PEERS

Nyha Shree: An entrepreneur who pursued option D to find herself. As the Co-founder and CMO of conversational commerce platform, Jumper.ai, Nyha helps bridge the gap between e-commerce and brick and mortar retail. 

In this week’s ep, we hear from Nyha as she reflects on her indecisive adulthood, how we can get ok with pursuing option D and the ‘aggressive’ commentary inflicted on hard-working women.

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• Connect with Nyha on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nyhashree/ -
• Learn more about Jumper.ai: https://jumper.ai -
• Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thepeersproject/ -

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Maxine Ryan is a Fintech entrepreneur changing the way people think about money. A two-time founder, Maxine is the former CEO of Bitspark, a cash-to-crypto solution company, and now ProsperApp, the TikTok of financial literacy for the millennial and Gen-Z generation.

In this insightful chat, Maxine reflects on the importance of connection with older generations, why we are not our thoughts and how she left university, quit her job and started a business all in the same month.

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• Connect with Maxine on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxine-ryan-prosperapp/ -
• Learn more about ProsperApp: https://www.prosperapp.com -

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Kim Kaupe is a self-confessed ‘accidental entrepreneur.’ As the Co-founder and CEO of The Superfan Company, a fan engagement agency creating merchandise, products and programs for entertainers, celebrities and brands, Kim is seen pulling concerts together one day and working with Oprah the next. In this humorously candid interview, Kim shares the realities of realising her childhood dream job, the grey areas of work and the rise of The Superfan Company.

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• Connect with Kim on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimkaupe/ -
• Learn more about Kim: https://www.kimkaupe.com -
• Learn more about The Superfan Company: https://thesuperfancompany.com -
• Reach out to Michelle: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelleakhidenor/ -

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Wendy Chan is a finance grad who took a long hard look at a career working for someone else before thinking: what else? As the Co-founder and CEO of PackMojo (a B2B start-up helping businesses get affordable, custom packaging), Wendy spends her days combining her love of strategy and design to make something functional, affordable and different.

In this no-holds-barred chat, Wendy reflects on the constant of change, lessons from a start-up and the steps it takes to launch something of value.

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• Connect with Wendy on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wendychan15/ -
• Learn more about PackMojo: https://packmojo.com -

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Safaath Ahmed Zahir is a leading women's rights activist in the Maldives and the founder of Women and Democracy, a non-profit organisation promoting gender diversity in the workplace. In this inspiring episode, Safaath reflects on her upbringing in a country resisting the call of democracy. With insight and hope, Safaath paints a path towards female empowerment and economic independence through her work, and challenges us to see life as a fight to right a wrong, rather than a game of win or lose.

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• Connect with Safaath on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/safaath/ -
• Learn more about Women & Democracy: https://www.facebook.com/wdmaldives/

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Youssef El Kaddioui is a two-time startup founder and Forbes 30 under 30 alumni. As Founder and CEO of The Scalelab, Youssef helps companies to grow by finding them new clients, but we’re not here to talk about his resumé. In this humbling interview, Youssef reminds us that life is configured by undetermined rules and unclear paths, it is up to us to define it ourselves. Youssef explores the impact of growing up in a developing country, moving to Hong Kong without a plan and the rise and rise of growth hacking.

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• Connect with Youssef on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/youssefelkaddioui/ -
• Learn more about The Scalelab: https://www.thescalelab.io -

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Yulkendy Valdez is a tech entrepreneur, social justice advocate, and public speaker but in this episode, we’re asking who she was before. As the Co-Founder and CEO of Forefront, Yulkendy helps employers, schools and youth non-for-profits prepare for the next generation of workforce but it was what she witnessed as a child in the Dominican Republic that pushed her to break the box society confined her in. In today’s episode, Yulkendy discusses her experience with cultural identity as a child, how to find your brand and how Forefront is challenging cultural bias in the workforce.

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• Connect with Yulkendy on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yulkendyvaldez/ -
• Learn more about Forefront: https://www.getforefront.co -

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Most people finish writing a thesis and head towards tequila, Kinga Jentetics turned to self-publication instead. Realising she could put her work out there without a third party, Kinga wondered why other writers were left waiting? PublishDrive was created in 2014 as an act of creative autonomy, allowing authors to distribute their work without having to push for it to live outside their own pages. In this interview, Kinga explains how she got her start, the biggest failure of her career and why she refused to work for corporations and instead pursue her idea.

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• Connect with Kinga on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kingajentetics/ -
• Learn more about PublishDrive: https://www.publishdrive.com -
• Read The Peers Project's Marie Claire feature: https://www.marieclaire.com.au/the-peers-project -
• Connect with Michelle on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/michakhidenor/

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Human trafficking. That’s only one of a spectrum of problems Emily Kennedy is solving through her tech company, Marinus Analytics. 

If it seems unimaginable, you’d only be half-right. Emily doesn't rely on the ‘real’ world to eliminate it, instead she constructs an artificial one. Harnessing the sophistication of AI technology, Emily and her team at Marinus Analytics solve social problems by engineering and reimagining the very tool that has propelled many of them; the internet. 

In this episode, Emily discusses the risk of stagnation, the misconcetpions we place on ourselves and the how she’s working to solve the wee-little task of human trafficking.

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• Connect with Emily on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/heyemilykennedy/ -
• Learn more about Marinus Analytics: https://www.marinusanalytics.com -
• Listen to Emily's The Empower Podcast: https://www.emilykennedy.org/podcast -
• Tune into the Money Matters Podcast by Little Dreamers Australia: https://apple.co/39Ip1sZ -

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As the founder and CEO of Planable, a content review and marketing collaboration platform, Xenia works with the likes of Christian Louboutin, the United Nations and Hyundai to take the admin out of content planning and bring teams greater transparency, enjoyment and creative freedom, but the role of ‘boss’ has proven to be less ego-boosting and more soul searching than she anticipated.

In this episode, Xenia breaks down the misconceptions of being a boss, the role fear plays in her day-to-day life and how confidence isn’t something we ‘have’ but something we must constantly call for.

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• Connect with Xenia on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/xeniamuntean/ -
• Learn more about Planable: https://planable.io -
• Read The Peers Project's Marie Claire feature: https://www.marieclaire.com.au/the-peers-project -
• Connect with Michelle on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/michakhidenor/

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