Lana Weal highlights the mental health challenges faced by founders

Lana Weal is the founder of Market Mindfully, a marketing consultancy company that aims to support impact-driven startups in Australia and New Zealand to tell their stories, make more impact and connect with partners for mutual benefit. Lana first entered the startup world when she joined the accelerator BlueChilli as Marketing Manager in 2018, a role in which she learned a great deal about the Australian startup ecosystem. In 2021, Lana joined the Atto Accelerator to support the next generation of female founders. Atto.vc is a startup school that supports female founders to launch tech companies independently, scalable, and sustainably. In her conversation with Adam, Lana discusses the potential for burnout and mental health challenges working in the fast-paced startup world, as well as the importance of support networks when embarking on a founder's journey.See full show notes: https://w2d1.com/lana-wealThis series is made possible thanks to our sponsors & partners.Major Sponsors:MYOB, Amazon Web ServicesStandard Sponsors: UTS StartupsThe Guild of EntrepreneursWestern Sydney University's LaunchPadCanberra Innovation NetworkCurtin UniversityCSIROUniversity of South AustraliaLaunchVicThe Office of the South Australian Chief EntrepreneurANSTONewcastle University's Integrated Innovation NetworkThe University of Adelaide's ThincLabFlinders University's New Venture InstituteUNSW FoundersUQ VenturesJames Cook UniversityPartners:Startup DailyFishburnersSpark FestivalSpacecubedStone & ChalkRiver City LabsMentioned in this episode:This episode is sponsored by NTPThis episode is sponsored by NTP NTP is the technology recruitment company that values community and who are invested in seeing the growth of Australia's local tech community. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacyPodder - https://www.podderapp.com/privacy-policyThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podtrac - https://analytics.podtrac.com/privacy-policy-gdrpSpotify Ad Analytics - https://www.spotify.com/us/legal/ad-analytics-privacy-policy/