A podcast for entrepreneurial women: founders, builders, changemakers shaping the world we live in.

Female founders, investors and startup ecosystem enablers share their stories, knowledge, fears and failures, moments of growth and pieces of advice.
With these conversations, we want to inspire more women to build their own businesses.

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#34: Out of natural habitat as a founder - Alina Bassi

How do you launch an innovative business in uncharted territories? Alina Bassi realised she could apply principles of coffee waste management to recycle textiles into… plastics. A chemical engineer, she launched Kleiderly in a foreign country, with no language skills, and out of network. She masterfully addresses challenges of two industries simultaneously: cloth waste management and manufacturing plastics.

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#19: Building a launchpad for women of colour founders - Stephanie von Behr

Less than 0.5% of venture capital goes to women of colour founders. Is it a pipeline problem rooted in a lack of such founders? Perhaps, women of colour simply do not dare to build high-growth businesses?

Stephanie von Behr, Managing Director of Founderland, debunks these myths. She is focused on increasing visibility, creating community and getting more women of colour founders funded.

We talk about what allyship truly means and why it matters, how disadvantages can become opportunities and what it takes to create a robust and flourishing community. Stephanie tells the story of building Founderland with simple tools like surveys and match-making keeping founders’ needs at the heart of every step and decision.