TECH HUSTLER

Today's guest is the amazing Juliana Araújo.

She is a Senior Product Manager at Spotify. She moved to Sweden in 2018 as an Brazilian immigrant. She is a public speaker and Nordic Women in Tech Awards’ winner where she won  Mentor of the Year in  2021 and she is also founder of Beela.

Utilizing her experience, coaching and mentoring skills, she has empowered immigrant women and non-binary people to secure their first tech job in Sweden and has provided a community to share knowledge, experience, and offer support. Aside from diversity & inclusion Juliana is passionate about music, sci-fi and data & analytics.

In this episode we talk about the power of mentorship and meaningful connections. We also talk about networks and how to get a job in tech as an immigrant. We also cover how it is to run a non profit company in Sweden. We talk about diversity and inclusion and the lack of awareness of it in Sweden. We talk about the gender gap in tech, how we keep women in the industry and why it is important to confront your own biases and beliefs.

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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Today's guest is the amazing Annie Lindmark.

She works with funding and innovation at Swedens innovation agency, Vinnova. She focuses on emerging technology and enabling innovation that can make a positive impact on the world and contributing to sustainable growth. She is an ecosystem builder for international collaboration around innovation and research in Europe and beyond, currently with focus on Nordic innovation house in Silicon Valley and is representing Sweden in the Nordic Innovation task force for diversity. She is also responsible for the Swedish governmental mission around Deeptech.

Annie has also co-founded the network W.Empowerment and the personal development company One Empowerment, that create tools to help people live a more meaningful life through conversations.

In this episode we talk about how you can apply for different grants from Vinnova. We also talk about speculative design and thinking of future needs of the society. We discuss who is and can be an entrepreneur and the need for diversity. We also talk about the culture in Silicon Valley to build fast and break things and why entrepreneurs need to think before they break things that cannot be repaired. We cover the current climate in the tech industry with all the layoffs from big tech companies and we do a comparison between the Swedish and Silicon Valley startup ecosystems.

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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Today's guest is the amazing Charlotte Fuller.

She is a world travelling, award-winning digital transformation expert and STEM champion with a passion for elevating the place of women in tech. After personally experiencing burnout whilst working within a male dominated environment that had a toxic work culture; which caused her to step off the treadmill, re-examine her future and come back fighting! Charlotte is today known as the ‘Confidence Queen for Women in STEM’, and she helps industry leading organizations to empower their female talent so that women in business thrive.

In this episode we talk about rapid strategies for building unshakable confidence as a woman in tech. How to set healthy boundaries so that you can feel safe and empowered in the workplace. How to implement simple yet effective methods to overcome a fear of speaking up so that you can make your voice heard at work and how to apply techniques for leveraging both feminine and masculine energy.  Survival skills on how to thrive and be your authentic self and succeed in a male-dominated environment.

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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Today's guest is the amazing Danait Hagos.

Danait Hagos is a business adviser at Almi loans which is the government sponsored bank and financial institution. She has 11+ years experience from the financial industry and has been working at some of the biggest banks in Sweden. She is also running House of Simona, a sustainable and luxury coffee brand with coffee beans sourced from Ethiopia.

In this educational episode we talk about what loans and grants are suitable for different types of companies. We talk about the criteria for getting a loan and what happens if you go bankrupt and can't pay your loans anymore. We also talk about how to create value in your company and how to pitch when looking for money.

We talk about the importance of social capital and how it transforms into financial capital. We also talk about finding the right investor for you and not to take a no personally or that your business idea is bad but instead seeing it as not a good match. We talk about that we all have different starting points in life and comparison is not beneficial to us. We also get into  hip hop music, Jay-Z and Rihanna.

We talk about the complex paradox of the VC landscape, listen to the end of the episode to find out what it is!

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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Today's guest is the amazing Evelina Anttila

She is an investor and partner at the early stage venture capital fund Wellstreet, and a co-founder of legal tech company Justic. She is also an angel investor, board professional and keynote speaker covering topics such as entrepreneurship and startups. Evelina previously served as General Counsel & Head of Public Affairs at AI company Peltarion, and also has a background as an M&A lawyer at leading Nordic business law firm Mannheimer Swartling.

In this episode we talk about gender stereotypes in tech and that network is a privilege today. We also talk about fundraising, thinking bigger and the founder market fit. We also cover how to find the right funding for your company and also the right investor. And also discuss  the current VC landscape and to fundraise in a crisis.

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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Today's guest is the amazing Sanne Fouquet

She is the founder of Melon, a micro-learning platform for Gen Z. Before starting Melon she worked as a Data Scientist and Product Manager at the American software company Palantir in London, and at the trading floor on the investment banks Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley. She holds a Master Degree in Machine Learning from UCL and in Applied Mathematics from KTH, but is spending most of her time these days micro-learning and upskilling in UX design, product and all things community building.

In this episode we talk about the importance of community building to get closer to your customers and how you build it on platforms like TikTok, Instagram and Discord. We discuss generation Gen Z and the way they share their life on social media and the longing for being authentic. We also discuss how it is to raise VC capital as a solo founder and the hoopes that you have to jump through.

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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Today's guest is the amazing Astrid Gyllenkrok Kristenssen

She is the CEO and Co-Founder of LEIA, a Swedish FamTech startup on a mission to reinvent postpartum and parental health for the digital age. Before entering the world of startups Astrid spent 15 years driving digital business development and innovation in executive roles for companies such as CNN and Viaplay. As a Founder and a mother of three she's  passionate about female health and changing the narrative around parental health.

In this episode we talk about parental and postpartum struggles and that 90% of women giving birth will experience mental or physical difficulties. We also cover the lack of data in female health and that Volvo just made the first Crash test dummies with female physiology.

We also talk about the illusion of life work balance and why you should hire mothers. We talk about the importance of finding the right investors because they can make or break you and changing the traditional narrative of success and picture of an entrepreneur.

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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Today's guest is the amazing Michaela Berglund

She is the CEO of Feminvest, the largest hub for female ownership across the Nordics, with the vision to educate and inspire more female investors and entrepreneurs. She is a passionate strategist with a focus on entrepreneurship and investments working with both unlisted and listed companies. She is currently the Stockmarket Expert at Expressen, Chairwoman of HODL SPAC and TV host at EFN.

In this episode we talk about female ownership and to understand your own investments and what you invest in. We also discuss the importance of talking with your girlfriends about ownership, money and investing. We talk about leaning into the opportunities rather than obstacles and that money is a powerful tool.

Do you know what investing in a SPAC is?

Listen to the episode to find out!

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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Today's guest is the amazing Nathalie Rajic!

She is a Confidence Coach and founder of Her Way, a one -stop destination for female empowerment and self development. Offering self developing articles, workshops, online classes and community to inspire and help women to go their own way and follow their dreams.

In this episode we talk about boosting your confidence and how you stop feeling like an imposture. We also talk about energy and how you can lean into your femenine energy that is the source of creativity, playfulness and reflection. How to shift between maskuline and femenine energy in your leadership to achieve your goals and work in your flow.

We also talk about Quiet Quitting so tune in to hear our thoughts about the topic.

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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Today's guest is the amazing Vanja Wikström!

Vanja Wikström is a serial entrepreneur who has launched everything from e-commerce companies to exercise programs, she has one of the country's largest children's channels on YouTube and also runs a site for used children's items. In addition to this, she works as an influencer profile. Her latest adventure is an NFT project where she is building the web3 brand World of Alidia, with the core mission to empower women to step into our digital future.

In today's episode we talk about how to build a NFT brand and create a space for women in the metaverse. We also discuss the barbie stereotyp portrait of women and how we can drive diversity in web3. We cover a couple of big American brands like World of Women and kick ass woman Reese Witherspoon.

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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