Best Darya Kamkalova Podcasts (2024)

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#35: Growth mindset: don't just ride the waves, make them - Nadine Mezher 29:50

11M ago29:50

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Nadine Mezher was eager to spearhead change in habits and attitudes to handling money in the MENA region (Middle East and North Africa). She wanted to democratise access to investing and make it available to not only the ultra rich. Nadine co-founded Sarwa, a platform for investment and personal finance. In 2022, Forbes recognised Nadine among 20 w…

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#34: Out of natural habitat as a founder - Alina Bassi 33:27

12M ago33:27

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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 simult…

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#33: Gender investment gap: Its origin, impact and ways to bridge it - Lucy Chow, Vera Futorjanski, Medea Nocentini, Katie Wachsberger 25:57

1y ago25:57

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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 statistics 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…

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#32: Building a FemTech, don’t look too passionate about it - Fatoumata Ly 26:44

1y ago26:44

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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…

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#31: What is your weapon of choice to drive change? - Jacqueline van den Ende 30:42

1y ago30:42

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‘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. Jacqueline van den Ende aims to unlock 1 billion dollars of capital to help power climate sol…

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#30: Will ChatGPT be your next career coach? - Darja Gutnick 32:58

1y ago32:58

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Can you become a better leader in 2 min a day? Yes according to Darja Gutnick, Co-Founder & CEO of Bunch, an AI leadership coach. 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. Topics we discuss: How can data help you to answer the deepest question about …

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#29: Are you building just a perk or a sticky product? - Leonie Ellerbrock, Viktoria Lindner 24:46

1y ago24:46

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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. Topics we discuss: What’s the difference between building a perk (a ni…

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#28: Build an ideal team of investors and treat this as an alliance - Sonia Weymuller 29:16

1y ago29:16

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Can FOMO (fear of missing out) be a market opportunity? Sonia Weymuller realised many people were seeking ways to invest into tech startups and be a part of the startup buzz. Yet, there was no platform in the MENA region to do so. Sonia Weymuller is a Co-Founder and General Partner of VentureSouq (VSQ), a MENA-based venture capital firm, and Partne…

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#27: Hardware business: building products and teams that survive any storm (or flood) - Polina Mikhaylova 24:20

1+ y ago24:20

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Polina Mikhaylova co-founded KNOT, a micromobility company, in 2015, long before shared scooters came into vogue. Terms like ‘free-floating’ or ‘swappable batteries’ didn’t exist yet. Polina is a true enthusiast of docking stations. Can they be the future of shared micromobility? Topics: Users in big cities are spoiled with easy access to shared sc…

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#26: One year of podcasting, or how giving up on a designer bag can help female founders - Katia Yakovleva, Bettine Schmitz 29:23

1+ y ago29:23

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This is a joint episode with the Female Business Angel Podcast hosted by Katia Yakovleva and Bettine Schmitz. We launched our shows more or less at the same time, one year ago. Darya, Bettine and Katia talk about one year of podcasting, their learnings, angel investing and the outlook for female founders. About Katia Yakovleva Katia is a Berlin-bas…

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It's a wrap - 1 year of podcasting with Darya Kamkalova 33:35

1+ y ago33:35

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Dear podcast listeners! It's a wrap! As originally planned the year of podcasting is over! Our podcast community will live on this Telegram group, feel free to join and contribute. We would love to have you there <3 If you are an aspiring angel, check out: https://www.auxxo.de/evangelistas https://encourage-ventures.com/ https://www.alma-angels.com…

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Faye Maidment - investing in virtual beings and extended realities 32:19

1+ y ago32:19

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Faye has been a long-time metaverse (m)user; building products and communities across extended realities (XR) and studying the intersection between culture and new technologies. Most recently, she led investments in areas such as virtual world platforms, digital fashion, web3 and virtual beings, at a top-tier gaming fund (Seed/Series A) and co-writ…

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Sarah Turner - introducing more women to angel investing since 2014 35:45

1+ y ago35:45

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Sarah is an entrepreneur and angel investor. In 2014 she co-founded the fast-growing and award-winning angel network, Angel Academe. They help female founders and co-founders access a unique pool of engaged, mainly female investors. Angel Academe investors have backed 45+ startups through 70+ funding rounds, helping them raise over £100m from angel…

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#25: How technology helps investors in search of startups - Penny Schiffer 26:31

1+ y ago26:31

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Imagine you are invited to give a talk at Stanford about your work as an investor. Excited, you board a plane to cross the Atlantic. And a conversation with a seat neighbour on that flight changes your whole life trajectory. You are now adamant about building your own business. That’s exactly what happened to Penny Schiffer, CEO & Co-Founder of Rai…

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Kerstin Bock - backing diverse founders with long-term horizons and focus on impact 44:30

1+ y ago44:30

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Kerstin is the CEO and co-founder at Openers, a boutique communications agency in Berlin that partners with tech companies including Sorare, Pipedrive, Spotify, and Pleo as well as several other unicorns. She is an active mentor and advisor to several start-up initiatives including the European Innovation Council (EIC) Fund — Europe's largest Deep …

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#24: Should founders sacrifice their private life and relationships? - Jenny Holmström 19:48

1+ y ago19:48

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If you launch your own business, just forget about having a life. It’s only work, no play. And your friends and family will need to accept it. This notion is particularly popular in the startup world but how much truth is in it? We asked Jenny Holmström, CEO and Co-Founder of Coupleness, an app helping couples to develop healthy habits for happy re…

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Nicole Büttner - on the privilege of where you were born and inequalities we still need to fix 35:40

1+ y ago35:40

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Nicole Büttner is a tech optimist at heart and is active as an entrepreneur, investor and board member. Her passion is to create real impact with new technologies useful to companies and people. Nicole is co-founder and CEO of MerantixMomentum, a leading AI solutions firm and member of the management board of Merantix, an AI venture studio based in…

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#23: Train the change muscle - Karen K. Burns 30:18

1+ y ago30:18

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Her first job was as a saxophone player. Later, she worked on producing Star Wars and Fast & Furious in the Abu Dhabi desert - and absolutely hated it. Now an established IT professional, Karen Burns is the CEO & Co-Founder at Fyma, a computer vision company enabling data-driven urban planning. Karen knows best what change is, on personal and profe…

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Florence Richardson angel investing since 15 years - live from WVCE 37:21

1+ y ago37:21

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This episode was recorded live on stage at Women in VC Europe Summit 2022 at Station F in Paris. Florence Richardson graduated with a Masters in Engineering completed by a further Business Masters degree. She began her career with Crédit Lyonnais (LCL) in 1988 and spent 14 years in various roles within the corporate division finishing her time ther…

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#22: Business angels’ wings and money for startups - Rita Vilas-Boas 26:09

1+ y ago26:09

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9 out of 10 startups die, and the first years of any startup existence are the most challenging to navigate. This is where business angels can offer invaluable support to founders along with so much needed capital. Rita Vilas-Boas is a marketing professional, entrepreneur and angel investor focusing on consumer-centric startups. She is particularly…

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#21: New habits for a new life chapter - Vanessa Westphal 29:23

1+ y ago29:23

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What do you do if after 10 years of a successful corporate career, you feel the need for a big change? Can you make a career pivot, start in a new area and still be credible? Your track record may have helped you to get that new job or a promotion. And the same track record may hold you back from making a leap of faith into building your own busine…

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Michala Rudorfer - the maniac and the business strategist 29:09

1+ y ago29:09

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Michala has 15yrs+ experience in investing, private equity and finance and she is CEO of Rose-Sky Investments. The investment focus is on consumer, B2B tech and sustainability. Investments include among others Emma Sleep Company, Clove, Nevernot, Pulpo. Michala is a co-founder of encourageventures and Level 20 DACH. Follow Michala on LinkedIn Follo…

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#20: Be a leader worth working for - Kate Hofman 30:26

1+ y ago30:26

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How do you build an indoor farming company to produce delicious salads at scale and make the food system more sustainable? You may need to start with a greenhouse on top of a shipping container as an MVP. Then raise >100mln of euros of external funding. But most importantly, you’ll need to create a company culture based on values that aren't just s…

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Stine Mølgaard Sørensen - taking risks and building your own business 32:17

1+ y ago32:17

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Stine has more than 10 years of experience working with new technology both in a corporate global role at H. Lundbeck and founding several tech startups whereas she led one to a successful Silicon Valley exit. Today Stine is an active angel investor and a partner and co-owner of Nordic Fintech Angels, sits on the board of REEL, CPH Village, and MAT…

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#19: Building a launchpad for women of colour founders - Stephanie von Behr 26:51

1+ y ago26:51

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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, Co-Founder and Managing Director of Founderland, debunks these myths. She is focused on increasing visibility, creating commu…

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Jenny Saft - how to diversify VC through scout programs 37:12

1+ y ago37:12

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Jenny is one of the co-founders of Apryl, a fertility benefits startup based in Berlin. Before starting Apryl, she worked as VP Business Development for the Dutch fintech company Adyen (IPO 2018). Jenny completed her dual studies at Deutsche Telekom and worked there as an executive assistant after graduating. She completed her MBA at the Hult Inter…

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#18: What founders can learn from an outsider-turned-investor - Maria Dramalioti-Taylor 28:02

2y ago28:02

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Founders and investors alike should be excellent signal processors. But what if you are navigating an environment that your ‘sensors’ are not attuned to? You can adjust those sensors and blaze a trail. You can transform your drawbacks into unfair competitive advantages. A woman, a foreigner, and an engineer, Maria Dramalioti-Taylor shares her story…

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Céline Flores Willers - taking risks and being entrepreneurial 33:45

2y ago33:45

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Céline is one of the most well-known business influencers on LinkedIn. She started to feed her personal profile with self-created content focusing on the latest innovations, startups and tech-trends. Since then, her LinkedIn experienced dramatic growth in followers and now compromises a large community of +130.000 professionals with a weekly reach …

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#17: Who should or should not raise venture capital? And how? - Gesa Miczaika 29:13

2y ago29:13

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Despite the glamorous image of venture capital, it’s not a funding source that fits all. Who should and who absolutely should not raise venture capital to finance their business? How can you make the fundraising process less painful? And finally, is there a way for an outsider to break into the VC industry? Dr. Gesa Miczaika offers straight-forward…

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#16: Profit vs Mission: Can you truly pursue both? - Adriana Luna-Diaz 29:03

2y ago29:03

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‘I am on a mission to make organic food mainstream, accessible to everyone regardless of their income level.’ While doing so, Adriana Luna-Diaz is building a profitable bootstrapped business based on the principles of holacracy (decentralised management model). Adriana is co-founder and director of Tierra de Monte, a Mexico-based AgriTech company. …

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Veronica Diquattro - the one who can, has a responsibility to support founders! 28:36

2y ago28:36

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Veronica Diquattro is Chief Revenue Officer Europe at DAZN. Previously to that, she was Managing Director Southern and Eastern Europe at Spotify. Veronica also worked on the launch of the Android Market and Google Play in Italy for Google. She is a non-executive director and advisor in the media technology sector and a big advocate of “giving back”…

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#15: The music industry, selling the company to SoundCloud, and the unflashy side of the CEO role - Hazel Savage 33:24

2y ago33:24

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The way we listen to and create music has been undergoing a massive change with the rise of technology. To discuss this change and what it feels like to build and sell a business, I invited Hazel Savage. A music industry veteran, she co-founded Musiio, a music technology company, in 2018 in Singapore. In spring 2022, Hazel and her co-founder Aron P…

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Female Founders special with Nicole Crentsil - live from LTST conference 31:22

2y ago31:22

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This episode was recorded live on stage at the Lead Today Shape Tomorrow Conference organised by Female Founders in June 2022 in Vienna. Nicole Crentsil is a Ghanaian-British businesswoman, change maker, angel investor and cultural curator based in London. Nicole is the founder and CEO of Black Girl Fest and the founder of BIG SIS, a new network su…

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#14: Dresses for real women, fast and slow fashion, Turkish bazaars - Ani Bagdasaryan 31:10

2y ago31:10

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‘Retail is dead’ proclaimed many media during the pandemic. We were all locked up in our homes and in terms of clothing, mostly needed sweatpants and pajamas. Yet, Ani Bagdasaryan opened a brick-and-mortar store in Berlin in 2021 to build up on the online success of her fashion brand. Some of the topics we explore: Career pivot: from a marketeer to…

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Bonus episode - 1000 downloads 3:18

2y ago3:18

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We are celebrating a great milestone - the first 1000 downloads in 51 countries. Talk to us! Let us know what do you like the most about Venturing Women. What are your favourite episodes? Why are you following our podcast? What would you like to hear in the future? I’m dying to learn more about you. Drop us a line on Instagram or on LinkedIn or rea…

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#13: Investing in African women, detrimental copy-and-paste approach, curl classification - Lelemba Phiri 32:50

2y ago32:50

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What is Africa’s biggest treasure? Many believe it's the continent's natural resources. But what if it's Africans themselves? Specifically, African women. The backbone of the African economy, African women are the most entrepreneurial in the world. It’s statistically proven. In this episode, I am speaking with Lelemba Phiri, gender-lens angel inves…

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Rita Vilas-Boas - finding your competitive advantage 34:55

2y ago34:55

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Rita Vilas-Boas is an executive turned angel investor and startup advisor. She has a Biotech background and has more than 20 years’ experience working in multinational, family and startup businesses, in 7 countries across 3 continents. In the last years Rita has invested in early stage startups with consumer focus. She is a Limited Partner in the f…

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#12: Equity, portfolio careers, quotas for VCs - Naïma Camara 28:55

2y ago28:55

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Equity and company shares are usually far off the radar of the general public. Equity seems to be a term from the glamorous world of the startup founders and investment managers in ties and Bentley cars. Yet, things are changing. I sat down with Naïma Camara, CEO & Founder of Ownership, to discuss the evolving role of equity. Dynamic equity not onl…

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Heidrun Twesten - womansplaining: how male investors can understand female entrepreneurs better 37:46

2y ago37:46

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Heidrun has been an entrepreneur since 2002 and has accompanied numerous companies to the stock exchange during the first German startup wave at the end of the 90s. As a board member, she was instrumental in establishing one of today's leading German investor relations agencies and subsequently founded her own IR consulting firm Impacct. As an exec…

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#11: AI tackling sexual harassment in the workplace - Eleanor Manley 29:51

2y ago29:51

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Despite the advancements of the #MeToo movement, we are still far away from eradicating sexual harassment. Dependent on the type of incident recorded, half of women in the EU have experienced at least one form of sexual harassment. In the US, about 80% of women and 40% of men have faced it in their lifetime. Only around 10% of incidents get reporte…

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Carmen Alfonso Rico - making chocolate and spotting unicorns 45:59

2y ago45:59

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Does making chocolate and supporting future unicorn startups have something in common? Listen to this podcast episode with the incredible Carmen Alfonso Rico - VC turned angel and find out more about her journey towards creating Cocoa VC. Previously to Cocoa, Carmen was a VC at Felix Capital and Blossom Capital. She is an early investor in Hopin. F…

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#10: Remote work, employees’ happiness and forsaking a venture round - Sarah Hawley 31:43

2y ago31:43

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The pandemic seemed to have made remote work a common place. It even felt like the world would never be the same again. Yet, some companies including tech giants like Google announced returning their workforce back to offices. Others introduce a hybrid mode that requires presence in the office a few days a week. Remote work, inevitable for many in …

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Noor van Boven - from building high performing teams to investing in high performing teams 37:21

2y ago37:21

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Noor has been part of leadership teams of founder-led organisations throughout her career. As Chief People Officer at N26 and VP People at SoundCloud, she has shown how to scale and evolve your organisation in a sustainable way during times of extreme growth and constant change. Noor is globally recognized for her track record in building high perf…

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#9: Fighting misinformation and quitting jobs in the pandemic to build a company - Jenny Romano 31:26

2y ago31:26

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Our decision making heavily depends on the information we consume. Should I get vaccinated or not? Is climate change real or a hoax? Is quinoa as healthy as advertised (seriously, is it)? With time, our worldview crystallises and it seems nearly impossible to break free from our personal echo chambers that often offer so much comfort. Jenny Romano,…

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Raffaela Rein - down the rabbit hole into Web3 33:32

2y ago33:32

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Raffaela Rein - is a founder of Career Foundry and Wild Wild Ventures. She is investor at the own.fund and crypto fellow at Kernel. Listen to her fascinating story about becoming entrepreneur, angel investor and diving into Web3. Follow Raffaela on Twitter, Linkedin & Instagram Follow Katia on Linkedin or Twitter Follow Female Business Angels Podca…

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#8: Steaks derived from wood, competition with the petrochemical industry, CEO turned CTO - Florence Gschwend 27:53

2y ago27:53

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Can we go cold turkey and move away from the crude oil dependence? Will we one day start making food from non-food grade sources like cellulose? How about pasta with a wood-derived Bolognese sauce? Yucky or yummy? Together with Florence Gschwend, co-founder and CTO of Lixea, I’m looking into how biochemistry may help solve the problems of food scar…

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Laura Lewandowski - from journalist to entrepreneur to investor 44:32

2y ago44:32

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Laura Lewandowski - from journalist to entrepreneur to investor. Laura's work cannot be put into a one-liner bio, but summarised as story-teller-entrepreneur - now turned investor with her investment in @passionfroot. Listen to Laura on the power of stories, the future of the creator economy and her very personal route to investing. Follow Laura on…

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#7: Wastewater, climate change and funding the unfundable - Orianna Bretschger 29:43

2y ago29:43

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Worldwide, 80% of wastewater receives minimal to no treatment before being discharged to the environment. This practice has a ruinous impact on the environment as well as on public health. Wastewater treatment is also a energy-intensive process. It can account for up to 5% of the country’s annual electricity load being a significant driver of clima…

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June Angelides - hand bag fund and boosting the economic empowerment of women 34:11

2y ago34:11

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Banker turned entrepreneur turned early-stage tech investor. June Angelides is passionate about diversity in tech & venture capital. Activist. Board Member & Speaker. Formerly SVB and founder of @mumsintech. June sits on the board of @CredrailsHQ, @KairCare, @RukaHair, @wearejude invested via @samosvc. She is an angel investor in Bloom Money and By…

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#6: Not just a hobby: Podcasting as a business - Jillian Beytin, Julia Joubert 29:45

2y ago29:45

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How many podcasts and podcast episodes do you think are available globally? 1 million podcasts and 30 million episodes! For many podcast producers, it is nothing else but an unusual hobby coupled with an improvised 'recording studio' in the closet. Yet, the global podcasting market was valued at slightly above 12 billion euros in 2021. It’s serious…

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