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Close Call #13: Conversation with Sarah Daniel, Co-founder and Co-CEO of Hey Savi, the ultimate fashion matchmaker, Hey Savi finds you your perfect item or outfit in under 60 seconds

In this conversation, we explore the following:

👉🏼 Know more about Hey Savi : https://www.linkedin.com/company/heysavi/posts/

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🎯 Other resources discussed in the Blog:

Broad wave - https://www.boardwave.org/

Female Founders Rise - https://femalefoundersrise.com/

Close Call #12: Conversation with Eva Kuttichova, Co-founder of Macromo, a deep data personal health company for Europe.

In this conversation, we explore the following:

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👉🏼 Know more about Macromo : https://eu.macromo.com/

📓 Eva’s book on screens and design: https://www.screenbook.co/#

💁🏻‍♀️ Eva’s blog: https://evakuttichova.substack.com/

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Close Call #11: Conversation with Sonia Kaurah, Founder and CEO of Tala Thrive

In this conversation, we explore the following: 

1. Sonia's journey to #entrepreneurship and her personal story on struggles with #identitycrisis, #racism, and sheer lack of #support for #immigrants .

2. Mental health landscape and problems for #BIPOC, immigrants and #cultural differences

3. Managing a successful #crowdfunding campaign

4. Common mistakes, pitfalls, and what to watch out for when selecting a #platform

5. Sonia's vision for the future of Mental health

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Close Call #10: Conversation with Rebecca Morter, Founder of Lone Design Club. LDC reimagines the future of fashion and brand experiences through data, AI and physical spaces.

In this conversation, we explore the following:

1. Rebecca's journey from being a designer in London Fashion Week to Entrepreneur

2. Being prepared/trained for the cutthroat world of building a startup

3. Stigma around business pivots, and job changes

4. The strong fundamentals that a STEM or Finance degree offers

5. Not getting complacent vs Founder mode

6. Finding the right Investors for YOUR Business

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Close Call #9: Conversation with Rachel Drapper, Founder of Fairshare - a startup that aims to balance gender roles in relationships and couples.

Close Call #8: Conversation with Felice Langkamp, Founder of My Cashmere, a D2C sustainable luxury brand. 

In this conversation, we explore the following: 

1. Felice's journey into the world of Luxury sales, data, and loyalty with brands like #Tiffany 

2. Consumer behaviour - Fast fashion Consumers vs Luxury buyers 

3. The role of a sustainable supply chain and materials in our daily lives. Reduce, Reuse, and then Recycle - In that order 

4. How to make business decisions as a Solo Founder - A Fully Body Yes and listening to your GUT

5. Felice's 3-part productivity system to succeed

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Other topics discussed in the podcast:

To understand a Fullbody Yes, read: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Full-Body-Yes-Change-Inside/dp/1774580012 

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Close Call #7: Conversation with Utkarsh Amitabh, Founder of Network Capital, Author, Angel Investor and more:

In this conversation, we dive into the following topics:

1. Utkarsh's journey from India to INSEAD MBA to DPhil @ Oxford and how he managed moving geographies

2. How to be disciplined when building your passion project and be laser-focused on what success looks like

3. Decision to go full time leaving a full-time job at Microsoft and starting from scratch

4. How to optimise for having multiple careers and yet building a POWERFUL brand Identity - Category of One

5. Utkarsh's thesis on investing in founders through community and network-driven data points

6. Dealing with competition and envy - good vs bad

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Other topics discussed in the podcast:

1. YIF - Young India Fellowship, Ashoka University India

https://www.ashoka.edu.in/academic-programme/young-india-fellowship/

2. Context Switching: https://asana.com/resources/context-switching

3. Network Capital:

https://www.networkcapital.tv/

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Close Call #6: Conversation with Sophie Winwood, Co-Founder & CEO @ WVC:E | Operating Partner @ Foxe Capital

In this conversation, we dive into the following topics:

1. Sophie's journey from big corporate to very early stage #investing to running her own company.

2. Making pivotal decisions and hedging them to minimize the downside and looking for signs that give you a clear indication

3. Building a Brand and trust - "faking it as if you already made it".

4. The VC archetype or the lack thereof --> leveraging experience to add value before and after investing

5. Building and managing a productive board in companies.

6. Junior VCs - optimise for network, breadth of experience and not CARRY

7. Return on Energy - as a key to prioritising tasks

📝 Courses mentioned in the episode:

1. Board Training: https://www.wvce.tech/board-training

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Close Call #5: Conversation with Jade Cohen, Co-founder and CPO, Qualis flow: https://www.qualisflow.com/

In this conversation, we dive into the following topics:

1. Jade's journey from Skanska to building a charity to building Qualis Flow (Series A funded)

2. What to look for when building an MPV to create a winning product? and how to set the North start metric.

3. Hiring - What to optimise for hiring the right team in the early days?

4. Navigating fundraising as non-technical co-founders (non-coders).

5. Time blocking, inbox Zero, and using Notion

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