Show Notes

Disruptive CEO Nation Podcast with Allison K. Summers

Episode 131 Charlotte Journo-Baur, CEO/Founder Wishibam, Paris, France

After traveling around the world, Charlotte Journo-Baur came back home to become the CEO and founder of her tech company, Wishibam, when she was only 25 years old. 

Charlotte graduated from one of the top French business schools, EM Lyon. She started her career as a strategy consultant in the retail practice of AT Kearney in Paris. 

Wishibam works with real estate companies, local authorities and retailers who want to increase profitably by using technology. Her platform helps retailers rethink the customer experience with a solution that brings the convenience of e-commerce and the complexity of their physical stores together. The French government has labeled the solution as necessary for retailers to recover post-Covid.

Charlotte is part of the French Forbes 30 under 30 and a member of the executive board in charge of communication and public relations at the French Prop Tech. She operates in five European countries and is expanding to other continents. 

Charlotte’s experiences apply to many entrepreneurial leaders. In our conversation, we discuss:

How she drew on the strength of her family’s business background in retail and real estate to reconcile online and physical retail challenges.

Her mission to help independent and large retailers re-think their business model and extend the physical point of sale into greater opportunities.

How the easy-to-use tech platform helps clients reduce the expense of being visible online and offers seamless transactions and stock reconciliation.

Raising investor dollars to scale and working on another seed round.

Acknowledging that as a founder, everything can be more difficult than you imagined, and you can feel alone. Her advice - put together a great team and support system.

Enjoy the show!

Connect with Charlotte:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlotte-de-wishibam/

LinkedIn Company Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/company/wishibam/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wishibam/?hl=fr /

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Wishibam /

Connect with Allison:

Website: allisonksummers.com

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