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.
#33: Gender investment gap: Its origin, impact and ways to bridge it - Lucy Chow, Vera Futorjanski, Medea Nocentini, Katie Wachsberger
All-women startup teams receive less than 3% of the venture capital globally whilst male-led startups collect 89% of it. And as if this statistic wasn’t depressing enough, the trend is negative. It’s getting worse every year.
Venture capital investors share their views on the reasons behind such disparity. What are its consequences? What are we as a society missing out if this gap perpetuates? And how can we possibly bridge it?
#32: Building a FemTech, don’t look too passionate about it - Fatoumata Ly
#32: Building a FemTech, don’t look too passionate about it - Fatoumata Ly
Many businesses start with the future founders trying to solve an issue they face personally. FemTech startups (female technology) are no exception. Here, however, many areas are emotionally loaded and wrapped into layers of taboos.
Fatoumata Ly shares how her own story of trying to conceive evolved into addressing the centuries-old issue countless women face. Fatoumata is now building Ninti, a company that provides digital solutions for personalised care around sexual and reproductive health.
#31: What is your weapon of choice to drive change? - Jacqueline van den Ende
#31: What is your weapon of choice to drive change? - Jacqueline van den Ende
‘Be the change you want to see in the world’ sounds like a fulfilling life motto. But how do you put it into practice? How do you leave a positive mark in the world *and* enjoy the ride along the way? Ultimately, we all have just one life to experiment with.
#30: Will ChatGPT be your next career coach? - Darja Gutnick
Can you become a better leader in 2 min a day? Darja Gutnick, Co-Founder & CEO of Bunch, an AI leadership coach, states that yes. Darja also shares her own story of how losing key people on her team and going through a split-up with her co-founder made her better leader.
#29: Are you building just a perk or a sticky product? - Leonie Ellerbrock, Viktoria Lindner
Mental health and marketplaces - both are hot topics! Isn’t it a great idea to build a marketplace for mental health services? Viktoria Lindner and Leonie Ellerbrock, co-founders of Mindsurance, share a story of launching such a marketplace and then walking away from this model.