In this conversation, Ben speaks to the Founder and CTO at Cordless, Irina Bednova. Irina is an experienced Software Engineer, having led payments and operations at Monzo before leaving to join EF and found Cordless.

Irina is beautifully, and brutally, honest. She approaches taboo subjects like being money-motivated with a refreshing honesty that make the counterintuitive feelings we associate with them wash away with clear logic.

They talk though independence and how we can understand and respect our own limits when applying ourselves to work, and the safety nets we can build into our professional lives so that we engage with it in the long run. They also talk the psychological battle of fundraising and more.

Irina communicates with such truth and honesty - that her prolonged self-reflection makes it easier for us to frame how we view our own work..