Raise The Bar
98 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThe home of feminist conversations on business, work-life and economics.
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EP43 Jaz O’Hara on Migration, Storytelling and The Refugee Crisis
July 13, 2020 08:03 - 38 minutes - 26.3 MBToday’s guest is an activist, refugee rights campaigner and co-founder of The Worldwide Tribe charity, Jaz O’Hara. In 2015, Jaz visited the so-called Calais Jungle refugee camp in France. Shocked and emotional about what she found, Jaz wrote a Facebook post that gathered over 65,000 shares overnight, reaching millions of people and raising £150,000 in a matter of weeks. Shortly afterwards, Jaz and her brother Nils set up the Worldwide Tribe charity, producing creative content to bring a p...
EP42 Romina Savova on Raising Capital, Building Tech and Making Pensions Simple
July 06, 2020 06:52 - 42 minutes - 29.3 MBToday’s guest is Romina Savova, CEO and founder of PensionBee. In the six years since Romi founded the company, PensionBee has almost 300,000 customers and £800MIL under investment, demonstrating the extraordinary success of its customer-centric approach. Romi tells us how she tried to consolidate her own pension and experienced the painful process for consumers, knowing that there had to be a better way. She explains how PensionBee developed a “minimum loveable product”, raised their fir...
EP41 Davinia Tomlinson on Investing, Financial Wellbeing and Being Your Own Cheerleader
June 29, 2020 09:08 - 41 minutes - 28.6 MBToday’s guest is Davinia Tomlinson, founder and CEO of Rainchq, the membership platform that helps women to take control of their financial futures. At retirement, a woman’s average pension wealth is roughly a fifth of a man of her age.* Davinia is on a mission to help close that investment gap. In today’s podcast, Davinia shares with us her path to building Rainchq and the process to identify the real solutions that would help solve this almighty problem. Dav is methodical and grounded i...
EP40 Kayleigh Benoit on Crowdfunding, Partnerships and Turning an Idea into Reality
June 22, 2020 07:49 - 30 minutes - 21 MBToday’s guest is Kayleigh Benoit, founder of fashion athleisure brand BIND London, which offers culturally inclusive headwear to make sports and fitness more accessible for Black women and women of colour. According to Sport England, 40% of women say they are put off by exercise altogether because of fear of judgement and 45% of Black women avoid exercise because of their hair. Kayleigh is on a mission to change that. Despite trying to raise money during a global pandemic, Kayleigh’s Natwest...
EP39 Jumi Akinfenwa on Diversity in the Music Industry, Intersectional Feminism and Failure Privilege
June 15, 2020 09:40 - 35 minutes - 24.4 MBToday’s guest Jumi Akinfenwa is a music supervisor and freelance journalist and, in this episode, draws our attention to the disproportionate representation of Black people as artists versus commercial decision-makers in the music industry. We talk about the response of brands to the Black Lives Matter protests and the compounding system changes that need to be addressed to make long-term change. Jumi tells us about her initiative ‘Make Noise’ which exists to encourage the creative industr...
EP38 Liana Fricker on #BlackoutTuesday, Anti-Racism and the Role of Social Media
June 08, 2020 18:11 - 41 minutes - 28.5 MBOver the past fortnight, long-overdue conversations about race, diversity, oppression and discrimination around the world have been ignited following the recent deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery in the US, and the assault and subsequent death of Belly Mujinga in the UK. These conversations about racism are imperative. I will be hosting some of these conversations right here on the podcast. Whilst these conversations can be intense and uncomfortable, they are also ins...
A note from Frankie on injustice and anti-racism
June 03, 2020 10:15 - 1 minute - 1.29 MBHello podcast listeners, Frankie here. Just a very quick message from me to say that we’ve changed the production schedule for Women On Top and we will only be broadcasting black women’s voices for the month of June. This means there will be a short delay in getting the next episode to you, as we are parking what we planned to release this week. I created this podcast to offer solidarity and connection for all women in relation to their work, businesses and personal finance. This podcast was...
EP37 Dr Mandeep Rai on Cultural Values, Meditation and Living Purposefully
May 21, 2020 14:22 - 35 minutes - 24.5 MBMy guest today is Dr Mandeep Rai, author of the Sunday Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller ‘The Values Compass’. Endorsed by the Dalai Lama and Deepak Chopra, The Values Compass explores the values of 101 countries around the world, sharing stories of how these values cascade through our global culture and act as guardrails for decision making and action. In this episode, we discuss the importance of having clear values and how they tangibly impact our lives, both as individuals and i...
EP36 Gemma Godfrey on Building Fintech, Selling a Business and Covid-19 Money Matters
May 15, 2020 12:36 - 35 minutes - 24.6 MBMy guest this week is entrepreneur and Executive Editor of the Times Money Mentor, Gemma Godfrey. In this episode, Gemma tells us how she built her fintech business Moola, launching in 2015 and selling in 2018. Those three whirlwind years saw Gemma raise multiple investment rounds, build a strong team and ultimately navigate a divorce and the business sale concurrently. Reflecting on our personal finances during the Covid-19 pandemic, Gemma says: “the crisis will disproportionately affect...
EP35 Samantha Clarke on Happiness at Work, Career Design and WFH Culture
May 12, 2020 15:56 - 40 minutes - 27.6 MBMy guest this week is work happiness consultant and author of ‘Love It or Leave It: How To Be Happy At Work’, Samantha Clarke. Sam helps both companies and individuals to make work happiness a reality. In this episode, Sam tells us that finding work purpose doesn’t mean poverty, and that we can find happiness at work without having to sacrifice financial security and wealth creation - it’s actually the opposite. We discuss how communication frameworks (i.e. how to use Slack/Zoom) can hel...
EP34 Tamsin Chislett and Natalie Hasseck on Sustainable Fashion, Playfulness and Onboarding Investors (Whilst Pregnant!)
May 04, 2020 14:46 - 39 minutes - 26.9 MBMy guests this week are Onloan co-founders Tamsin Chislett and Natalie Hasseck. Tamsin and Natalie are two friends with a shared mission to reduce waste, curate brilliant independent designers and reignite a love of clothes without the guilt. In this episode, Tamsin and Nat tell us how they closed Onloan’s angel investment round whilst they were BOTH pregnant, navigating tricky investor questions and flagging energy levels. We discuss how we all need to change the way we acquire clothes a...
EP33 Clare Seal on Shame, Courage and the Taboo of Big Debt
April 27, 2020 05:00 - 42 minutes - 29.4 MBMy guest this week is Clare Seal aka @myfrugalyear. Clare started the Instagram account @myfrugalyear in response to confronting credit card debt totalling £25K and a £2K overdraft – she wanted to be held accountable and to share her journey anonymously to help others. Fast forward twelve months and Clare has paid off £8K of debt, grown her Instagram account to 46.4K followers and has secured a book deal. In this episode, Clare tells us what it was like to confront the debt and describ...
EP32 Kim Palmer on Confidence, Apps and Mental Health at Work
April 20, 2020 15:22 - 38 minutes - 26.7 MBMy guest this week is Kim Palmer, founder of Clementine. Clementine is an app that uses hypnotherapy to improve women’s mental health. In this episode, Kim tells us about the time she had a panic attack during a presentation at work whilst she was pregnant, which led to her discovering hypnotherapy and its mental health benefits. This planted the seed for Clementine app, which aims to support women in key moments by offering sessions on confidence, de-stress, sleep and body image. We dis...
EP31 Mel Berry on Women’s Health, Resilience and Focusing on the Positives
April 08, 2020 13:14 - 36 minutes - 25 MBMy inspirational guest this week is Mel Berry, co-founder of Her Spirit. The Her Spirit app provides daily workouts and activities, mediation, community and recipes. Her Spirit is FREE for EVERY Woman until 30th June to support women’s health and wellbeing during this period of national uncertainty. In this episode, Mel and Frankie discuss the Her Spirit mission to challenge a diet and fitness industry that is failing most women and instead focus on “the whole self, rather than a fragmented ...
EP30 with Frankie Cotton on Adapting Your Business During COVID-19
March 27, 2020 11:26 - 12 minutes - 8.64 MBHello! I’m back to talk about adapting your business during COVID-19.In today’s episode, I share multiple ways you can continue to take action in your business to increase revenue, look after your customers and lay building blocks to strengthen your business’s foundations. This podcast episode is for you if you want to explore how you can survive and potentially thrive in the new normal. And remember, if you can build in a recession, your business will excel in a strong economy. And the econ...
EP29 with Frankie Cotton on Being Agile, #WFH and Letting Go Of Control
March 24, 2020 11:13 - 10 minutes - 7.26 MBMy guest this week is… well it’s just me, in my spare bedroom where I started my first business and using the microphone I used when I first began podcasting. This podcast comes in two parts. Firstly, I will share what I am doing on a day to day basis, to stay focused during this COVID-19 epidemic, take positive action and live more consciously. I found working from home very difficult when I started my first business Let’s Be Frank, which is why I invested in an office as soon as I could af...
EP28 Sophie Baron on Entrepreneurship, Motherhood and Overcoming Negative Self Talk
March 16, 2020 16:41 - 33 minutes - 23.2 MBMy guest this week is Sophie Baron, founder of Mama Made. Mama Made helps parents home-cook nutritionally-dense, organic and plant-based meals for their weaning babies – quickly and conveniently, without compromise. In this episode, we talk about how Sophie has bootstrapped Mama Made and the practical financial decisions Sophie and her husband had to make. We discuss self-development, how overcoming negative self-talk is essential to success and that entrepreneurship forces you to grow in wa...
EP27 Vivi Friedgut on EdTech, Persistence and The Power of Money
March 09, 2020 13:02 - 40 minutes - 27.7 MBHappy International Women's Day to all you lovely listeners and supporters. Thanks for sharing and celebrating women's voices with us every week! #IWD2020My brilliant guest this week is Vivi Friedgut, founder and CEO at Blackbullion, an EdTech company providing financial literacy to students. Vivi founded Blackbullion in 2014 and since launching their digital platform, Blackbullion has partnered with 30 universities globally and is able to reach 500,000 students worldwide. In this episode, V...
EP26 Tova Leigh on Being Pushy, Talking Taboos and Feeling Stuck
March 02, 2020 05:56 - 40 minutes - 27.9 MBMy guest this week is Tova Leigh, social media influencer, content creator, writer, performer, wife and mother. Tova’s open and honest video rants, articles and podcast have resonated with a huge number of women around the world. Tova uses her platforms to support and empower women by giving them a sense of belonging, as she doesn’t hold back whilst sharing the raw truth on uncensored topics including motherhood, body issues, marriage, sexuality and relationships. In this episode, Tova tells...
A brief message from your host
February 24, 2020 22:38 - 2 minutes - 1.52 MBHello! This week we’re having a break in recording, but I wanted to use this time to tell you a little bit more about Women On Top and how you can get involved. Enjoy and see you next week!Connect with Women On Top:https://www.instagram.com/thewotpod/https://twitter.com/TheWotPodhttp://thewotpod.comConnect with your host, Frankie Cotton:https://frankiecotton.comhttps://twitter.com/FrankieCotton_https://www.instagram.com/frankiecotton_/https://twitter.com/letsbefrank_cohttps://www.instagram.co...
EP25 Caroline Hughes on Money, Startup Capital and Feminist Fintech
February 17, 2020 18:39 - 47 minutes - 32.7 MBMy wonderful guest this week is Caroline Hughes, Founder of Lifetise and finanical feminist. In this episode Caroline tells us about starting her business Lifetise, the financial modelling platform helping us to take big life actions like buying a house and starting a family. Caroline’s approach to building her tech business with such a strong social mission is truly inspiring. We talk about the reality for female founders in the UK in terms of raising capital, seeking the right investors an...
EP24 Emma Sayle on Raising Money, Female Sexuality and Networking
February 10, 2020 21:53 - 35 minutes - 24.6 MBMy inspiring guest this week is Emma Sayle, CEO and Founder of Killing Kittens and serial entrepreneur. In this episode, Emma tells us how Killing Kittens came to be and it’s mission to sexually liberate women. Emma shares her experience of crowdfunding whilst she was pregnant and how her long standing results in business proved the business was investable. Emma also tells us to network, ask for help and exercise to stay sane... Enjoy! Join in the conversation online using #THEWOTPOD on Twi...
EP23 Sonya Barlow on Shame, Feminism and Unconscious Bias
February 03, 2020 21:24 - 34 minutes - 23.7 MBMy lovely guest this week is Sonya Barlow, TEDxSpeaker, diversity and inclusion consultant and founder of Like Minded Females. In this episode, Sonya tells us how she found her voice and began confronting difficult topics of diversity and inclusion at work. Sonya tells us her take on failure and how that can help us all to gather data that will ultimately lead us to success. Plus we explore unconscious bias and the need to create safe spaces to confront tricky topics without judgement. Enjoy...
EP22 Emily Sheffield and Holly Beddingfield on Incubators, Positivity and Revolutionising The News
January 27, 2020 21:31 - 31 minutes - 21.8 MBMy brilliant guests this week are the team from This Much I Know - Founder Emily Sheffield and Head of Partnerships and Reporter, Holly Beddingfield. In this episode, Emily tells us how she started This Much I Know, a news platform that puts genuine conversation at the heart of its delivery. Emily and Holly share the ups and downs of life in a startup incubator (Founders Factory), the fact that their brains constantly hurt and how they are building a sustainable media business in the free-in...
EP21 Frankie Cotton on Failure, Resilience and a New Era of Business
January 20, 2020 04:00 - 45 minutes - 31.2 MBThis week in a podcast twist, the interviewer becomes the interviewee! That’s right, I’m interviewed by guest host and best friend Jessica Wright. In this episode, I talk about my corporate career and how I started my business Let's Be Frank. We discuss the financial decisions and implications of becoming self-employed. I talk about the “taboo” of leaving a business that I loved and why that made me feel like a failure. And finally, I talk about the importance of women’s impact in business a...
EP20 Lucy Werner on PR, Getting Published and How Bigger Isn’t Always Better
January 13, 2020 05:00 - 39 minutes - 27 MBMy guest this week is Lucy Werner, PR expert and founder of The Wern, a specialist communications consultancy and training hub for startups, entrepreneurs and independent brands. Lucy’s first book “Hype Yourself: A no-nonsense DIY PR toolkit for small businesses” is launching on 9th January 2020.In this episode, Lucy shares how she began her PR business The Wern following a traditional agency model, but soon realised that bigger didn’t always mean better. Lucy pivoted her business model to c...
EP19 Kat Pither on Rebelling, Recovery and Finding Another Way
January 06, 2020 05:00 - 51 minutes - 35.2 MBMy guest this week is the wonderful Kat Pither, Founder at Yogi Bare. In this episode, we discuss how Kat first found yoga when she was in rehab, and how that experience led her to build a warm and gracious yogi community that doesn’t require you to bend like a pretzel to join in. We talk about how Kat started Yogi Bare, how the business grew and how she learnt the hard way about building proper financial foundations. We talk about personal resilience, sustainable retail and having the coura...
EP18 *Christmas Special* Cali Mack and Sarah Malik on Creativity, Design and The Thames Clipper
December 16, 2019 21:56 - 45 minutes - 31.1 MBMy guests this week for the Women On Top Christmas Special (and final episode of 2019!) are Cali Mack and Sarah Malik, Co-Founders at design studio Malik + Mack, which has been recognised as one of the top 50 female-founded companies in London. Join us for some festive excitement (forgive us, it’s been a long year…) as we talk about the business of creativity, how to find inspiration under pressure and dealing with difficult clients. We discuss how Sarah and Cali have built a cash positive s...
EP17 Lucy Wright on Startup Strategy, Exits and Canned Wine
December 09, 2019 18:28 - 33 minutes - 22.9 MBMy guest this week is Lucy Wright, serial entrepreneur and Co-Founder at Nice Drinks. Nice is revolutionising the way we drink wine through their canned wine for on-the-go drinking #wineforwhenever.I n this episode, we talk about the lessons Lucy learnt from her first business Cuckoo Bircher Muesli, which Lucy built straight out of university with her business partner and sold in 2016. We discuss Lucy’s approach to creating Nice Drinks based on previous experience, their funding raise an...
EP16 Ailbhe Malone on Book Deals, Self-Care and Journalism
December 02, 2019 07:14 - 37 minutes - 25.8 MBMy guest this week is Ailbhe Malone, Author and Senior Editor at The Strategist. Ailbhe has authored two books on the topic of self-care, 101 Tiny Changes to Brighten Your Day and 101 Tiny Changes to Brighten Your World. Ailbhe is on a mission to help people in creative roles flourish, and to always leave the door open behind her. In this episode, we talk about Ailbhe’s early days as a journalist and the future of journalism in a free-information economy. Ailbhe generously shares how she se...
EP15 Emma-Lou Montgomery, Associate Director at Fidelity International on Women’s Pension Gap, Investing and The Care Penalty
November 25, 2019 21:53 - 38 minutes - 26.1 MBMy guest this week is Emma-Lou Montgomery, Associate Director of Personal Investing at Fidelity International. As part of the Women and Money campaign team at Fidelity International, Emma-Lou is on a mission to unlock women’s financial power through investing. Fidelity International’s ‘Financial Power of Women’ 2018 report uncovers the real barriers for women when it comes to investing for their future, myth busts the gender misconceptions and provides valuable insights for all of us looking...
EP14 Efua Akumanyi, Co-Founder and CTO at Furnishful on Bootstrapping, Failure and Demystifying Technology
November 11, 2019 21:52 - 43 minutes - 30 MBMy wonderful guest this week is Efua Akumanyi, CTO & Co-Founder at Furnishful, the new platform to discover and shop for furniture online. Efua is on a mission to make shopping for home furnishings a more inspired and creative process, by bringing your favourite homeware brands together in one place. With Furnishful, you can create inspiration boards, discover beautiful pieces and shop from thousands of home décor items. Finally, a shoppable Pinterest! In this episode, we talk about how Efua...
EP13 Rose Gallagher, Podcaster and Beauty Journalist, on Influencer Responsibility, Boundaries and Social Media
November 06, 2019 15:25 - 43 minutes - 30 MBMy wonderful guest this week is Rose Gallagher, make-up artist, beauty influencer and host of Beauty From the Heart podcast. Rose is on a mission to promote good within the beauty industry through both her platform and podcast, where she sparks meaningful conversations with real change makers and inspiring people in beauty. In this episode, we talk about the responsibility of being an influencer and how we can all create better boundaries with social media. We debate if the beauty industry i...
EP12 Hui Wang, Founder at Zebee on Technology, Connection and Revenue
October 25, 2019 16:51 - 47 minutes - 32.3 MBMy amazing guest this week is Hui Wang, technologist, no-nonsense businesswoman and founder of Zebee (formerly Koala).Hui is on a mission to bring solo travellers together, creating fun adventures exploring different corners and cultures of the world and curing loneliness for young people through Zebee’s vibrant community. In this episode, we talk about how to create technology that brings people together instead of alienating us. We dive into how Hui has built healthy revenue and got to kno...
EP11 Amisha Ghadiali, Yoga Teacher and Healer on Eco Anxiety, Women’s Courage to Rise and Being Human
October 23, 2019 15:59 - 54 minutes - 37.6 MBMy brilliant guest this week is Amisha Ghadiali, yoga teacher and healer, sustainability and conscious living advocate and host of The Future is Beautiful podcast. Amisha is on a mission to make the world a better place by sharing the ancient wisdom of yoga and meditation to be truly transformative for her clients and community. Amisha and I met recently at an Allbright roundtable focused on eco anxiety and sustainability - we had so much to talk about that I knew we needed to bring the conv...
EP10 Sarah Welsh, Co-Founder at Hanx on Sexual Health, Feminist Brands and Taking Risks
October 10, 2019 16:41 - 34 minutes - 23.5 MBMy guest this week is Sarah Welsh, co-founder at Hanx. Sarah and Farah are on a mission to empower women by promoting positive sexual wellbeing through their products and community. In this episode, we talk about Sarah’s transition from gynaecology doctor to startup founder and the idea of Hanx came about. We discuss how Sarah and Farah have created a feminist brand and the company’s contribution to both the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements. We also explore the process of getting Hanx condoms s...
EP09 Sarah Hesz, Co-Founder at Mush on Paying Yourself, The Gender Gap and Kindness at Work
October 03, 2019 15:56 - 43 minutes - 30.1 MBMy guest this week is Sarah Hesz, co-founder at Mush. Sarah and Katie are on a mission to keep women sane and happy through motherhood by providing connection and community though the Mush app. In this episode, we talk about the gender gap in startups and investing, particularly when it comes to women’s confidence and pitch styles. We discuss the importance of paying yourself as a founder and how better childcare can address gender inequality. We also explore how we can all make our workplac...
EP08 Lisa Conway-Hughes, Author and Chartered Financial Advisor on Wealth Creation, Life Planning and Paternity Leave
September 22, 2019 16:25 - 44 minutes - 30.2 MBMy guest this week is Chartered Financial Advisor, author, podcaster and mum, Lisa Conway-Hughes, also known as Miss Lolly. Lisa is on a mission to help people become more financially secure and manage their money to build the life of their dreams. Lisa is a speaker, podcast co-host of ‘She’s On The Money’, author of ‘Money Lessons: How to manage your finances to get the life you want’ and holds down a full-time position at a wealth management firm in the City. In this episode, we talk about...
EP07 Tracey Liv, Entrepreneur and Business Coach on Life Purpose, Energy and Overcoming Limiting Beliefs
September 14, 2019 12:18 - 49 minutes - 33.8 MBMy guest this week is Tracey Livingston, entrepreneur, speaker and ICF accredited coach for purpose-driven entrepreneurs. Tracey’s vision is a world where every human being freely realizes, pursues and lives out their life’s purpose and calling. To do this, her mission is to reach one million people through coaching, training and speaking, and support them to live out their life’s purpose. In this episode, we talk about how to find your mission and balance living your purpose with the practi...
EP06 Liz Stevenson, Artistic Director on Echo Chambers, Brexit and Storytelling Through Theatre
September 05, 2019 19:35 - 30 minutes - 20.9 MBThis week’s guest is award-winning theatre director and co-founder of Junction 8 Theatre, Liz Stevenson. Liz won the 2015 JMK Young Director Award and her production of BARBARIANS at the Young Vic was nominated for a 2016 Olivier Award. In this episode, we talk about the importance of theatre in today’s world where content and digital entertainment is on-demand. We discuss the Brexit echo chamber in London and why we need to tell the regional human stories from across the UK. We also dive in...
EP05 Emilie Bellet, CEO & Founder at Vestpod and Carmel Dickinson, Head of Events and Partnerships at Boring Money on Financial Feminism, Building Wealth and Negotiation
August 30, 2019 15:17 - 48 minutes - 33.3 MBThis week’s guests are Emilie Bellet, CEO and Founder at Vestpod, and Carmel Dickinson, Head of Events and Partnerships at Boring Money - to talk all things money!In this episode, we talk about our relationships with money and how to build a healthy and rewarding money mindset. We discuss self-worth, managing your money emotions and practical tips on managing your finances. We also dive into investing for beginners, share our top tips for salary and fee negotiation and tackle financial femin...
EP05 Emilie Bellet, Founder of Vestpod, on Financial Feminism, Building Wealth and Negotiation
August 30, 2019 15:17 - 48 minutes - 33.3 MBThis week’s guests are Emilie Bellet, CEO and Founder at Vestpod, and Carmel Dickinson to talk all things women and money! In this episode, we talk about our relationships with money and how to build a healthy and rewarding money mindset. We discuss self-worth, managing your money emotions and practical tips on managing your finances. We also dive into investing for beginners, share our top tips for salary and fee negotiation and tackle financial feminism. Enjoy! Join in the conversati...
EP04 Lauren Armes, CEO & Founder at Welltodo and Bonnie Lister Parsons, CEO & Founder at SOS on Confidence, Money and Wellbeing
August 22, 2019 15:07 - 53 minutes - 36.8 MBThis week’s guests are Lauren Armes, CEO and Founder at Welltodo, and Bonnie Lister Parsons, CEO and Founder at Seen On Screen - both powerhouses in the wellness industry! In this episode, we talk about how both Lauren and Bonnie started their businesses and how entrepreneurship is a spiritual game that tests your character and resolve. We discuss how to harness self-confidence, how ego shows up in business and ways to deal with the stresses and mental challenges of being a business owner. W...
EP03 Kristina Komlosiova and Stephanie Johnson, Co-Founders at Pollen + Grace on Cashflow, Sustainability and Food Manufacturing
August 15, 2019 13:47 - 47 minutes - 32.3 MBThis week’s guests are Kristina Komlosiova and Stephanie Johnson, Co-Founders at Pollen + Grace, the natural food company bringing you modern day convenience food through a range of ready meals and snacks that are free from gluten, wheat and dairy.In this episode, we talk about how to manage cash flow and the challenges of the physical business of food manufacturing. We discuss Kris and Steph’s startup loan, their angel investment round and recent crowdfunding campaign. We also dive into sus...
EP02 Emily Forbes, CEO & Founder at Seenit on Tech Startups, Copycat Competitors and High Performance Teams
August 08, 2019 14:17 - 50 minutes - 34.5 MBThis week’s guest is Emily Forbes, founder and CEO at Seenit, the creative platform that enables colleagues, customers and fans of large organisations to tell stories through authentic video content. In this episode we talk about how to test your business idea, copycat competitors and why authentic company values are so important. We discuss Emily’s approach to team management using the framework of creativity, risk taking, growth and autonomy. Emily shares her mistakes, her proudest moments...
EP01 Billie Quinlan, CEO & Co-Founder at Ferly on Career Transitions, Rebuilding Confidence and Changing The Narrative.
August 01, 2019 05:42 - 1 hour - 47.7 MBThis week’s guest is Billie Quinlan, co-founder and CEO of Ferly, the #femtech app everyone is talking about on the UK startup scene. In this episode we cover career transitions and how Ferly came about, Billie’s tips for imposter syndrome, co-founder relationships and making an app commercially viable. We also discuss mental health, managing a high performance team and the concept of a growth mindset. Join in the conversation online using #THEWOTPOD on Twitter https://twitter.com/TheWotPod ...
EP01 Billie Quinlan, CEO at Ferly, on Career Transitions, Rebuilding Confidence and Changing The Narrative.
August 01, 2019 05:42 - 1 hour - 47.7 MBThis week’s guest is Billie Quinlan, co-founder and CEO of Ferly, the Femtech app everyone is talking about on the UK startup scene. In this episode, we cover career transitions and how Ferly came about, Billie’s tips for imposter syndrome, co-founder relationships and making an app commercially viable. We also discuss mental health, managing a high-performance team and the concept of a growth mindset. Join in the conversation online using #THEWOTPOD on Twitter https://twitter.com/TheWo...
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July 23, 2019 09:22 - 1 minute - 1.18 MBWomen On Top is a series of intimate conversations with bright and brilliant women on a mission. Interviewing startup founders, business leaders, creators, politicians and activists, Women On Top unpacks their successes, failures, ambition and drive. From creating multi-million dollar companies to managing mental health and imposter syndrome, Women On Top explores it all through a feminist lens. Brought to you by host Frankie Cotton.