Stacy Kehren Idema: Breaking the Cycle, Breaking the Chains

The conversation, sadly, isn’t new. There is, though, a collection of very powerful influencers who are committed to changing it.

The conversation I’m talking about? The colossal inequity facing women when it comes to seeking venture funding for their startups. It seems an impossible task - shifting a paradigm that’s existed for decades. The key word there, it “seems” impossible. It isn’t “actually” impossible. And when you meet someone like Stacy Kehren Idema you get the real feeling that movement is not just possible, but that it’s happening. She spent 26 years in the corporate grind - banking, healthcare - always on the edge of innovation and finding ways to break through to new ways and solutions. 

Then, as so many do in that environment, she burned out and took a good hard look at what she’d learned and where she got to go next. What’s next is Global Collective, revolutionizing how investing is done - specifically in terms of empowering female entrepreneurs and energizing more male investors to invest in them. In this week’s episode of Talk Unleashed, I talk with Stacy about how she came to where she is, what she intends to accomplish and what’s in the way.

What does leadership actually mean in today’s world? Good question. That’s what Cathy Brooks thought. And it’s why she created Talk, Unleashed – a new podcast of radically honest conversation about ... well ... everything. Whether her own musings or in conversation with industry leaders, this weekly podcast invites curiosity. Curiosity about not what people do, but why they do it. It's about digging underneath to reveal the thing that is most true - that we are more alike than we are not. This podcast compliments Unleashed Leadership, the coaching business through which Cathy helps clients unearth and untether their own internal leadership and connect with others in a way that truly engages. Recently Cathy joined Paris-based start-up OpenBubble as Co-Founder and CEO of North America. OpenBubble’s mission is to break through issues of isolation and separation in society by creating a powerful way for people to connect and talk – with no agenda.

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