Today's featured guest is Dora Palfi.

Join us in the latest episode of the Tech Hustler Podcast, where we delve deep into the world of inclusive coding education and empowerment, featuring the remarkable Dora Palfi!

Dora isn't your typical tech enthusiast; she's the co-founder and CEO of Imagi, an edtech company that's revolutionizing the way we approach learning to code. Imagi's mission is to shape the future tech workforce through an inclusive and creative approach to coding education.

Imagi's journey began with a student organization for women in STEM, driven by a passion to make coding an enjoyable experience.

But here's the twist - with AI taking the spotlight, is traditional coding still relevant?

Dora offers a thought-provoking analogy, drawing parallels to the introduction of calculators in classrooms. Discover why coding remains as crucial as ever, especially in the age of AI, and its pivotal role in ensuring diversity in tech.

We also dive into the challenges faced by female founders in the startup world and how they navigate the system, sharing invaluable insights from their firsthand experiences.

If you enjoyed the episode I hope you share it with your friends.

I would also love to know what you think about the podcast and if it resonates with you, so please share your thoughts!!

…and remember to hustle smarter, not harder⚡️

Tech Hustler Mastermind a 10-week program:​

💫 Expert sessions on legal matters, options, and shareholder agreements.

💫 Building an attractive personal and startup brand.

💫 Understanding AI and tech architecture: what to build and what to buy.

💫 Leadership skills and team management.

💫 Plus, there's a secret surprise in store! 🎁

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But that's not all! You'll also get:

💫 Exclusive access to a supportive community.

💫 An accountability buddy to keep you on track.

💫 The opportunity to be in the hot seat for personalized coaching.

💫 Access to a private WhatsApp group.

💫 And a bonus 1x1 coaching session with yours truly! 🌟

​

There is only 10 spots so, spots are limited!

Apply today: https://techhustler.ck.page/mastermind

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Today's featured guest is Tiffany Boswell.

I had the absolute pleasure of sitting down with Tiffany, the remarkable co-founder of Meela, a pioneering mental health tech company with a mission to revolutionize female mental health. 🚀

In our latest podcast episode, we dive deep into Tiffany's inspiring journey as she shares insights into the world of female entrepreneurship, her commitment to fostering a better future for women's mental well-being, and the challenges and triumphs she's encountered along the way.

Tiffany's incredible work hasn't gone unnoticed. In 2022, she was deservedly elected Female Founder of the Year by DI Digital and has clinched several prestigious awards. ✨ Not to mention, she's secured investments from some of the world's most reputable investors, propelling Meela toward even greater heights. 🌟

Discover the ups and downs of her funding journey, including navigating the treacherous waters of the Valley of Death, a critical stage where startups must perform under high stakes and fast growth expectations. 💼

Listen now on and let Tiffany's story inspire you to chase your dreams, make a meaningful impact, and navigate the complex world of startup funding! 💪

If you enjoyed the episode I hope you share it with your friends.

I would also love to know what you think about the podcast and if it resonates with you, so please share your thoughts!!

…and remember to hustle smarter, not harder⚡️

Tech Hustler Mastermind a 10-week program:
​

💫 Expert sessions on legal matters, options, and shareholder agreements.

💫 Building an attractive personal and startup brand.

💫 Understanding AI and tech architecture: what to build and what to buy.

💫 Leadership skills and team management.

💫 Plus, there's a secret surprise in store! 🎁

​

But that's not all! You'll also get:

💫 Exclusive access to a supportive community.

💫 An accountability buddy to keep you on track.

💫 The opportunity to be in the hot seat for personalized coaching.

💫 Access to a private WhatsApp group.

💫 And a bonus 1x1 coaching session with yours truly! 🌟

​

There is only 10 spots so, spots are limited!

Apply today: https://techhustler.ck.page/mastermind

Follow me

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Tech Hustler Mastermind a 10-week program:
​

💫 Expert sessions on legal matters, options, and shareholder agreements.

💫 Building an attractive personal and startup brand.

💫 Understanding AI and tech architecture: what to build and what to buy.

💫 Leadership skills and team management.

💫 Plus, there's a secret surprise in store! 🎁

​

But that's not all! You'll also get:

💫 Exclusive access to a supportive community.

💫 An accountability buddy to keep you on track.

💫 The opportunity to be in the hot seat for personalized coaching.

💫 Access to a private WhatsApp group.

💫 And a bonus 1x1 coaching session with yours truly! 🌟

​

There is only 10 spots so, spots are limited!

Apply today: https://techhustler.ck.page/mastermind

Today's featured guest is Maria Assarson.

As the CEO and founding partner of Hidden Dreams, one of Europe's fastest-growing Venture Builders, Maria's work revolves around the development and investment in self-founded tech companies. Her journey also includes being the co-founder and former CEO of Tekninkvinnor.

In this captivating episode, we embark on a journey into Hidden Dreams' unique strategy for creating startups. Driven by an unwavering passion for addressing unconventional and often overlooked challenges within large organizations, they specialize in steering clear of saturated markets.

Maria passionately delves into their mission to empower entrepreneurs, highlighting the crucial role of ownership shares and the co-creation process, with a particular focus on securing that all-important first paying customer.

We also dive deep into the invaluable insights from "The Mom Test," a guide to mastering the art of effective customer validation, where Maria emphasizes the significance of asking the right questions.

Navigating the ever-evolving landscape of fundraising, Maria shares her perspective on its shifting dynamics and underscores the paramount role of investor relations in the world of startups.

In conclusion, Maria stresses the critical importance of laying a robust foundation and making the tough decisions necessary for triumph in the realm of startups. Tune in to gain valuable insights and inspiration from her remarkable journey and expertise.

If you enjoyed the episode I hope you share it with your friends.

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…and remember to hustle smarter, not harder⚡️

xoxo Ivana

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Today's guest is the amazing Julia Delin 

In this episode we discuss how to build your company to be a VC case. We also discuss what building fast really means and that VC capital is not suitable for all types of businesses. 

We also tell you the hard truth that 50% of you are not going to get a follow up investment. (I know it sucks!) But on a positive note, we share how to increase your chances and your evaluation and guide you through the different steps of a funding journey and what progress you need to show at every stage. 

Julia also shares all the questions that you should ask an investor before investing in your company and we also uncover the VC's secret CRM system about you…

We also share ONE mistake a lot of founders and probably you are doing in investor meetings and what you should focus on in a recession…

Julia is the CEO of SSE Ventures - the venture capital fund of the Stockholm School of Economics, investing in startups admitted to the startup incubator of the business school. She has a background as the CEO of SSE Business Lab, where she has coached 150+ startups on fundraising, growth marketing and sales during her 5 years in the position. Prior to that, she co-founded the event ticketing platform Simply Events, and worked with growth at multiple startups. Julia is an active angel investor in startups like imagiLabs and Relox Robotics and sits on the board of horsetech startup Ridely. In her spare time, she writes about startups, diversity, and works for an equal tech scene.

If you enjoyed the episode I hope you share it with your friends.

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…and remember to hustle smarter, not harder⚡️

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Today's guest is the amazing Ida Herbertsson.

In this episode we talk about money, sexuality and investing in women. How women and men are asked different questions when raising capital. That VC capital is not for everyone and just because you get VC capital it doesn't mean that you are going to build a successful company. Lastly, we cover the exciting topic of money and sexuality, how these are connected and why they are important for our creative flow. 

Ida is running an early stage investment structure, which has invested in over 90 companies. About 45% of their portfolio companies have at least one female founder and the latest investment company has over 40% female investors. She is also a Feminvest Ambassador working to accelerate female ownership. In her own coaching business she teaches and supports women to love money and to connect with their sexuality.

If you enjoyed the episode I hope you share it with your friends.

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…and remember to hustle smarter, not harder⚡️

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Today's guest is the amazing Malin Frithiofsson Co- founder of DAYA and Angel Investor.

In this episode we talk about why we see so few women in technology and why the system is not favorable towards women. We also talk about the startup incubator programs being “one size fit all” and that it is made for a male technical founder. We discuss what Femtech is and also contextual femtech, a threat to women's wellbeing that is not necessarily connected to the physical body. We also discuss why femtech startups are struggling with raising money and that not everyone wants equality and if we all wanted it we would already have it. 

Malin is a femtech supporter, startup enthusiast, angel investor & creator of human life. Malin is the CEO of DAYA, a company on a mission to accelerate global femtech innovation. She's also an early, EARLY, stage investor who prides herself on joining most of her startups from the very beginning of their journey. She loves reading ridiculously dirty fantasy romance novels, embarrassing her husband and drinking wine in all shapes and sizes.

If you enjoyed the episode I hope you share it with your friends.

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Today's guest is the amazing Maria Hedengren.

In this episode we talk about building a startup in a crisis. We discuss different strategies and the importance of focusing on your core business. We also talk about thinking big and to be prepared to scale your business from the start. We talk about scalable leadership and stereotypes of the perception of female leaders. We also cover factors that Maria is taking into consideration when she is investing in startups as an angel investor and she also shares her best startup advice. 

Maria has extensive experience from executive leadership positions in international corporations. Companies that have been in rapid growth through transformation and digitalisation of traditional, analogue or brick and mortar industries. Where success is built on use of massive amounts of data, technology innovation and an agile company culture with value driven leadership. She has scaled both public and private tech companies and expanded them internationally. She has been leading private funding rounds as well as IPOs. Her experiences include positions such as CFO of iZettle just before their IPO when they were acquired by PayPal and CEO of Readly as it IPOed in 2020. Today she spends her time working in a number of non-executive boards, coaching and advising start-ups and scale-ups and doing angel investments.

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Today's guest is the amazing Camilla H. Lastein

She is the co-founder and Managing Partner of Celestial Group, a private equity firm on a mission of moving wealth into the hands of women. An entrepreneur turned private equity investor who started and sold her first company in the education technology space after dropping out of university.

As the Managing Partner of Celestial, Camilla is a firm believer that we should all be investors, and by giving retail investors like you and me equal access to investment opportunities currently reserved for institutions, she’s on a mission to break the time-for-money paradigm. “Making investing sexier than the latest Gucci bag”.

In this episode we talk about wealth distribution between men and women and how to get more wealth in the hands of women. We also talk about what success is, how to define it for yourself and incorporate it in your daily work instead of just looking at the big milestones. We also talk about  investing in a cash flowing business that you can live off instead of investing and saving for your retirement. And we poke a hole in the glamorous picture of the tech industry and life as a startup founder.

If you enjoyed the episode I hope you share it with your friends.

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Today's guest is the amazing Jesse Shanahan.

Jesse is a machine learning developer with a focus on humanitarian uses of AI and AI ethics. With an academic background in applied linguistics and astrophysics, Jesse has contributed to research in the fields of technology ethics and extragalactic astrophysics, and they hold a patent for cybersecurity applications of machine learning. In addition to their research, Jesse co-founded the American Astronomical Society's Working Group on Accessibility and Disability and is an avid science communicator with publications featured in Science Magazine, Forbes, and Astronomy Magazine. While they currently work as the CTO of Another Round, a start-up focused on inclusive fitness, they have many hobbies outside of work, including a Twitch channel devoted to science education and two dogs - Tennessee and Hubble.

In this episode we demystify AI where we talk about what is AI, biases in the data and how it can be harmful. We also talk about AI not magically solving all our problems and why it will not take your job. We talk about ChapGPT and large language models, the data they are trained on and the limits that they have. We also talk about the VC landscape, getting real disruption by investing in diverse teams and the unsexy product. We also talk about the tech industry, Twitter, Google and the layoff that we have seen in the latest months.

If you want to learn more about AI and all these new tools that are coming out now, this episode is for you!

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Today's guest is the amazing Alexandra Kafka Larsson.

She is a former military intelligence officer, an LGBTQ human rights activist and a chief technology officer with a degree in Political Science. After spending over 20 years in the military focusing on how to understand the world around us, with the help of software she has now founded her own company called Parsd. Parsd wants to give people more time to think and make sure that the insights we distill from lots of text and audio is based on trusted sources.

In this episode we talk about AI with a particular focus on language and how Parsd can help to structure and help us to understand the quality of the insights we consume. We also talk about how it is to be a LGBTQ woman in tech and to build a startup as a minority. Leading with your values and having diversity as a core of your business.

Hope you enjoy the episode and if it speaks to you it would mean a lot to me if you would follow the show, give it a nice review and share it with your friends.

See you next week and until then hustle smarter, not harder!

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