FemGems Podcast
Real Talks. Key insights. Entrepreneurial mindset. FemGems shares first-hand stories of inspiring female startup founders to empower YOU to turn your passion into your own business!
Episodes
A real talk on women's health, mindset and business with the co-founders of Circles, a company developing natural solutions that help get rid of PMS, period pain & hormonal acne! They've just launched their pre-sale on Startnext, so check out their awesome products & mission: https://www.startnext.com/we-are-circles?utm_source=startnext&utm_medium=shorturl&utm_campaign=FM3
On this episode, we talk about:
- why women's health has...
Mark as Played
Founder of FemGems, Dora Petrova, sits down with Anna Harbaum, Managing Director of the Berlin-based blockchain company, Interchain. In this episode, Anna provides a great example of the importance of lifelong learning. Join us as she delves into her colorful past from her formative years as a chef and restaurateur, to entering the world of blockchain while calmly navigating motherhood.
Follow FemGems on Instagram and LinkedIn for...
Mark as Played
June 16, 2021 • 44 mins
This episode of FemGems Podcast was recorded live at Factory Berlin in January 2020 and sheds a bright light on the reality of being an impact-driven social entrepreneur. Our FemGem 43 is an extremely inspiring founder that has been awarded multiple times for her incredible work, e.g. by Edition F as one of "25 Women" revolutionising the German industry, by Handelsblatt as "Mutmacher of the Year"(2018), and asBest Female Social Ent...
Mark as Played
In this episode, Dora is joined by Jessica Holzbach and Fabiola Hochkirchen, discussing entrepreneurship and fundraising from both sides of the table – founders' and investors'.
Jessica has co-founded Penta, a fast-growing fintech startup from Berlin offering digital business banking for startups and SMEs; and got awarded as Founder of the Year 2021 by the German Startups Association shortly after stepping down as a co-founder of...
Mark as Played
After the exciting launch of the www.FemGems.Club, the FemGems Podcast warmly welcomes you back for Season 4. In this first episode, Dora is joined by Dr. Melanie Rieback, CEO and co-founder of Radically Open Security, a not-for-profit computer security company. We dive into her own personal journey; from the ethics of cybersecurity companies, soul searching pilgrimages across Spain, to understanding the relevance and urgency of po...
Mark as Played
Dora Petrova is the founder of FemGems and the host of this podcast. Except for this episode where she's the guest on it. On this special 40th episode, Carmen interviews Dora about the launch of FemGems Club, a goal-driven support system for female founders. Dora shares her journey as a founder, what led her to creating this platform, and what FemGems looks like as a company. Tune in to learn about FemGems' values, how we select me...
Mark as Played
March 29, 2020 • 30 mins
This is the second part of episode 38 featuring the co-founders of Equalista, the world's first learning app helping users understand and act on gender equality. It consists of the questions asked by our audience at the live podcast recording.
Check out Equalista's crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/equalista/equalista-because-equality-doesnt-just-happen-by-magic and support their important m...
Mark as Played
March 14, 2020 • 27 mins
This is the first episode of Season 3 featuring the sisters co-founders of Equalista, the world's first learning app helping users understand and act on gender equality.
If you want to learn more about going bootstrapping and get first-hand advice on public funding, you need to tune in. Theo and Louisa are sharing all about how they did that . We also talk about the most disruptive force in business right now and how we can use tec...
Mark as Played
November 29, 2019 • 50 mins
Two-time founder, Katy Campbell is currently working with Porsche Digital to develop new startups across various ecosystems. Katy is also running 'formation', a startup school for founders who identify as womxn, or as part of a minority group. She was also leading the brand and communication team at APX, the early-stage VC from Axel Springer and Porsche. Driven by her passion for mental wellbeing and diversity, Katy is working clos...
Mark as Played
November 20, 2019 • 32 mins
Hester Hilbrecht is the founder & CEO of Mermaid UX Design Studios in Berlin, where she manages co-innovation projects for digital products. Hester is also a speaker at different conferences such as TEDx and loves to share insights on Design Thinking and User Experience. On this episode, she will walk us through the steps she took to get where she is now, like working in a big corporate, spending some time in Silicon Valley and fin...
Mark as Played
November 13, 2019 • 50 mins
Aina Abiodun is fierce. Aligning purpose, product and people is her superpower. She is driven to create value in the world through businesses that positively impact human lives. Most recently, she was the CEO of the global health and fitness app 8fit. Previously, she was the co-founder of StoryCode, an open-source platform for immersive media and also of Murmur, a New York ad agency. Over the course of a decade, she has won multipl...
Mark as Played
November 6, 2019 • 28 mins
This episode is really dear to our hearts, as our guest here is one of the very first supporters of FemGems! She is the CEO & co-founder of the first European coworking space – betahaus. Madeleine co-founded the company and build it into one of the most significant co-working brands in Europe with locations in Berlin, Hamburg, Sofia and Barcelona. Since 2008 betahaus has been enabling people from many different walks of life to com...
Mark as Played
October 30, 2019 • 19 mins
This episode is introducing you to a practical next step you can take if you have a startup idea, the ambition to take on an entrepreneurial path or if you are passionate about fostering female entrepreneurship! Susanne Scheerer and Leonie Moos are building the Grace Digital Founders Campus – a learning app for female entrepreneurs. It gives founders access to all the necessary skills and knowledge to start a company, and it’s exac...
Mark as Played
October 16, 2019 • 60 mins
Cynthia Barcomi is going to blow you away. She is a baking queen, a dancer, an author, a gastronome, an entrepreneur and a mother of four. Cynthia has been running her own business for 25 years now and her episode is jam-packed with priceless words of wisdom and actionable advice on how to make decisions; how to steer your thoughts and take control of your self-talk; how to confront things head-on; how to get back into the ring aft...
Mark as Played
October 9, 2019 • 41 mins
This special episode contains a guided meditation and a hands-on practice that can help you find the answer to a question you're dealing with in your life right now! Onimar Ame (Marion Bott) works internationally as an actress, a screen/playwright, and a dream-practitioner. Coming from the artistic field, she’s driven to turn dreams into artworks, and bridge spirituality and matter. In 2017, she founded the international all-women ...
Mark as Played
October 2, 2019 • 56 mins
Are motherhood & entrepreneurship mutually exclusive? They shouldn't be, right? But how are society and stakeholders responding to motherhood in entrepreneurship? How do mothers founders actually combine these responsibilities? We've found some insanely inspiring mothers+entrepreneurs and we brought them to stage to talk openly about how they do it and share tangible and actionable advice on time management, distribution of respons...
Mark as Played
September 25, 2019 • 19 mins
Dr. Jutta Merschen is the 1st prize winner of Grace Accelerator's pitch competition! After 12 years at McKinsey, she decided to build something of her own. Her startup FamilyPunk aims to bridge the gap between parents and parenting professionals, combining e-learning tutorials with personal coaching in an easy to use app. In this episode, you'll learn how she transformed her challenges as a mother into an innovative company, what m...
Mark as Played
September 18, 2019 • 14 mins
FemGems joins the demand for climate justice by releasing an episode with a startup committed to empower and educate consumers to make more sustainable purchases! Our power duo guests, animal rights activist Yasemin Ege Tulay and product manager Jana Schellong share how they designed their sustainability-oriented market place, YAJA, during Grace's Summer Camp 2019.
This is also a story on how teamwork drives ideas forward and make...
Mark as Played
September 11, 2019 • 11 mins
In the second installment of our Grace series, we met with Carina Hader. Carina is an aerospace engineer whose startup, NAYCA, won the second place price at Grace's Demo Day. NAYCA is a discrete hot water bottle to-go that aims to relieve period pain for 400 million people. Carina shares the heartening story behind NAYCA, how she knew her co-founder was right for her, and the reason you should always share your ideas!
Mark as Played
September 4, 2019 • 15 mins
In August, FemGems attended the Grace Accelerator Demo Day and heard from some of the amazing founders whose participation in the Grace Summer Camp marked the start of their entrepreneurial journey.
Our first founder is Catriona E. McLaughlin, creative strategist, founder, author and thinker on our future with technology. She is a global citizen with Scottish roots, who has worked and lived in New York, San Francisco, London, Ham...
Mark as Played
Popular Podcasts
If you've ever wanted to know about champagne, satanism, the Stonewall Uprising, chaos theory, LSD, El Nino, true crime and Rosa Parks, then look no further. Josh and Chuck have you covered.
Current and classic episodes, featuring compelling true-crime mysteries, powerful documentaries and in-depth investigations. Follow now to get the latest episodes of Dateline NBC completely free, or subscribe to Dateline Premium for ad-free listening and exclusive bonus content: DatelinePremium.com
Football’s funniest family duo — Jason Kelce of the Philadelphia Eagles and Travis Kelce of the Kansas City Chiefs — team up to provide next-level access to life in the league as it unfolds. The two brothers and Super Bowl champions drop weekly insights about the weekly slate of games and share their INSIDE perspectives on trending NFL news and sports headlines. They also endlessly rag on each other as brothers do, chat the latest in pop culture and welcome some very popular and well-known friends to chat with them. Check out new episodes every Wednesday. Follow New Heights on the Wondery App, YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts. You can listen to new episodes early and ad-free, and get exclusive content on Wondery+. Join Wondery+ in the Wondery App, Apple Podcasts or Spotify. And join our new membership for a unique fan experience by going to the New Heights YouTube channel now!
Listen to 'The Bobby Bones Show' by downloading the daily full replay.
The official podcast of comedian Joe Rogan.