, became her reality. Her last office job was producing events for Marie Forleo, Lower Eastside Girls Club, Team Rubicon and the David Lynch Foundation.

Since 2014, Harper has been a business coach for service-based solopreneurs and small business owners. She works with clients individually and in groups. She is often referred to as the external CMO/COO to her clients as they are often skilled at their speciality but find running their business and promoting themselves to be challenging.

In 2018, after years of not finding content related to her rare condition that resonated with her, Harper launched Made Visible, a 100-episode podcast that amplified stories of people living with or affected by invisible illness. In 2020, she began facilitating writing classes for the Made Visible community to give them a safe place to share, feel more seen and heard, and to learn from established authors. She is working with companies to create inclusivity and connection for their employees living with invisible illnesses through content, community, classes and workshops.

When she’s not coaching, podcasting, consulting or connecting people, you can find her seeing live music, gazing at sunsets on the beach and creating kitchen concoctions without following recipes. After many years of volunteering, Harper joined the Board of Trustees for the Immune Deficiency Foundation (IDF) in 2021. Harper is originally from New York City, currently lives in Tel Aviv and is constantly redefining her definition of home.