2.6 - Startup Stories from a Female Entrepreneur

Welcome back to season two of G+T Conversations! We are your hosts, Gwenda + Tatjana, and in this episode, we speak about startups and entrepreneurship. Follow G+T Conversations on Instagram⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@GTconversations⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and join the conversation. G+T Catch-up: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) won the IPL Championship 2024 United Nations introduced the World Football Day on 25 May Gwenda reminds us to make time for friendships Some of the things we mentioned in this episode: "You can always connect the dots looking backwards": From doing content writing on the side to pay the bills while working on a medical tech business idea to keeping that business idea on the side and becoming the Founder + CEO of a marketing agency India is way more entrepreneur friendly than Germany. GINSEP is a startup platform that helps Indian startups to succeed in Germany and vice versa. Network(ing) is essential as a Startup Founder. No company can achieve anything without talented and passionate employees. When you are building a company, 99% of the time you are working on your business rather than in your craft. The best (but most boring) investment into your business is to hire a fantastic CA (Chartered Accountant) to help you with all financial and compliance related tasks. Legal and financial compliances are especially important for any company that wants to raise funds and get investors on board. Processes and systems help you to grow and scale your business. Hire talent better than you: When starting out you hire people who can do anything, when scaling up you hire people who bring in expertise. Favorite thing about entrepreneurship: Creating Impact - for clients to grow their business, for employees through company culture, and overall impact our society by being an active corporate citizen Least favorite thing about entrepreneurship: endless to-do lists, there is always more to do, never feeling fully accomplished Biggest f*ck up: Not letting go of our office space right away when covid hit in 2020. We were bleeding money (almost 3 lakhs) by delaying the economically necessary decision due to being emotionally attached to the office. Some great entrepreneurs networks you can join: Networking Now India: ⁠https://www.networking-now.com/ ⁠ and Leap Club: ⁠https://leap.club/⁠ We would like to introduce you to the sponsor of today's episode: Mumbai based and female-led marketing agency Dreamers + Creators is your one-stop solution for all things marketing strategy, content, community building, and social media management. For details, check out their Instagram or visit their website: www.dreamersandcreators.in Follow G+T Conversations on Instagram⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@GTconversations⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. You can also connect with us on our personal accounts⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@gwendaschobert⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@craving_expat_life⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Tune in every other Friday for a new episode. * G+T Conversations is created using Spotify for Podcasters.