She spent 28 years climbing the corporate ladder. Won awards. Did everything right. Then one day, she threw all those trophies in the trash and walked away.

Today, Shilpa Arora is the only woman among five co-founders at Insurance Samadhan, a company that has recovered over ₹220 crore for Indians cheated by their own insurers.

She also pitched on Shark Tank. And has a lot to say about what it actually takes to be taken seriously as a woman founder.

If you’ve ever felt invisible in a room full of decision-makers or wondered whether you need to know everything before you lead this conversation will hit different.

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