FemGems Podcast

Shaghayegh Karioon has created the first women’s coworking space in Berlin. It’s called Wonder, it’s there since July 2018 and it really is a beautiful wonder. Shari is self-employed since 3 years now and a mother to a baby girl. An interesting part of this story is that you cannot start a business like this without a big initial investment. So if you have a business idea like that and you're scared about the money part, this episode is just for you. We talk about how you can start and run your own business while having a little baby, why you should not compare yourself to other entrepreneurs and we shine a very bright light on how becoming an entrepreneur helps you grow your confidence, happiness and freedom.

Alicia Ferrer is the founder of GrüneoBox, the amazing gardening box for city gardeners. If you have a dream, a vision or an idea in your head, even if it's still abstract, and you're not sure how to start acting on it: this episode is just for you! Alicia is sharing the first steps to take, all the things you need to be prepared for, and the right attitude to start out with.

Anna Raabe has co-founded the first platform for women's business fashion – Gardoré. They empower ambitious women through style, offering a curated assortment and professional guidance. Prior to that, she has worked as a consultant and studied at the University of St. Gallen and ESADE Business & Law School. In this episode, she shares challenging and awesome sides of becoming an entrepreneur, how to go about fundraising, as well as thoughts on passion, self-confidence, and work-life balance.

Assunta Crux is the founder of fineyellow, the fashion online shop you need to go to! They only offer sustainable and fair brands' products. They open sustainable fashion up to a broader group of people and contribute to a cleaner planet Earth! Assunta founded fineyellow in 2018 and is leading her growing team since then. Prior to that she worked in innovative and growth-driven tech companies Rocket Internet and Google, where she gained diverse expertise in scaling and building online business and e-commerce.

Yana is a co-founder of Swipes, an extremely cool software company creating tools for communication and work. She has a background in Marketing and is leading the operations of the company. Swipes was founded in 2013 in Denmark and has a 7 members team split between their offices in Bulgaria and Denmark. The team spent 2 years in San Francisco chasing the Silicon Valley dream, but let go of it in 2018 when Yana became a mom. On this episode, you're about to here an amazing story containing the whole, exciting & pure truth about what it really is to be building a tech product in SiliconValley, how you go through the ups and downs of founding a company with people that are very close to you and how you tackle the challenges of becoming a parent as a founder.

Dora Petrova is the founder of FemGems podcast and on this episode, she's revealing everything you need to know about the podcast: WHY it's there. An episode about finding your purpose, getting started, believing in yourself and what it means to be a woman entrepreneur.

Cerina Bezuidenhout has co-founded Future Females in 2017. Future Females is a movement. It's a platform that provides an environment, digitally, physically, and emotionally, where women can connect with each other and access the resources they need to succeed. They are now in 8 countries already (launching in 2 more in February 2019), having 14 chapters, and about 12000 members! Cerina believes self-acceptance, communication and reflection are key to success: accept who you are and who others are, always be honest and respectful in the way you communicate, and always reflect – there are so many learnings we can take daily!

Daria Dubinina is CEO and co-founder of Crassula, where they build innovative fin tech solutions. She has dedicated eight years to mastering payments, e-commerce and business development. Daria has also lead major partnership deals with PayPal, Riot Games, IBM, and others. We interviewed her at the European Women in Tech conference where she held a talk about the challenges and opportunities for women in tech.

Rhiannon Payne is the founder and CEO of seafoam media, a Blockchain Studio from San Francisco with a globally distributed team. She talks about imposter syndrome, accepting failure, her journey, and hiring more women in tech.

Susanne Birgersdotter is a serial entrepreneur, author and investor, as well as a global keynote speaker. She was nominated for most powerful female founder of the year 2017 & 2018. Right now, she is founding World Women Network, a forum through which women can help other women in the key areas of their life.