Complete Rewiring from a Medical Science Liaison to E-Commerce

🎙️ Complete Rewiring from Corporate Pharma to Social Impact E-Commerce: Turning Workplace Discrimination into a Mission to Empower Mothers with Oriane Juncker After leaving the pharmaceutical industry, Oriane Juncker founded Spotz—a mum-to-mum marketplace reshaping economic agency and flexibility for women through community-powered commerce.🔍 What You’ll Learn:How to spot opportunities in your frustration How your STEM degree is a launchpad for anything you want and also your safey netWhat it means to create a purpose-driven company from the ground up—with no tech or funding backgroundWhy managing your cash flow and your energy is critical to building something sustainableHow to use meditation, design thinking, and strategic bootstrapping to develop a social enterpriseBusiness models: The difference between a traditional business, an NGO, and a social business🧠 About the Guest: Oriane Juncker is the founder and CEO of Spotz, an e-commerce and community platform that empowers mothers to earn on their own terms by selling products and services directly to one another. With a background in genetics, business strategy, and medical affairs in the pharmaceutical industry, Oriane made a radical pivot following maternity discrimination. She built Spotz from her living room while raising kids, bootstrapping the entire way. Her business now reaches over 28,000 members and reflects a bold belief: that mothers are a powerful economic force—and it’s time we designed systems that reflect it.📌 Episode Highlights:00:00 From genetics to business school: Oriane’s nonlinear career path 04:00 The realization that she was “too businessy” for a lab 07:00 Why she left corporate pharma—and the comment that changed everything 12:00 Spotz is born: a community-powered answer to gendered work discrimination 17:00 What’s a social business and why does it matter? 20:00 Meditation, OneNote, and vision-driven planning 22:00 From vision to wireframes: building a platform without technical expertise 25:00 Why keeping your job as long as possible is underrated advice 28:00 Choosing your MVP wisely: strategy over perfection 30:00 Getting the first 3,500 products and 1,200 vendors—by hand 34:00 Bootstrapping, burnout, and growing while raising a family 36:00 Why it took 2.5 years to get the pitch “right” 40:00 Funding realities: impact investors vs. venture capital 43:00 Hiring mistakes, cash flow crashes, and what she’d do differently 47:00 Her future role: from CEO to social cause ambassador 50:00 Hard work, soul work, and building a business with integrity🔗 Resources Mentioned:Spotz – Official WebsiteOriane Juncker on LinkedInNSW MVP Grant ProgramBoosting Female Founders InitiativePWC Report on Unpaid Work and GDP Contribution🤔 Reflection Time:What would you create if you stopped waiting for permission?Are you limiting your career moves to your degree—or expanding into your real interests?If your work disappeared tomorrow, would the impact you care about still exist?Want to craft a career story that opens doors?I help STEMM professionals speak with clarity, confidence, and purpose and show up as thought leaders —so the right opportunities find you.📬 Let’s connect: angeliquegreco.com.au | LinkedIn  ⭐️ Help More People Reinvent Their CareersIf you enjoyed this episode, please:✅ Leave a quick ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify 🙏♻️ Share it with a friend who's questioning their path in STEM Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.