On our seventh episode of Two Pence Worth: Stories from female Founders in Climate, I spoke to Jade Cohen: Co-Founder and CPO at Qualis Flow.

Jade is Co-Founder and CPO of Qualis Flow (Qflow), a construction tech company committed to reducing carbon in construction. After spending time on site on two of Europe's largest infrastructure projects, Jade created Qualis Flow in 2018 alongside industry peer Brittany Harris, bridging the AI, software and civil engineering worlds.

00:19: Podcast introduction

02:54: What is Qflow? Talk us through the platform, who it’s for and what it does

07:06: How did you found the business and meet your Co-Founder?

11:20: How was your experience with Entrepreneur First (EF)?

12:50: How much did the idea change throughout the first 6 months in EF?

14:00: At what point did you bring in the technology resource?

15:15: What was your journey from Seed to Series A?

18:30: What does this Series A unlock for you?

20:50: How has the journey as a female-founded team been? Has there been challenges or adversity?

24:50: Do you think that your past experiences within your career gave you an inner resilience to deal with the sort of adversity you’ve dealt with as a female founder?

26:57: Do you have any core bits of advice for people in a similar funding position to you?

28:45: What people-based resource would you recommend others access to support them?

29:35: What media-based resource would you recommend others access to support them?

31:22: Do you have a role model you look up to?

32:25: Conclusion

Video versions of these episodes are available here.

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