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EUVCE692 | Debbie Wosskow OBE, Chair of the UK’s Invest in Women Task Force: Mixed Teams, Better Returns, Real IncentivesEurope’s debate about gender equity in venture has moved beyond awareness and intention. The real question now is much sharper: how does capital actually move, where does it get stuck, and what genuinely changes outcomes for women building companies today?In this episode, Andreas sits down with Debbie Wosskow, a serial founder, investor, and Chair of the UK’s Invest in Women Task Force, to discuss what she has learned from 25 years inside the system. This is a conversation about incentives, power, institutional capital, and why gender equity in venture is not a “nice to have” but a per...
2026-02-1029 min
The European VCDebbie Wosskow OBE, Chair of the UK’s Invest in Women Task Force: Mixed Teams, Better Returns, Real IncentivesEurope’s debate about gender equity in venture has moved beyond awareness and intention. The real question now is much sharper: how does capital actually move, where does it get stuck, and what genuinely changes outcomes for women building companies today?In this episode, Andreas sits down with Debbie Wosskow, a serial founder, investor, and Chair of the UK’s Invest in Women Task Force, to discuss what she has learned from 25 years inside the system. This is a conversation about incentives, power, institutional capital, and why gender equity in venture is not a “nice to have” but a pe...
2026-02-1029 min
The Motherkind PodcastMOMENT | Motherhood Isn’t the End of Your Career — It Might Be the BeginningIf you’ve ever felt the pull to do something different with your career and then immediately talked yourself out of it with it’s too risky, I need a safe job, or this isn’t the season – this short episode is for you.
In this powerful Motherkind Moment, from Zoe’s conversation with Debbie Wosskow OBE, they talk honestly about risk, motherhood, and why so many women feel stuck at the edge of change. Debbie shares the reality of building a business with young children, why most women start later than we think, and a simple, compassion...
2026-01-1911 min
Bookshelfie: Women’s Prize PodcastBookshelfie: Debbie WosskowMulti-exit entrepreneur, investor and one of the UK’s most influential business figures, Debbie Wosskow OBE discusses the gender pay gap in writing, her fearlessness in asking men for money, and why the Women’s Prize Trust is so important.
Debbie is best known for founding the home-swapping platform Love Home Swap and co-founding the women’s network AllBright. She has built and scaled multiple successful businesses, advised the UK government on the sharing economy and now co-chairs the Invest in Women Taskforce, driving hundreds of millions of pounds of investment into female-led companies.
A former board m...
2025-11-1854 min
Woman's HourAuthor Holly Jackson, Black Girl Gamers, Constance Martin caseThe Invest in Women Taskforce, backed by the Department for Business and Trade, was set up last year with the aim of creating ‘the world’s biggest funding pot of £250 million’ to invest in female-led businesses. The Taskforce has been criticised by some MPs on the Women and Equalities Select Committee, suggesting that it is ‘lacking a sense of urgency.’ To respond to this and give context on the challenges and opportunities for female entrepreneurship in the UK, Nuala McGovern is joined by the co-chair of the Taskforce, entrepreneur and investor Debbie Wosskow OBE and the Chair of the Select Comm...
2025-07-1557 min
Owning Your MenopauseGrit, Grace and Graft in Midlife with Debbie WosskowDebbie Wosskow OBE is a multi-exit entrepreneur, investor, and leading advocate for women in business. Best known as the founder of Love Home Swap, inspired by the film The Holiday, she scaled the platform to over 100,000 properties worldwide before selling it for $53 million in 2017.A passionate supporter of female entrepreneurship, she co-founded AllBright, a global career network for women, and now co-chairs the Invest in Women Taskforce, a government-backed initiative unlocking £250m in funding for female-led businesses.After a burn-out related health scare revealed she was in perimenopause, she launched The Better Menopause, a science-led suppl...
2025-07-1443 min
Grit & Grace PodcastEp 13: Marianne Jones on burnout, reinvention & midlife powerIn this episode of Grit & Grace, host Debbie Wosskow is joined by award-winning journalist, editor and podcaster Marianne Jones for a powerful conversation about burnout, reinvention, and the untapped power of midlife.Marianne opens up about the burnout that pushed her to reevaluate everything: her career, her priorities, and how she wanted to live the second half of life. She reflects on being raised by a strong single mum, and how that shaped her grit, perspective and purpose. They also dive into why Marianne believes women need to be loud and unapologetic about menopause, and how speaking...
2025-06-2337 minThe Motherkind PodcastWork Series: How to Finally Find Your Self-Belief and Just Start, with Debbie WosskowWelcome back to our special Motherkind Mini Work Series
This week’s episode is the inspiration episode - what this woman has achieved is actually mind-blowing: from being a single mother with a 1 and 3-year-old, to starting a business on a flight home from a disastrous holiday, to then selling that business for £53 million 5 years later.
Debbie, by her own admission, is an outlier, but that’s not the point - what I took from this episode is the power of belief, the confidence in doing things on your own, being honest with yourself about the lev...
2025-06-1949 min
Grit & Grace PodcastEp 12: Zoe Hardman - Life After Loss, Early Menopause & Starting AgainIn this episode of the Grit and Grace podcast, Debbie sits down with TV presenter and Made for Mamas co-founder Zoe Hardman for a deeply personal and wide-ranging conversation.Zoe opens up about her journey through the highs of a successful presenting career to the deeply challenging moments that changed everything, including the grief of losing a close friend and family member, navigating motherhood, and experiencing early menopause.In this honest and moving episode, Zoe also shares the practical steps and mindset shifts that helped her find strength and rebuild during some of the toughest...
2025-06-0941 min
Grit & Grace PodcastEp 11: Midlife Matters with Katie Taylor, Founder of The Latte LoungeIn this episode of Grit and Grace, Debbie Wosskow is joined by Katie Taylor, founder of The Latte Lounge and author of the empowering new book Midlife Matters. Together, they dive into the realities of perimenopause, career pivots, and the power of community during midlife.Katie opens up about her personal health journey, the misdiagnosis that changed everything, and how it inspired her to build a support network that now helps thousands of women. They explore the pressures of modern midlife, why women’s health needs to be taken seriously, and how Midlife Matters is helping to sh...
2025-05-2630 min
Grit & Grace PodcastEp 10: Osteopath Nadia Alibhai - The Midlife Body ResetIn this episode, osteopath and posture expert Nadia Alibhai joins us to share her wealth of practical, down-to-earth and simple advice for women in midlife and perimenopause.From aching joints and hip pain to stress, poor sleep, and anxiety — Nadia breaks down the why behind these common symptoms and, more importantly, what you can do to feel better.We talk about the power of gentle daily movement, how to support your body with simple at-home strategies, and why small, consistent changes can have a big impact on your hormones, mobility and mental well-being. Whether you're de...
2025-05-1233 min
Grit & Grace PodcastEp 9: ITV News anchor Charlene White: Career, Courage, and Coping with Life's CurveballsIn this powerful and deeply personal episode, Debbie sits down with renowned ITV News anchor and Loose Women host Charlene White for an honest and inspiring conversation.Charlene opens up about her remarkable journey through journalism and broadcasting, the importance of representation, and how her Jamaican heritage shaped her voice and values. She shares the realities of balancing a high-profile career with motherhood, and how she navigated the emotional terrain of grief and loss after the passing of her mother, and more recently her best friend.In a candid discussion, Charlene also speaks about managing...
2025-04-2846 min
Grit & Grace PodcastEp 8: Beauty Expert Nadine Baggott - The Truth About Tweakments, Ageing and MenopausePrepare for an unmissable episode as Debbie Wosskow sits down with the phenomenal Nadine Baggott—a journalist, beauty editor, and influencer whose career pivot at 53 continues to inspire women everywhere.Coming from humble beginnings, Nadine brings her usual frank, honest, and hilarious self to a packed conversation covering beauty myths, tweakments, facelifts, and who's had what in Hollywood. She also dives into body image, menopause skincare, hair loss, supplements, and the truth about expensive beauty products.With so many empowering insights and laugh-out-loud moments, this episode is filled to the brim with tips, tricks, and un...
2025-04-1448 min
Grit & Grace PodcastEp7: Fitness Expert Lavina Mehta MBE on Staying Fit and Feeling Good During MenopauseIn this episode, Debbie sits down with fitness expert Lavina Mehta MBE to explore midlife health. Lavina shares her insights on breaking the silence around menopause in the South Asian community and her work to start conversations about symptoms.She opens up about personal struggles, and a career pivot that led her to become a fitness trainer and her mission to help women feel good, get fit, and improve their longevity.She shares hope and practical solutions for staying strong and healthy, with simple tips that fit into daily life. An inspiring conversation you won’t...
2025-03-3126 min
Grit & Grace PodcastEp6: TV Presenter Laura Hamilton on her Career, Family Life & Embracing ChangeIn this inspiring episode Debbie sits down with the remarkable Laura Hamilton, whose journey epitomises resilience, ambition, and adaptability.From her early beginnings to becoming a successful property entrepreneur, Laura shares the driving forces behind her incredible career. Discover how she masterfully blended her entrepreneurial spirit with a thriving TV presenting career, captivating audiences while building her business empire. Laura opens up about the realities of juggling co-parenting her children with a demanding career, offering honest insights and tips for finding balance. She also speaks candidly about preparing for menopause, navigating career changes, and embracing the next...
2025-03-1743 min
Grit & Grace PodcastEp5: Eva Speakman - Finding Light in the Dark: Trauma, Love & Midlife ChallengesIn this powerful and deeply personal episode, renowned therapist Eva Speakman opens up about her own journey through trauma, self-doubt, and the challenges of midlife. Best known for her groundbreaking work with husband Nick Speakman, Eva shares the story behind their partnership—both in life and in therapy—and how their unique approach has transformed countless lives.But even as an expert in overcoming fear and emotional pain, Eva faced her own darkest moments during perimenopause, struggling with low mood, depression, and intrusive thoughts that left her questioning everything. In this raw and honest conversation, she reveals how...
2025-03-0341 min
Working Hard with Grace BeverleyEp.128 Everything I Wish I Knew When I Was Starting A Business (From World-Renowned Founders of Whoop, Refy, Odd Muse etc)This week’s episode might be the one i’ve spent the most time thinking & planning ever. When i asked after our last compilation episode which ones you guys wanted, so many asked for a compilation of the best business advice from the over 120 episodes of this podcast.Now let me tell you that was a huge task, because when you’ve spent the last 5 years finding your favourite founders to speak to, choosing is like choosing between your dogs (or at least for me it is).So, if you have ever thought about...
2025-03-0349 min
Grit & Grace PodcastEp4: Harry Jameson - Pillar Wellbeing Founder & Performance Coach on Thriving in MidlifeIn this episode, Times Columnist and Pillarwellbeing CEO and founder Harry Jameson sits down with host Debbie Wosskow, to discuss how failure on the sports ultimately led to his incredible career as an entrepreneur and performance coach. Harry has trained some the world’s most well-known leaders in business and politics. Using his vast knowledge and experience in this field, he provides unique insights into how, in midlife, we can live our lives to the fullest; in terms of health, wellness and lifestyle.For Full Video Episodes: Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: GritAndGraceOfficialTh...
2025-02-2039 min
Grit & Grace PodcastEp3: Rosie Nixon - From Glossy Magazines to Midlife WellnessIn this episode, Debbie sits down with Rosie Nixon, former Editor-in-Chief of Hello! magazine, to talk about her incredible career in the world of celebrity journalism, the highs and lows of the industry, and the toll it took on her well-being.Rosie opens up about experiencing burnout, navigating midlife and menopause, and how she’s redefining success on her own terms. We also discuss the importance of wellness, self-care, and finding balance in a world that never stops. If you’ve ever felt the pressure to keep up or wondered what comes next in midlife, this conversation is f...
2025-01-3138 min
Grit & Grace PodcastEp2: TV's Cherry Healey on Anxiety, Addiction and HealingFrom addiction to adult butt wipes (!) and why therapy is so important, Cherry Healey shares some painful memories from her childhood as well as hilarious stories from her early presenting career. In this episode, Debbie talks to TV Presenter and women’s health advocate Cherry Healey about her childhood, the difficulties of growing up around addiction, healing, the importance of staying well, her fitness regime and how she got through the extreme physical and mental challenges of Celebrity SAS Who Dares Wins, her anxiety and how she manages her perimenopause symptoms. With thanks to our sp...
2025-01-1436 min
Grit & Grace PodcastEp1: Dr Shahzadi Harper - Menopause Expert & Women’s Health Trailblazer In this episode, Debbie chats to Dr Shahzadi Harper about navigating midlife, common issues from her patients, her own experience, perimenopause and menopause symptoms, what to look out for and her expert advice for managing symptoms.With thanks to our sponsor The Better Menopause for making this episode possible.FULL VIDEO EPISODES: Subscribe to our YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@GritandGraceofficialInstagram @gritandgracepodcastofficial
2025-01-0223 min
The Wobbly MiddleThe Entrepreneur Masterclass: Debbie Wosskow’s Blueprint for Success
Notebooks at the ready—this is a masterclass in taking ideas to thriving ventures from one of the UK’s most dynamic businesswomen. Debbie Wosskow OBE has built, scaled, and sold multimillion-pound businesses, including Love Home Swap, and now leads the charge for female founded businesses with the £250 million Invest in Women Taskforce and her new venture The Better Menopause. In this candid conversation, Debbie shares the lessons learned from decades of experience: the sunlit uplands as well as the darkness. With a different business for every decade of her life, Debbie’s playbook is packed with insight...
2024-12-1831 min
Conversations of InspirationConversations of Inspiration: 2024 Year in ReviewAs this year draws to a close, Holly reflects on one of the most transformational chapters of her life—a rollercoaster journey through 2024, filled with exhilarating highs, challenging lows, and moments of deep uncertainty. From the pressure of launching her marketplace under the spotlight to questioning whether she was right to take the leap again, Holly shares her raw and honest experiences navigating this pivotal year.
Throughout the year, the Conversations of Inspiration podcast has been a source of grounding, wisdom, and reassurance. Across 210 episodes, Holly has been joined by incredible founders whose stories exemplify resilience, grit, and un...
2024-11-181h 09
Jimmy's Jobs of the FutureThe Future of Making Millions (in your 20s, 30s, 40s & 50s) | Debbie WosskowIn this episode of Jimmy's Jobs of the Future, Jimmy interviews Debbie Wosskow OBE, a visionary entrepreneur who has successfully built and sold multiple businesses. Debbie shares her journey from founding her first company at age 25 to launching Love Home Swap and Better Menopause. This episode has valuable insights into the challenges and strategies of entrepreneurship, sharing the secret tricks to networking, fundraising, and female leadership. Debbie delves into the significant impact of gut health on women's hormones, especially during menopause, and her mission to support women's economic empowerment...
2024-10-2251 minWoman's HourCush Jumbo, Author Kate Mosse, Sue Gray quits, Women in businessThe Prime Minister's chief of staff Sue Gray has left her post and has been replaced by Morgan McSweeney. It's led some papers to claim "the lads have won this round". To discuss, Nuala McGovern is joined by Caroline Slocock, former civil servant and author of Margaret Thatcher and Me, which reflects on women and power. Actor Cush Jumbo has reprised the role of Lady Macbeth alongside David Tennant in Macbeth which has just transferred to the Harold Pinter theatre in London. She joins Nuala to discuss how she is approaching one of Shakespeare’s most famous fe...
2024-10-0757 minConversations of InspirationGraft, grace & grit with Debbie Wosskow OBE, entrepreneur, investor, author & co-founder of All BrightWhat does it really take to build a legacy of success while lifting others up along the way?
In this episode, Holly speaks with Debbie Wosskow OBE, the powerhouse entrepreneur, investor, and author behind multiple thriving businesses.
From her entrepreneurial roots, Debbie grew up understanding the value of hard work and resilience - traits that have fueled her remarkable journey from founding Mantra, Love Home Swap and AllBright to empowering thousands of women across the globe.
Now, at 50, Debbie reflects on how she’s become the fullest version of herself—balancing entrepreneurship, life and her r...
2024-10-071h 14
Extraordinary Life Stories | Motivation and Personal Growth InspirationDebbie Wosskow OBE | Extraordinary Life StoriesIn this episode of Extraordinary Life Stories John Reynolds talks to Debbie Wosskow OBE.
Debbie Wosskow OBE is a British entrepreneur who lives in London, UK. She is the former CEO of Love Home Swap, a subscription-based home exchange business, which she sold for $53m to Wyndham Destination Networks in July 2017. Debbie co-founded AllBright, a club and community that celebrates and connects women at work
2024-09-1136 min
AJ Bell Money MattersHow to close the gender funding gap with a serial female entrepreneurOn this episode of the Money Matters podcast we hear from Debbie Wosskow, the serial entrepreneur who’s been appointed to the government’s Invest in Women taskforce. With just 2p of every £1 of business funding going to female-founded companies in the UK, Debbie’s on a mission to raise a £250 million pot to create “once in a generation change”.
Best known for selling her multi-million-pound home swap business inspired by Hollywood movie The Holiday, Debbie is hoping more women will become investors in female run start-ups. Plus, with no change on interest rates, Danni and Laura ask when the B...
2024-05-1545 min
Marketing in the MadnessFighting for Funding: Why UK Female Entrepreneurs Deserve Your Backing with Debbie Wosskow; AllBright Co-Founder, Multi-Exit Entrepreneur & Investor #...Send us a text
Only 2% of all capital raised in the UK goes back to a female entrepreneur 🤯
And 87p in every £1 goes to back all-male teams 😲
It’s time to take a stand, and the powerhouse leading the change is this week’s podcast guest - Debbie Wosskow.
As Co-Chair of the UK’s Invest in Women TaskForce, Debbie is creating the biggest funding pot in the world for female entrepreneurs to make the UK the best place in the world to be a female founder. 💪👩💻
Because right now - it’s not. And what...
2024-05-1440 min
Great MindsEP310: Debbie Wosskow OBE, Entrepreneur, Investor, Co-Chair of the UK’s Invest in Women TaskForceDebbie Wosskow OBE is a multi exit entrepreneur, board advisor and investor, now focused on diversity, health and wellness and economic empowerment. She is co-founder of WJV LLP, the boutique investment and strategic innovation firm that supports and empowesr female founders by connecting female run and diverse VC’s with investors focused on purpose and returns.
Debbie is also Co-Chair of the government backed Invest in Women Taskforce.
2024-05-0732 minGreat MindsEP310: Debbie Wosskow OBE, Entrepreneur, Investor, Co-Chair of the UK’s Invest in Women TaskForceDebbie Wosskow OBE is a multi exit entrepreneur, board advisor and investor, now focused on diversity, health and wellness and economic empowerment. She is co-founder of WJV LLP, the boutique investment and strategic innovation firm that supports and empowesr female founders by connecting female run and diverse VC’s with investors focused on purpose and returns.
Debbie is also Co-Chair of the government backed Invest in Women Taskforce.
2024-05-0732 min
Marketing in the MadnessFLC: Women Deserve Brilliant Careers & Economic Independence with Debbie Wosskow; AllBright Co-Founder, Multi-Exit Entrepreneur & UK’s Invest in Women...Send us a text
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2024-05-0708 min
The PurseSolving the funding issue for female foundersWelcome to our #230 weekly newsletter.“For women taking control of their financial future”-Jana HlistovaFrom The PurseIn this week’s newsletter, we highlight the Labour government’s plans to tackle the ‘funding issue’ for female and ethnic minority founders. They also aim to address the financial exclusion of women.In the meantime, a new taskforce has been set up to create a £250m fund aimed at providing capital to female founders. This is music to our ears!***And you can review the news in brief so y...
2024-03-3100 min
Give Me Strength with Alice LiveingBecoming A Business Woman with Debbie Wosskow OBEDebbie Wosskow OBE is a trailblazer for female empowerment and digital disruption. She is the founder and former CEO of Love Home Swap, a home exchange website business which she sold in 2017. She is also the co-founder of AllBright, the largest global network for women which has recently focused on pioneering female inclusion in Web3. Through Allbright, Debbie has launched an NFT collection and opened a members’ club in the metaverse.In this episode, Alice and Debbie discuss the importance of supporting other women, the sacrifices that women have to make to be successful in business and wh...
2023-11-151h 03
Intelligence Squared: BusinessThe Futureverse: Backing Women, with Debbie Wosskow and Sharmadean ReidIn this episode, Y TREE’s Harriet Johnston is joined by two trailblazing women, Sharmadean Reid and Debbie Wosskow, for a conversation about their journeys as entrepreneurs and working mothers. What more needs to be done to support female entrepreneurs – and women more broadly – to ensure combining work and motherhood isn’t financially punitive? What can the entrepreneurial community do to ensure more female founders receive financial backing? And, why is investing in women simply good business? Sharmadean and Debbie have tirelessly campaigned around these questions, and they’re issues we’re constantly focused on at Y TREE too, with 60 per...
2023-11-0624 min
40 Minute MentorFrom selling scrunchies at school to exiting multiple Startups, with Debbie Wosskow OBE, Co-Founder of AllBright & The Better Menopause“Every business that I’ve founded has been on the brink of disaster, and one of the big lessons is that the business you started is never the business you end up with.”And just like that, we have made it to the final episode of Series 10 of 40 Minute Mentor.For our series finale, we’re joined by multi-exit Founder, Investor, board advisor and author - the brilliant Debbie Wosskow OBE. We cover a range of topics with Debbie, including her whirlwind journey as an entrepreneur - building and exiting incredible businesses, including PR and ma...
2023-11-0148 min
Y TREE viewBacking Women, with Sharmadean Reid and Debbie WosskowIn this episode, Y TREE’s Harriet Johnston is joined by two trailblazing women, Sharmadean Reid and Debbie Wosskow, for a conversation about their journeys as entrepreneurs and working mothers. What more needs to be done to support female entrepreneurs – and women more broadly – to ensure combining work and motherhood isn’t financially punitive? What can the entrepreneurial community do to ensure more female founders receive financial backing? And, why is investing in women simply good business? Sharmadean and Debbie have tirelessly campaigned around these questions, and they are issues that we are constantly focused on at Y TREE too, wit...
2023-10-1822 min
Management Today's Leadership Lessons“Leaders don't know how to lead in this new world”In this episode, Dr Michelle King, author of How Work Works: The Subtle Science of Getting Ahead Without Losing Yourself, talks to MT about the secrets to getting ahead in your career as well as why she thinks leaders are failing to adapt to changes in the world of work.Presenters Kate Magee, Éilis Cronin and Antonia Garrett Peel also discuss whether it's time for a management revival, the dangers of 'vulnerable narcissistic leaders', and whether, in the words of serial entrepreneur Debbie Wosskow, remote working is “a disaster waiting to happen for feminism”. Link...
2023-10-1242 min
Working Hard with Grace BeverleyEp.39 "The Aim Is Not To Have Fun, The Aim Is To Be Rich" The Reality Of Serial Entrepreneurship With Debbie WosskowDebbie Wosskow is recognised as one of the most prominent serial entrepreneurs in the UK. She is the founder and former CEO of Love Home Swap, the world’s largest online home exchange platform which is where she made her name in the industry. Her current venture, AllBright, is Britain’s first-ever member’s club for women, and a place for women to connect, upskill and network both in person and online.As an angel investor, Debbie has an investment portfolio of several female-founded businesses (including TALA) and is outspoken about the gender imbalances in entrepreneurship. She ha...
2023-05-021h 05
How To Own The Room19.4: Masterclass on How to PrepareEveryone loves to feel prepared, but what would happen if you didn't really prepare at all? How do you prepare for the moments of pressure? In this masterclass, Viv is interested in our different relationships with preparation. Writer and commentator Bryony Gordon says if you're passionate about your subject, then you don't need a script, while Labour MP Jess Phillips thinks it's important to celebrate the imperfections in spoken delivery. Entrepreneur Debbie Wosskow is great at talking in a variety of high pressure situations. She advises over-preparation, and that you should also be ready to ta...
2023-04-0721 minHow To Own The RoomDebbie Wosskow OBE, EntrepreneurHow do you put on your game face every day? Viv Groskop talks to the co-founder of AllBright, Debbie Wosskow, on purpose, energy and drive. She launched the startup Love Home Swap, inspired by the film The Holiday, and sold it for $53 million in 2017. Debbie hails from an entrepreneurial family and tells Viv how she's never been shy to talk about work, business and money. She reflects on how her family background helped to de-risk the idea of business. Together with her business partner, Anna Jones, Debbie reveals how they rehearse every aspect of what they do, gaming 'everything...
2022-10-2136 min
Women of the Metaverse16. Our most important episode yetThis is a very dramatic title but we stand by it. In this episode, we talk about what we have learned so far and how on a weekly basis our minds have been blown away by the creativity, innovation and opportunities in the world of NFTs, the Metaverse, and Web 3.0. We also talk about the need for more representation by women but especially the need for UK female representation. EPISODES MENTIONED 9. Gamification - How you can use it now and in the Metaversehttps://www.womenofthemetaverse.co.uk/gamification-how-you-can-use-it-now-and-in-the-metaverse/12. Do...
2022-08-1519 min
Honey, I Blew Up The BusinessThe Power of F*ck You with Debbie Wosskow, OBEDebbie Wosskow OBE is a serial entrepreneur, author, international ass kicker and co-Founder of AllBright, the incredible on-and-off-line career network for women. But after an illustrious career - and global expansion plans - Debbie hit a force even stronger than her: a global lockdown. The pandemic presented her with “by far the worst time in my career, by a long way.” So how did she navigate it? Listen in and find out! In this episode, you will learn how to harness dark energy, be fearless, find humour in disaster, be open to change, make the most of a crisis and main...
2022-08-1046 min
Raise Her UpSeries 1 Retrospective: The Future of the WorkplaceContinuing our Series 1 retrospective…here's Episode 2: The Future Of The Workplace Throughout series 1, we have spoken with some amazing, strong, inspiring women - about their lives and areas of expertise. This time host Cathy Walker hears from expert guests giving their take on a fast-changing workplace. This episode features DJ, instagrammer, writer and flexible working campaigner Anna Whitehouse; neuroscientist and TV producer Dr Cathy Rogers; entrepreneur and Allbright founder Debbie Wosskow OBE; and careers coach Erica Sosna. Listen now to these four female powerhouses giving their take on what they see as t...
2022-08-1014 min
Next Big Thing - with Lauren IngramHow can women grow wealth and grow businesses in Web3?Debbie Wosskow OBE’s mission in life is all about economic empowerment of women. She's now leading the charge with helping women use Web3 to deliver on this mission.
Debbie is a British entrepreneur who has scaled and sold several businesses, including selling Love Home Swap for $53 million in 2017. She is the cofounder and chair of AllBright, which is a global community for women comprising Members’ Clubs, a digital Academy for women to skill up, and a live events programme.
Debbie was awarded an OBE for services to business in 2017, and was named Entrepreneur of the...
2022-06-1622 min
How to be a CEOSupporting female entrepreneurs, AllBright's Debbie Wosskow OBEDebbie Wosskow OBE is a business leader on a mission to support more female entrepreneurs.The founder of Love Home Swap, which she sold for around £40 million, has been working hard on her Allbright community, providing help to women trying to get ahead in their field.In this show, she reveals the shockingly low amount of capital investment given to women, the barriers some face when trying to start-up a company, and gives her own advice to budding CEOs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2022-03-0725 minRaise Her UpGirls, Power and ChangeThis fortnight’s Raise Her Up features business leader and GDST alumna Debbie Wosskow, a successful entrepreneur since the age of 16, when she won a school Young Enterprise competition. She went on to launch and then sell her online home exchange business Love Home Swap, which she set up having seen the Hollywood blockbuster, The Holiday. In 2017, she co-founded Allbright with her business partner Anna Jones, a global women’s networking platform to allow working women across the world to connect, create, and collaborate at all stages of their careers. Debbie will also feature as a panel...
2022-03-0233 min
The WalletPandemic Impact & Access to Capital for Women Entrepreneurs, With Debbie Wosskow and Anna JonesDebbie Wosskow and Anna Jones were introduced in 2015 by a mutual friend, and found they had a common passion around empowering women. They quickly identified a need for professional female networking, which is why they left their CEO jobs and created AllBright, a professional community for smart-minded women.At the heart of AllBright is the belief that women need to support one another, to help make the world a better place for smart-minded women to collaborate, upskill and achieve their career ambitions.Today on The Wallet: 1/ In 2018, Anna and Debbie l...
2022-02-1740 min
Don't Stop Us Now AI EditionFuture Proof Me: 3 Founder EssentialsWe’ve been thinking about the impact the global pandemic has had on peoples’ careers and one thing that’s been happening is many folk have been wondering whether it’s time for a career change and, in particular, whether they should start their own business. So for today’s mini episode, we’ve chosen to share some brilliant advice for founders and potential founders from the successful British entrepreneur, Debbie Wosskow OBE.Debbie is well known for building and selling her online home exchange business, Love Home Swap for £53 million. Not only that...
2021-08-2407 min
Jimmy's Jobs of the FutureAlex Depledge - How to build a home extension without the Hassle ...Jimmy's Jobs of the Future is hiring, read more on our next chapter here and you can sign up to our newsletter here.Welcome to Jimmy’s Jobs of the Future, presented by me, Jimmy McLoughlin, a former Downing Street Adviser on business and entrepreneurship. Today, we welcome one of my favourite entrepreneurs, Alexandra Depledge who runs the architectural company, RESI, which is looking to revolutionise the way we improve our homes and doing so via extensions. As Alex talks about you only go through this process perhaps once or twice in your life...
2021-05-1234 min
BookomiAllbright Club Co-founder Debbie Wosskow picks Friends: Understanding The Power of Our Most Important RelationshipsRichard Kilgarriff shares OMI with Professor Robin Dunbar (famous for creating The "Dunbar Number" of 150 - the maximum number of relationships the human brain can maintain at any one time).
Professor Dunbar leads the social and evolutionary neuroscience research group at Oxford University and has dedicated his career to exploring and explaining the Human Social World, possibly, he says, “the most complex phenomenon in the observed universe."
His new book FRIENDS goes deeper into the digital age to describe the power and impact of the social circles that ripple out from our most intimate relationships with family and fri...
2021-05-0936 min
THE IDEALISTS.#24: Anna Jones & Debbie Wosskow on How to Tap into your DarkIn this episode of The Idealists. (formerly Grit & Grace), entrepreneur and host Melissa Kiguwa talks to Anna Jones and Debbie Wosskow, the founders of Allbright which connects smart-minded women through digital and physical spaces all over the world.Anna Jones is the former CEO of Hearst Magazine and Debbie Wosskow (OBE) is a serial entrepreneur with multiple exits. Debbie is also a Member of the Mayor of London's Business Advisory Board. In this episode they discuss the power of working as cofounders and how female founders can tap into their dark.Join the conversation...
2021-04-1334 min
Secret LeadersFour top female founders reveal what it’s really like in the startup hot seatTo mark Women’s History Month, we’re serving you the secret sauce of four incredible female founders: Alice Bentinck, co-founder of Entrepreneur First; Debbie Wosskow, co-founder of AllBright; Saasha Celestial-One, co-founder of Olio; and Tamara Lohan, co-founder of Mr and Mrs Smith.Although the numbers for female-founded businesses are improving, it still remains that of the 6 million businesses in the UK, only 1/5 are run by women. There are twice as many male entrepreneurs as female ones. And only 1% of startup funding goes to female-founded businesses.“When I started, there was not a whiff of any ki...
2021-03-2349 min
20MinuteLeadersEp282: Debbie Wosskow | Co-Founder, AllBright and Former CEO, Love Home SwapDebbie Wosskow is a British entrepreneur who lives in London, UK. She is the former CEO of Love Home Swap, a subscription-based home exchange business, which she sold for $53m to Wyndham Destination Networks in July 2017. Debbie co-founded AllBright, the global network that celebrates and connects women at work. Wosskow is also an influential advocate of the sharing economy and is the former Chair of Sharing Economy UK. In 2015 she led the independent government review ‘Unlocking the Sharing Economy’ - also known as the Wosskow Report. She is a Senior Advisor to McKinsey & Company, a Member of the Mayor of Lo...
2021-02-0924 min
The LowdownDebbie Wosskow of Love Home Swap & AllBright, Sarah-Jane Mee of Sky News & The Sarah-Jane Mee ShowDebbie Wosskow, former CEO of Love Home Swap and co-founder of AllBright, and Sarah-Jane Mee, presenter at Sky News and anchor of The Sarah-Jane Mee Show.
2020-10-0236 min
M24: The EntrepreneursThe Entrepreneurs - Finding your entrepreneurial spiritThis week we hear from Debbie Wosskow, Stefan Allesch-Taylor and Julietta Dexter, three serial entrepreneurs and successful business founders who give us their tips and tricks on finding the right market for your product or service.
2020-04-1534 minSecret LeadersAllbright: Connecting women, what’s the worst that can happen?If you found the film ‘The Holiday’ so inspirational it kickstarted a business that you went on to sell for over £50 million, then you’re in good company. You didn’t? Well you missed a trick. Not so Debbie Wosskow, co-founder of AllBright and former CEO of LoveHomeSwap (a subscription based home exchange business) who on a plane home from a ‘holiday’ in the Caribbean watched the movie and thought, ‘does this even exist?’But LoveHomeSwap wasn’t Debbie’s first successful business, nor was it her last. So what is her secret to successive business success? She credits her f...
2020-02-2556 min
Power HourAnna Jones and Debbie WosskowThis week Adrienne speaks to the amazing Anna Jones and Debbie Wosskow, co-founders of AllBright!Debbie is a British entrepreneur and former CEO of Love Home Swap, a subscription-based home exchange business. Debbie is a Member of the Mayor of London's Business Advisory Board and sits on the Board of the Women’s Fiction Prize. In 2016 she was awarded an OBE for her services to business. Debbie won the Evening Standard’s Business Award for ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’ in June 2018. She was awarded the Freedom of the City of London in April 2019. She is recognised as one o...
2020-02-1151 min
An Honest AccountAlice Pelton, founder of The Lowdown, and the price of contraceptionAlice Pelton is founder of The Lowdown, the world's first peer to peer review platform for contraceptives. Alice thinks that women spend a lot of time, energy and days off work trying to find the best contraception for them - and her business is designed to make that process easier.
Alice spoke to An Honest Account host Rachael Revesz about the £53 million business that inspired her to get her idea off the ground, how we are physically able to reduce our Netflix intake to launch a femtech business and why contraception choices / research / information are so underfunded.
2019-11-1933 min
Standard Issue PodcastSIM Ep 298 Chops 133: women smashing it in business with Anna Jones and Debbie WosskowFiercely successful business brains Debbie Wosskow and Anna Jones, founders of leading women’s network The AllBright and authors of Believe Build Become, chat to Mickey about the power of failure and risk, the benefits of a poor short-term memory, the huge boost women can and need to give other women, and how a serendipitous meeting led to the formation of a monster global sisterhood of kick-ass women who’ve got each other’s backs.You may have already heard of The AllBright as a swish women-members only club with spaces in Fitzrovia and Mayfair, as well as...
2019-11-0342 min
The Remote Edition Podcast#20 From Medicine to CBD Start-Up - Nia Davies - Former Medical Student, Blogger & EntrepreneurWelcome to Episode 20 of the WELL + WILD Podcast. Entrepreneur, blogger and former medical student, Nia Davies, is joining us this week!
Nia chats all about how she chose to drop out of studying medicine to work for a start-up, build a wellness blog and found a CBD e-commerce business. She also explains what CBD is, the benefits and discuss the controversies surrounding it.
It was super interesting to hear Nia’s perspective on the wellness industry, CBD and Eastern medicine given her background in Western medicine. I loved speaking with her and learning how she's built her brand.
Thanks so mu...
2019-09-2258 min
The Extraordinary Business Book ClubThe Best BitsThe last few episodes of The Extraordinary Business Book club have included some extraordinary conversations about business and books, and one thing that's become clear is that you need to be fuelled by passion to write a business book that makes a difference. Discover how these award-winning writers tapped into their deepest values and motivations, and how you can too: Chris Duffey on the imperative of providing value Andrea Clarke on how writing can help you tap into your values as well as communicating them Debbie Wosskow and Anna Jones on the power of introspection for action-takers Harriet K...
2019-08-2636 min
The Extraordinary Business Book ClubBelieve Build Become with Debbie Wosskow & Anna Jones'We wanted to create a monster global sisterhood of amazing women who have each other's backs.' Old Boys' Networks have been the invisible scaffolding on which high-flying men have build their careers for centuries. Debbie Wossock and Anna Jones - high-flyers themselves as both executives and entrepreneurs - decided it was time that women had an equivalent space and support network. The result was AllBright, a women's support and success network, and the first women-only private members' club in London. But to reach as many women as possible with their empowering message they did t...
2019-08-1235 min
The Sunday Salon with Alice-Azania JarvisAnna Jones and Debbie WosskowMy guests this week are the hugely inspiring Anna Jones and Debbie Wosskow. Both successful business women in their own right - Anna was the CEO of Hearst for three years and Debbie was a serial entrepreneur who sold her home-swapping business LoveHomeSwap for nearly £41 million - they set up the AllBright Club in September 2017. A members club for business women it has two spaces in London and is soon to open in LA. If that wasn’t enough, they’ve also just published their first book, Believe. Build. Become: How to Supercharge Your Career.
In this episode, we ta...
2019-07-1440 min
Grab the Essential Full Trial Audiobooks in Self-Improvement, Career DevelopmentBelieve. Build. Become.: How to Supercharge Your Career by Anna Jones, Debbie WosskowPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/384602 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Believe. Build. Become.: How to Supercharge Your Career Author: Anna Jones, Debbie Wosskow Narrator: Amy Noble, Tamaryn Payne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 51 minutes Release date: July 4, 2019 Genres: Career Development Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Believe. Build. Become. written by Debbie Wosskow and Anna Jones, read by Tamaryn Payne and Amy Noble. Want to be your own boss? Or want to be THE boss? Start here. Believe. Build. Become. is a hands-on manual designed to help any woman develop the skills and mindset she needs...
2019-07-0405 min
Power Suit Podcast19. Anna Jones on turning down the corner office and building a community for womenAnna Jones was the CEO of Hearst magazines in the UK with the glass corner office and a clothes budget before she threw herself headlong into startup life, founding AllBright with serial entrepreneur Debbie Wosskow. AllBright comprises a women’s members’ club, an online academy and a magazine, and was founded to create opportunities for women to grow and flourish. In this episode Anna tells Lauren about people's mixed reactions when she quit as CEO of Hearst, the stories behind launching Grazia magazine, and the need for a sisterhood to support you in your career.
2019-05-3033 min
Bossing ItEP04 | Debating "Girl Boss", Feminist Language and Self-ExpressionThis week we debate the term “Girl Boss” and the language we use to describe women in business with opinions from the Found & Flourish community.
We share our top reads and listens of the week, discussing the focus on women’s weight in the media, the expression of anger and emotional competence, and the recent statistics on female founder funding.
Resources
Funding For Female Founders Stalled at 2.2% of VC Dollars in 2018
Feminists Don’t Wear Pink: Jameela Jamil
The power of women’s anger – Soraya Chemaly
The High Low co-hosted by Pandora Sykes and Dolly Aldert...
2019-01-311h 02
Don't Stop Us Now AI EditionDebbie Wosskow, OBE – What It Takes To Be A Successful Female EntrepreneurOn the show this week is Debbie Wosskow, a dynamic serial entrepreneur who sold her third business, LoveHomeSwap, for US$53m. Debbie recently co-founded The AllBright, Britain’s first members-only club specifically for business women. The AllBright named after Madeleine Albright, also offers a an online academy and a community that aims to create opportunities for women to thrive and flourish. We love the idea and mission behind AllBright and think you will too.In addition to successfully selling two businesses, Debbie’s also recently been awarded The Evening Standard ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’ 2018. She’s a member of the Mayor of Lo...
2019-01-2931 min
M24: The EntrepreneursThe Entrepreneurs - The best of The EntrepreneursFor our final episode of the year, we look back at some of the most inspiring conversations we’ve had this year, unpacking everything from branding, growing a company, building a strong team, attracting investment and mentoring the next generation of business leaders. We hear from Debbie Wosskow, co-founder of The AllBright, Cal Henderson, co-founder and CTO of Slack, Alain Sylvain, founder and CEO of Sylvain Labs and menswear designer Kestin Hare.
2018-12-2628 min
Jazz ShapersAllBright Women's-Only Club Co-Founder Debbie WosskowDebbie Wosskow on Jazz Shapers with Mishcon de Reya.
Jazz Shapers in association with Mishcon de Reya broadcasts every Saturday at 9am, with a repeat on Monday at 5am, just before the Business Breakfast.
Presented by broadcaster and Mishcon de Reya’s Director of Business Development Elliot Moss, Jazz Shapers shares music from the risk takers, leaders and influencers of jazz, soul and blues, alongside interviews with their equivalent in the business world: entrepreneurs who have defined and shaped business categories and ways of operating, defying convention and have gone on to achieve great success.
With more than 900 people, Mishcon de...
2018-12-0630 min
M24: The EntrepreneursThe Entrepreneurs - The AllbrightDebbie Wosskow is co-founder of The Allbright, a members’ club aimed at celebrating, connecting and empowering women at work. Previously she was the founder and CEO of home-exchange platform Love Home Swap; she also sits on London mayor Sadiq Khan’s Business Advisory Board.
2018-10-0330 min
Harriet Minter Presents: Badass Women’s HourEP 55: BAWH meets Debbie Wosskow OBE & Anna Jones co-founders of AllBrightYet another sad week of news but we're spotlighting the community-led effort to help the families of the Grenfell disaster. We also cover Love Island gossip and NASA, because we're versatile like that! The AllBright co-founders join us with great business advice and we have another incredible Backdated Badass you really need to know about. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
2017-06-1848 min
Guerrillapreneur: The Art of Waging Small Business PodcastEpisode 7 - Guerrillapreneur Mastermind Interview - Why Startups Should Outsource Sales: Featuring Scott Sullivan, Fndr of Synergenic SalesIn Episode 7 of the Art of Waging Small Business Warfare podcast, we bring you up to speed with Guerrillapreneur news, news about the sharing, gig and circular loop economies. First, According to Forbes Magazine, sharing economy companies are improving the economic fortunes of women around the world. Female Airbnb hosts in Kenya are earning enough to cover one-third of their household costs. Female hosts in India are earning enough to cover over 30% of their household costs. Despite the change in fortunes, women still lag men in launching sharing economy startups. Debbie Wosskow, founder and CEO of Love Home Swap, has...
2017-05-1959 minGuerrillapreneur: The Art of Waging Small Business PodcastEpisode 7 - Guerrillapreneur Mastermind Interview - Why Startups Should Outsource Sales: Featuring Scott Sullivan, Fndr of Synergenic SalesIn Episode 7 of the Art of Waging Small Business Warfare podcast, we bring you up to speed with Guerrillapreneur news, news about the sharing, gig and circular loop economies. First, According to Forbes Magazine, sharing economy companies are improving the economic fortunes of women around the world. Female Airbnb hosts in Kenya are earning enough to cover one-third of their household costs. Female hosts in India are earning enough to cover over 30% of their household costs. Despite the change in fortunes, women still lag men in launching sharing economy startups. Debbie Wosskow, founder and CEO of Love Home Swap, has...
2017-05-1959 minJazz ShapersDebbie Wosskow - Jazz Shapers with Mishcon de ReyaDebbie Wosskow - Jazz Shapers with Mishcon de Reya
2015-01-1025 min