This week Nikol talks to Kaitlin Fritz (COO) and Olga Kravchenko (CEO) - co-founders of the VR edtech startup Musemio that is set to make children's arts & cultural education accessible. Olga and Kaitlin discuss their entrepreneurial journeys, what it's like to be young international female co-founders in the tech startup world, and the importance of finding your foil. 

Musemio has won numerous highly-regarded awards such as the £10,000 UCL Launch Award and Queen Mary’s Engagement and Enterprise Awards for social impact, and it has been named UCL’s ‘Most Promising Startup’ at the 2019 UCL Awards for Innovation and Enterprise. The startup secured over £30,000 in funding, from angel investment and being in Bethnal Green Ventures.

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#TheGoodLeader

You can access the transcript, references, and further reading on the Laidlaw Scholars Network: https://laidlawscholars.network/rooms/846-the-good-leader-podcast

This our first Scholar Spotlight episode - a rubric of The Good Leader podcast dedicated to exploring the research and leadership journeys of our brilliant & diverse Laidlaw Scholars. How is their research helping us make the planet a better place for everyone? Which challenges have they faced throughout the process, and what have they learnt? How are they embracing the Laidlaw values of being ambitious, brave, curious, determined, extraordinary, and fast?

To stand in for the first Laidlaw value - ambitious - we have Charlie Bingham who is a mature Archaeology student and Laidlaw Scholar at the University of York. We explore how being a single mother of two wonderful sons helped her become a better leader and how she is learning to overcome imposter syndrome while conducting research into ancient plant DNA. 

You can access the transcript, references, and further reading on the Laidlaw Scholars Network: https://laidlawscholars.network/rooms/846-the-good-leader-podcast

#TheGoodLeader

This week Nikol talks to the CEO of the Laidlaw Foundation and Chair of Laidlaw Schools Trust - Susanna V. Kempe - about her remarkable leadership journey, gender bias in the workplace, and the bravest thing she has ever done. 

Susanna started as a Marketing Assistant at Lord Laidlaw's former company - Institute for International Research - and left it as Chief Marketing Officer. She was the CEO of Emap Networks, WGSN, CMO of several organisations, and founded her own business before turning to philanthropy and education. 

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#TheGoodLeader

You can access the transcript, references, and further reading on the Laidlaw Scholars Network: https://laidlawscholars.network/rooms/846-the-good-leader-podcast