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A real talk on women's health, mindset and business with the co-founders of Circles, a company developing natural solutions that help get rid of PMS, period pain & hormonal acne! They've just launched their pre-sale on Startnext, so check out their awesome products & mission: https://www.startnext.com/we-are-circles?utm_source=startnext&utm_medium=shorturl&utm_campaign=FM3 On this episode, we talk about: - why women's health has been understudied and neglected for many years and what the consequences are; - how to practice real self-care and take charge of your well-being and fulfillment; - what makes a great co-founder and how to assess potential ones; - what bootstrapping looks like and why you would go for it; - strategies to manage your time and priorities in a sustainable way and much more! If you're an early stage female founder and want to get mentored by inspiring entrepreneurs like Sis & Margaux, apply to join the FemGems Club at: https://www.femgems.club/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=FG45

Founder of FemGems, Dora Petrova, sits down with Anna Harbaum, Managing Director of the Berlin-based blockchain company, Interchain. In this episode, Anna provides a great example of the importance of lifelong learning. Join us as she delves into her colorful past from her formative years as a chef and restaurateur, to entering the world of blockchain while calmly navigating motherhood. Follow FemGems on Instagram and LinkedIn for more inspiration and opportunities: https://www.instagram.com/femgemsclub/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/femgems

This episode of FemGems Podcast was recorded live at Factory Berlin in January 2020 and sheds a bright light on the reality of being an impact-driven social entrepreneur. Our FemGem 43 is an extremely inspiring founder that has been awarded multiple times for her incredible work, e.g. by Edition F as one of "25 Women" revolutionising the German industry, by Handelsblatt as "Mutmacher of the Year"(2018), and asBest Female Social Entrepreneur of the year in Germany 2020. From 2006-2009, she worked as a corporate social responsibility consultant. In that capacity, she developed and implemented Samsung Electronics’ award-winning corporate social responsibility strategy for Scandinavia. In July 2010, Anne moved to Japan, where she spent 2 years researching open social innovation and received the prestigious Rotary Peace Fellowship. In 2012, she moved to Berlin to set up the Berlin Peace Innovation Lab, which is associated with Stanford University. The lab focuses on how technology is facilitating emerging and measurable social change toward global peace. In 2015, she co-founded her own social enterprise – ReDI School of Digital Integration – that she's sharing all about on this episode!

In this episode, Dora is joined by Jessica Holzbach and Fabiola Hochkirchen, discussing entrepreneurship and fundraising from both sides of the table – founders' and investors'. Jessica has co-founded Penta, a fast-growing fintech startup from Berlin offering digital business banking for startups and SMEs; and got awarded as Founder of the Year 2021 by the German Startups Association shortly after stepping down as a co-founder of Penta in pursuit of a new challenge. Fabiola is an investor and a business angel. After working at a mid-cap private equity fund for 12 years, she co-founded Auxxo, the first all-female VC in Berlin.

After the exciting launch of the www.FemGems.Club, the FemGems Podcast warmly welcomes you back for Season 4. In this first episode, Dora is joined by Dr. Melanie Rieback, CEO and co-founder of Radically Open Security, a not-for-profit computer security company. We dive into her own personal journey; from the ethics of cybersecurity companies, soul searching pilgrimages across Spain, to understanding the relevance and urgency of post-growth entrepreneurship. FemGems Club is a subscription-based support system for early-stage female founders. Apply to join anytime at www.femgems.club Learn more about post-growth entrepreneurship here: https://www.postgrowthentrepreneurship.com Resources mentioned on this episode: Melanie Rieback's TED Talk on post-growth entrepreneurship: https://www.ted.com/talks/melanie_rieback_post_growth_entrepreneurship Kate Raworth's TED Talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/kate_raworth_a_healthy_economy_should_be_designed_to_thrive_not_grow/transcript?language=en Prosperity without Growth: https://timjackson.org.uk/ecological-economics/pwg/ Throwing Rocks at the Google Bus: https://rushkoff.com/books/throwing-rocks-at-the-google-bus/ Photo credit: Sebastiaan ter Burg

Dora Petrova is the founder of FemGems and the host of this podcast. Except for this episode where she's the guest on it. On this special 40th episode, Carmen interviews Dora about the launch of FemGems Club, a goal-driven support system for female founders. Dora shares her journey as a founder, what led her to creating this platform, and what FemGems looks like as a company. Tune in to learn about FemGems' values, how we select members for FemGems Club, what you get there and why you should become one! Learn more and apply here: https://www.femgems.club/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=show-notes&utm_campaign=ep40

This is the second part of episode 38 featuring the co-founders of Equalista, the world's first learning app helping users understand and act on gender equality. It consists of the questions asked by our audience at the live podcast recording. Check out Equalista's crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/equalista/equalista-because-equality-doesnt-just-happen-by-magic and support their important mission!

This is the first episode of Season 3 featuring the sisters co-founders of Equalista, the world's first learning app helping users understand and act on gender equality. If you want to learn more about going bootstrapping and get first-hand advice on public funding, you need to tune in. Theo and Louisa are sharing all about how they did that . We also talk about the most disruptive force in business right now and how we can use technology to achieve gender equality faster. Check out Equalista's crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/equalista/equalista-because-equality-doesnt-just-happen-by-magic and support their important mission!

Two-time founder, Katy Campbell is currently working with Porsche Digital to develop new startups across various ecosystems. Katy is also running 'formation', a startup school for founders who identify as womxn, or as part of a minority group. She was also leading the brand and communication team at APX, the early-stage VC from Axel Springer and Porsche. Driven by her passion for mental wellbeing and diversity, Katy is working closely with boards globally to make sure both these topics are at the forefront of discussions. Katy is a Zalando and Rocket Internet alumna and she’s here to give you probably the most open, vulnerable and powerful real talk on FemGems podcast so far! Apply for the 2020 cohort of formation until the 5th of December 2019: http://www.formationfounders.com Find Katy on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BeyofBiz

Hester Hilbrecht is the founder & CEO of Mermaid UX Design Studios in Berlin, where she manages co-innovation projects for digital products. Hester is also a speaker at different conferences such as TEDx and loves to share insights on Design Thinking and User Experience. On this episode, she will walk us through the steps she took to get where she is now, like working in a big corporate, spending some time in Silicon Valley and finally coming back to her hometown Berlin to join the startup world. Hester shares amazing strategies and learnings from her founder's journey so far, and will surely empower you with her insights!

Aina Abiodun is fierce. Aligning purpose, product and people is her superpower. She is driven to create value in the world through businesses that positively impact human lives. Most recently, she was the CEO of the global health and fitness app 8fit. Previously, she was the co-founder of StoryCode, an open-source platform for immersive media and also of Murmur, a New York ad agency. Over the course of a decade, she has won multiple awards for her strategic brand work and has also led diverse projects for clients including Facebook, Logitech, Obama Foundation. In this episode, she walks us through her exciting journey spanning from film directing to tech entrepreneurship and shares amazing insights and strategies from her experience of starting up and staying up!

This episode is really dear to our hearts, as our guest here is one of the very first supporters of FemGems! She is the CEO & co-founder of the first European coworking space – betahaus. Madeleine co-founded the company and build it into one of the most significant co-working brands in Europe with locations in Berlin, Hamburg, Sofia and Barcelona. Since 2008 betahaus has been enabling people from many different walks of life to come together through co-working. 

Madeleine is also responsible for establishing "betapitch" in 2009, which has grown into a global network of competitions that shine a spotlight on startup talent from around the world, and has mentored hundreds of entrepreneurs along the way. 

An entrepreneur and innovator at heart, she worked throughout her university studies at the Politikfabrik, a student-run communications agency, best known for Germany's Wahl-O-Mat, a digital tool that helps gauge respondents' political affiliation. She also worked in the office of former Vice-President of the German Federal parliament (Bundestag), Gerda Hasselfeldt.