Meet Venetia Archer, the founder of Ruuby app. With no background in beauty or tech, Venetia fearlessly jumped into the deep end and founded Ruuby - the fashion set's go-to digital beauty concierge.

In Episode 52, Venetia shares her experiences and insights on starting a business and leading with confidence.

She provides valuable lessons on the importance of attitude, discovering leadership qualities, and overcoming challenges as an outsider in the beauty and tech industries.

Venetia's story is a testament to the power of determination, adaptability, and the belief that anything is possible when you set your mind to it.

Join us as we delve into Venetia's extraordinary path and gain inspiration from her entrepreneurial wisdom.

Venetia Archer:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/venetia-archer-98976164/

IG: https://www.instagram.com/venetia_/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/venetiaarcher

Ruuby App:

IG: https://www.instagram.com/ruubyapp/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ruubyapp

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ruubyapp

Website: https://ruuby.com/

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Meet Venetia Archer, the founder of Ruuby app. With no background in beauty or tech, Venetia fearlessly jumped into the deep end and founded Ruuby - the fashion set's go-to digital beauty concierge.

In Episode 52, Venetia shares her experiences and insights on starting a business and leading with confidence.

She provides valuable lessons on the importance of attitude, discovering leadership qualities, and overcoming challenges as an outsider in the beauty and tech industries.

Venetia's story is a testament to the power of determination, adaptability, and the belief that anything is possible when you set your mind to it.

Join us as we delve into Venetia's extraordinary path and gain inspiration from her entrepreneurial wisdom.

We Discuss:

00:00 - Intro

02:10 - Idea behind the Ruuby app

05:48 - Starting a business as an outsider

06:41 - Confidence & comfort in disorder

12:10 - Finding superstars & retention

15:00 - Quality whilst scaling

19:06 - Future plans

20:14 - Key factors for business success

24:43 - Leading through uncertainty

28:22 - Leadership

33:09 - Advice for next generation of female leaders

Venetia Archer:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/venetia-archer-98976164/

IG: https://www.instagram.com/venetia_/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/venetiaarcher

Ruuby App:

IG: https://www.instagram.com/ruubyapp/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ruubyapp

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ruubyapp

Website: https://ruuby.com/

Follow me:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariahvo/

Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/mariahvo/

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@maria_hvo

Twitter: https://twitter.com/mhvorostovsky

HVO Search: https://www.hvosearch.com

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What do female founders advise their younger selves? What does it take to run a successful business?

In honour of International Women’s Day, here are the best bits from my interviews with female founders in Season 4.

WATCH ON YOUTUBE:

Elizabeth Cowper https://bit.ly/3EZvIYw

Nell Lloyd-Malcolm https://bit.ly/3KZnNOR

Hasna Kourda https://bit.ly/3ZOVYg2

Anna Whitehouse https://bit.ly/3ZI2Fkc

Rachel Carrell https://bit.ly/3ZPd6Td

Dr Rhona Eskander https://bit.ly/3SS56yt

Giorgia Granata https://bit.ly/3JmwYaY

Dr Sam Bunting https://bit.ly/3ZOVA14

Rhian Stephenson https://bit.ly/3KZnYK1

Shivani Pau https://bit.ly/3ST7Coa

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HVO Search: https://www.hvosearch.com

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What does every founder need? Uninterrupted time for thinking and clarifying ideas and strategy. Where can you get that? At Unplugged.rest. Is it worth it - hell yes. I feel 10 IQ points smarter just by spending 3 days in a log cabin, amongst the trees, away from the hustle of my day-to-day life.

Hector Hughes was beginning to burn out running a tech startup. So one day he took himself to a silent retreat in the Himalayas. Upon his return, he did what every disillusioned employee wants to do - he quit. And then he set up Unplugged.

This is a story of a very empathic founder who followed his intuition and created the perfect getaway for burnt out city folk who want to experience the benefits of a digital detox and connecting with nature.

In Episode 50 Hector and I talk about our inability to stop, tech addiction, burnout, benefits of slowing down, and challenges of an ambitious startup.

I hope you enjoy listening to this episode, but more than anything I hope you get to go on this fantastic retreat as it has completely changed my worldview.

Hector Hughes:

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/hector-hughes

IG: https://www.instagram.com/unplugged.rest/

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@unplugged.rest

Twitter: https://twitter.com/unpluggedcabins

Website: https://unplugged.rest/

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HVO Search: https://www.hvosearch.com

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What does every founder need? Uninterrupted time for thinking and clarifying ideas and strategy. Where can you get that? At Unplugged.rest. Is it worth it - hell yes. I feel 10 IQ points smarter just by spending 3 days in a log cabin, amongst the trees, away from the hustle of my day-to-day life.

Hector Hughes was beginning to burn out running a tech startup. So one day he took himself to a silent retreat in the Himalayas. Upon his return, he did what every disillusioned employee wants to do - he quit. And then he set up Unplugged.

This is a story of a very empathic founder who followed his intuition and created the perfect getaway for burnt out city folk who want to experience the benefits of a digital detox and connecting with nature.

In Episode 50 Hector and I talk about our inability to stop, tech addiction, burnout, benefits of slowing down, and challenges of an ambitious startup.

I hope you enjoy listening to this episode, but more than anything I hope you get to go on this fantastic retreat as it has completely changed my worldview.

We Discuss:

00:00 - Trailer

02:09 - How Unplugged was born

09:34 - Back in the real world

13:44 - Living in a state of calm

17:12 - Shift to digital

20:56 - Is Metaverse the root of all evil?

24:19 - Who benefits most from Unplugged?

25:59 - Biggest challenge for unplugged

28:55 - How to integrate calm into everyday

32:59 - Being a people pleaser

38:44 - Advice to younger self

43:08 - Busy being busy

46:14 - Company benefit

52:22 - Impossible question

Hector Hughes:

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/hector-hughes

IG: https://www.instagram.com/unplugged.rest/

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@unplugged.rest

Twitter: https://twitter.com/unpluggedcabins

Website: https://unplugged.rest/

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HVO Search: https://www.hvosearch.com

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Giorgia Granata’s mother passed away when she was 23, a traumatic event that has changed the course of her life and her worldview.

I found many similarities between how we both coped with it, as my mother suddenly died when I was 35.

It’s a challenging topic, which requires the willingness to feel vulnerable, a state Giorgia doesn’t like to be in often. Just like me.

Giorgia’s way of coping has become her humour and playfulness, which she turned into a superpower. Just look at some of the campaigns she created for her business Wype (you may have seen her pitching it on Dragons’ Den in 2022).

We go all in on the topic of death and GRIEF, being your most authentic self, dealing with rejection and losing your filter.

We also talk about the adult personal hygiene market. And yes we mention ‘Obama’ and ‘poo’ in the same sentence.

This was a very important episode for me personally.

I hope this inspires you and if you have experienced loss - makes you feel you are not alone in dealing with your grief.

We Discuss:

00:00 - Trailer

02:41 - Early years

08:47 - Mother’s death

15:30 - Dealing with grief

24:17 - MBA saved my life

34:20 - Impact on career

42:46 - Being yourself

48:12 - Health scare

54:40 - Wype

01:07:03 - Dealing with rejection

01:19:45 - Impossible question

Giorgia Granata:

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/giorgiamgranata/

IG: https://www.instagram.com/wype_uk/

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@wypeuk

Website: https://wypeuk.com/

Dragon’s Den - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=catos8rFuB8

Follow me:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariahvo/

Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/mariahvo/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/mhvorostovsky

HVO Search: https://www.hvosearch.com

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Giorgia Granata’s mother passed away when she was 23, a traumatic event that has changed the course of her life and her worldview.

I found many similarities between how we both coped with it, as my mother suddenly died when I was 35.

It’s a challenging topic, which requires the willingness to feel vulnerable, a state Giorgia doesn’t like to be in often. Just like me.

Giorgia’s way of coping has become her humour and playfulness, which she turned into a superpower. Just look at some of the campaigns she created for her business Wype (you may have seen her pitching it on Dragons’ Den in 2022).

We go all in on the topic of death and GRIEF, being your most authentic self, dealing with rejection and losing your filter.

We also talk about the adult personal hygiene market. And yes we mention ‘Obama’ and ‘poo’ in the same sentence.

This was a very important episode for me personally.

I hope this inspires you and if you have experienced loss - makes you feel you are not alone in dealing with your grief.

Giorgia Granata:

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/giorgiamgranata/

IG: https://www.instagram.com/wype_uk/

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@wypeuk

Website: https://wypeuk.com/

Dragon’s Den - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=catos8rFuB8

Follow me:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariahvo/

Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/mariahvo/

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HVO Search: https://www.hvosearch.com

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Lou Adler has been shaking up the recruitment industry for over 40 years (though don’t remind him of that).

Lou saw that the way companies traditionally hired people was broken and created the Performance-Based Hiring model. He even wrote a bestselling book about it - “Hire With Your Head: Using Performance-Based Hiring to Build Outstanding Diverse Teams”.

His company, The Adler Group, has trained 40k managers and placed 1.5k execs for top companies like Disney and Paycom and is currently running a course on how to use Chat GPT for recruiting.

On LinkedIn, Lou has nearly 1.4 million followers - so naturally I wanted to talk to him to find out all his secrets.

In Episode 48 we talk about why hiring is broken, skills of successful recruiters, how to hire your core C-suite team as a founder, what is culture fit and how to use Chat GPT for hiring.

We Discuss:

00:00 - Trailer

02:29 - Lou’s journey into recruitment

05:37 - The broken hiring process

10:55 - Chat GPT in recruiting

14:31 - Internal recruiters vs third party headhunters

17:52 - Skills of successful recruiters

24:41 - The TOP interview question

29:38 - Advice to Founders hiring their team

36:52  - Culture fit

41:15 - Lou’s biggest failure

44:24 - Future of recruitment

52:07 - How to be a better recruiter

57:04 - Growing to 1.3m LinkedIn Followers

Lou Adler:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/louadler/

Website: https://www.louadlergroup.com/

TikTok: https://twitter.com/LouA

Hiring with Chat GPT: https://bit.ly/3DLl7zI

Buy the book: https://amzn.to/3X8XMz1

Follow me:

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Lou Adler has been shaking up the recruitment industry for over 40 years (though don’t remind him of that).

Lou saw that the way companies traditionally hired people was broken and created the Performance-Based Hiring model. He even wrote a bestselling book about it - “Hire With Your Head: Using Performance-Based Hiring to Build Outstanding Diverse Teams”.

His company, The Adler Group, has trained 40k managers and placed 1.5k execs for top companies like Disney and Paycom and is currently running a course on how to use Chat GPT for recruiting.

On LinkedIn, Lou has nearly 1.4 million followers - so naturally I wanted to talk to him to find out all his secrets.

In Episode 48 we talk about why hiring is broken, skills of successful recruiters, how to hire your core C-suite team as a founder, what is culture fit and how to use Chat GPT for hiring.

Lou Adler:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/louadler/

Website: https://www.louadlergroup.com/

TikTok: https://twitter.com/LouA

Hiring with Chat GPT: https://bit.ly/3DLl7zI

Buy the book: https://amzn.to/3X8XMz1

Follow me:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariahvo/

Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/mariahvo/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/mhvorostovsky

HVO Search: https://www.hvosearch.com

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Shana Gujral is no typical 27 year old. With at least three startups under her belt, her deep insights about herself and the cultures she lives in led her to create companies aiming to solve inclusion issues.

Having masked her identity for a long time, she learnt to accept it through being on the Asian radio network where she learnt more about her culture.

We talk about starting businesses, raising funds, managing burnout, accepting yourself and not following a traditional path.

Shana is an entrepreneur, investor, radio presenter & DJ. I don’t know what this girl can’t do.

We Discuss:

00:00 - Trailer

02:07 - First startup

07:30 - Second startup & Burnout

13:34 -  Masking Identity

18:14 - Third startup & Microaggressions

23:11 - Leadership as a mindset

24:32 - Raising funds

26:00 - Burnout

27:00 - Advice to starting a business

38:05 - Struggling with confidence

43:06 - Impossible Question

Shana Gujral:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shanagujral/

IG: https://www.instagram.com/shanagujral/

Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/shanagujral

Website: https://www.shanagujral.com/

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HVO Search: https://www.hvosearch.com

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