Wendy Starland got 48 rejections before anyone would listen to her pitch for an unknown artist dressed “like a clown.” That artist became Lady Gaga. Jessica Chaijaya arrived in San Francisco from Indonesia speaking only “yes” and “no” in English, cleaned an entire school for free to earn her place, and has since met King Charles, Prince Albert of Monaco, and a half-dozen heads of state. This panel strips away the highlight reel to reveal what unstoppable actually costs.

WHAT THIS PANEL COVERS

• How Wendy Starland discovered and developed Lady Gaga by reverse-engineering a market gap — going edgy and bold when the entire industry was soft and pretty — and is now building MusicSoul, an AI platform that pays creators 70% of revenue
• Why Maja Marburger rebuilt her entire business after her life partner and business partner left overnight, pivoting from jewelry to real estate and closing her first deal with her son reviewing the contracts
• How Dr. Christina Rahm went from wanting to hide under the covers after losing everything in a divorce to co-leading a portfolio of nearly 30 companies in health, wellness, and nanobiotechnology
• Why Jessica Chaijaya lied about speaking English to escape Indonesia after the 1998 May Riots, cleaned a school for free to learn the language, and now chairs the United Society Council
• Why the belief that loving people will make them love you back is the hardest lesson in business — and why learning to be a warrior does not mean closing your heart

PANELISTS

• Elena — Host, EMTECH Invest
• Wendy Starland — Co-Founder & President, MusicSoul; Discoverer of Lady Gaga
• Maja Marburger — Founder, Marburger GmbH; Founding Member, 100Women@Davos
• Dr. Christina Rahm — Nanobiotechnologist & CEO, DRC Ventures
• Jessica Chaijaya — Chairwoman, United Society Council; Investor & Philanthropist

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Tags: women in business, unstoppable women, Lady Gaga discovery, Wendy Starland, MusicSoul, female entrepreneurs, women leadership, mental health, resilience, Christina Rahm, Jessica Chaijaya, Maja Marburger, music industry, AI music platform, women investors, 100Women Davos, female founders, philanthropy, unDavos, Davos 2026, WEF

TRANSCRIPT

Thank you so much, Dustin. It means a lot being here today. It means a lot being here in this room, sitting next to these beautiful ladies. I had the privilege to dive into your bio a little bit, and I'm so impressed. So I'm hoping for a real conversation, an open conversation. And I'm not going to talk about the unstoppable that you think, or the society thinks that unstoppable means. I'm not going to talk about the success. I want to pick your brain about the truth behind building. I want to share stories here for the next generation, so when they decide to build, and they decide to lead, that they understand that it comes with challenges, and that they can overcome them. So enjoy the conversation. Thank you. I'm going to start with you. Please, can you introduce yourself? Let's start there. Hi, my name is Wendy Starland. I'm best known for discovering and developing Lady Gaga from an unknown artist into a billion dollar brand. I am now the co-founder and president of MusicSoul. It's an AI-driven music streaming platform and marketplace that uses AI to drive mass promotion to the users from the brands, and pays the users 70% of all streaming and advertising revenues. Thank you so much. So I'm immediately going to ask you a question, because building something, especially in the music industry, you have to believe in yourself enormously. So how did you kept going in the beginning when you felt uns