Here She Is - Full female potential

“Sometimes people aren’t aware that there are almost infinite business models.” This week’s interview is between Julia and Leah Edwards. Leah is a Partner at Pegasus Tech Ventures, a Mentor, Educator and Coach. She has a history as a successful serial co-founder of Enterprise Software, Marketing Automation and Sustainability companies. She started her career as a founding member of the digital marketing platform Post Communications, which sold for $380M within two years. In this Her...

"Flip your inner script and channel your rock star."This week’s interview is between Julia and Hope Timberlake. Hope is a speaker, trainer and author of, "Speak Up, Damnit! Raise Your Voice, Uplevel Your Presence and Make Yourself Heard." Her training focuses on persuasive messaging, relationship building, executive presence and developing others. Hope is particularly passionate about elevating and amplifying women and underrepresented voices.In the conversation, they discuss strategies to li...

On the occasion of celebrating women internationally on March 8 (#IWD2021 #choosetochallenge), we reach into our archives and present to you one of most popular Here She Is (HSI) episodes, a conversation between Julia and Margaret Burgraff. Margaret, a tech executive from Silicon Valley, is the sole provider of a family of four and fulfilled her dream of a personal ‘exit’ (aka retirement) in her early 40s. Blood in Margaret’s veins runs green. As a proud Irish woman, she arri...

“Younger female entrepreneurs know they don’t need someone to give them permission.”This week’s interview is with Lindy Fishburne of Breakout Labs, a fund within the Thiel Foundation that supports early-stage companies as they transition radical scientific discoveries out of the lab and into the market. Lindy is one of three Managing Partners who are coincidentally female and tend to invest in more female CEOs than most non-female specific funds out there. Lindy’s take: Capital in the hands o...

On the occasion of #NoWasteNovember, we have an interview with Estelle Reyes of LACI, the Los Angeles CleanTech Incubator, where she is responsible for Community Enhancement. Julia and her talk about LACI’s work to unlock innovation for an inclusive green economy, including clean energy, low emission transport and smart sustainable cities. We will hear about how LACI supports underrepresented groups at different stages of the entrepreneurial journey, and how they make use of art as a bridge b...

This week’s interview is between Sarah and Hiltrud Werner, the Head of Integrity and Legal Affairs at Volkswagen. In this role, she is part of the leadership for the single biggest German company by revenue in 2019, and she is one of only 28 women with a management board position at the 30 biggest German publicly traded companies.In the conversation, they discuss how she stayed calm during the Dieselgate crisis, if ethics should be a female-lead portfolio, if there is a right time to become a...

Today’s interview is led by Sarah, and was originally recorded in Oxford, England, in August 2019. She is interviewing Helen Mountfield, a British barrister and legal scholar, specializing in administrative, human rights and equality law. Helen is the Principal of Mansfield College, of the University of Oxford, since 2018. In their conversation, they talk about the role of law in advancing gender equality, why men should display a quality of humble inquiry and making sure women feel entitled ...

Today’s interview is a conversation between Sarah and Alexander de Croo, the deputy Prime Minister of Belgium and the Minister of Finance. He is also the author of a book called “The age of women - Why feminism also liberates men”. In the conversation, they talk about his motivation behind a book attempting to advance gender equality, the danger of viewing feminism as a zero-sum game and the role of gender norming and religion. They also discuss why he considers Scandinavia a role model and h...

This episode is presented to you in collaboration with Global Shapers Palo Alto as part of our Voice for the Planet initiative, which is calling for a new deal between our planet and nature, starting with individual behavior change. It is supported by organizations such as the World Economic Forum, Worldwide Fund for Nature and United Nations Development Program. Please take 1 minute and go to bit.ly/voicefortheplanet to take the pledge and commit to one change you will make to your life.&nbs...

Today's conversation is lead by Julia and is a special episode for #NoWasteNovember with Annie Gullingsrud and in collaboration with Global Shapers Palo Alto, a World Economic Forum initiative. As part of our campaign, please take 1 minute and pledge to take personal action for our planet at http://bit.ly/voicefortheplanetAnnie is a systems-based designer for the fashion industry, working on a digital birth certificate for garments called CircularID. In the conversation, they discuss how...