Jan 25 2023 42 mins
Welcome to the second episode of the Girls Onboard Podcast! Today, we have a super inspiring message from powerhouse Jessica Wilson, a serial entrepreneur and the Co-founder of Women Making Waves.
Jessica shares her personal story of how she was able to create opportunity in the face of adversity. We also discuss the systemic problems of female under-representation in venture capital firms, and the trickle-down effect it has on female entrepreneurs alike. Above all, Jessica shares amazing advice on how to stand up and truly back yourself. “If you’re there, you deserve to be there. What are you going to do with it?” - Jessica Wilson
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Shownotes:
- When there’s a challenging time or something you didn’t see coming, look after yourself and your mindset to make sure you are having a level head.
- 2 things you have control over when you face adversity: how you look after yourself when it happens, looking at it from a different lens to create a different path you didn’t think you would necessarily go down
- A lot of legislation in Australia did not favor women, due to the fact they were created over 120 years ago
- Women Making Waves: New age way to fund law reform by selling NFTS
- As an entrepreneur, if you can maneuver yourself to be the profile of your target customer, that can be a competitive advantage
- Take away the heightened feelings walking into the boardroom, step in with confidence because you understand your exact customer
- Systemic problem in tech: the capital for start-ups starts at venture capital firms, with boards composed of mainly men
- 2% of all funding goes to female founders
- Boards of VCs need to be diversified with more women representation
- More education on how to fundraise for your startup
- Mindset - ability to think big, create opportunities, and push your boundaries
- Tactical skills - what you need on paper to launch you to where you want to be
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