Kim Teo - Mr Yum - LADY-BRAINS

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Kim Teo is the founder of tech start-up Mr Yum. If you’ve ever been to a restaurant, browsed the menu on your phone and ordered through a QR code, chances are you’ve used the Mr Yum platform.

In 2021, she raised an $89M Series A round – the largest ever Aussie Series A for a female led company. But soon after she raised this cash, the tech bubble burst and the economic environment dramatically shifted, and in 2022 she made the hard decision to lay off 17% of the team.

In this chat, you’ll learn:

Why this was a necessary response to the changing economic climate and Mr Yum’s need to maintain a longer runway in the face of so much uncertainty
How she’s thinking about her business as we move into a recession
Her decision-making process around those latest redundancies
Who she leans on for support when times get tough
Why transparency is her most important leadership trait

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