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TECH HUSTLER#29: AI and Inclusive Coding: Navigating the Future with Dora PalfiToday's featured guest is Dora Palfi.
Join us in the latest episode of the Tech Hustler Podcast, where we delve deep into the world of inclusive coding education and empowerment, featuring the remarkable Dora Palfi!
Dora isn't your typical tech enthusiast; she's the co-founder and CEO of Imagi, an edtech company that's revolutionizing the way we approach learning to code. Imagi's mission is to shape the future tech workforce through an inclusive and creative approach to coding education.
Imagi's journey began with a student organization for women in STEM, driven...2023-10-1147 min
TECH HUSTLER#28: Mental Health and Valley of Death with Tiffany BoswellToday's featured guest is Tiffany Boswell.
I had the absolute pleasure of sitting down with Tiffany, the remarkable co-founder of Meela, a pioneering mental health tech company with a mission to revolutionize female mental health. đ
In our latest podcast episode, we dive deep into Tiffany's inspiring journey as she shares insights into the world of female entrepreneurship, her commitment to fostering a better future for women's mental well-being, and the challenges and triumphs she's encountered along the way.
Tiffany's incredible work hasn't gone unnoticed. In 2022, she was deservedly elected Female Founder of the Yea...2023-09-271h 18
TECH HUSTLER#27: Hidden Dreams: Unveiling the Startup Secrets with Maria AssarsonTech Hustler Mastermind a 10-week program:â
đ« Expert sessions on legal matters, options, and shareholder agreements.
đ« Building an attractive personal and startup brand.
đ« Understanding AI and tech architecture: what to build and what to buy.
đ« Leadership skills and team management.
đ« Plus, there's a secret surprise in store! đ
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But that's not all! You'll also get:
đ« Exclusive access to a supportive community.
đ« An accountability buddy to keep you on track.
đ« The opportunity to be in the hot seat for personalized coaching.
đ« Access to a private Wha...2023-09-191h 13
TECH HUSTLER#26:Think like a VC with Julia DelinToday's guest is the amazing Julia DelinÂ
In this episode we discuss how to build your company to be a VC case. We also discuss what building fast really means and that VC capital is not suitable for all types of businesses.Â
We also tell you the hard truth that 50% of you are not going to get a follow up investment. (I know it sucks!) But on a positive note, we share how to increase your chances and your evaluation and guide you through the different steps of a fu...2023-05-0959 min
TECH HUSTLER#25: Money, Sexuality and Investing in Women with Ida HerbertssonToday's guest is the amazing Ida Herbertsson.
In this episode we talk about money, sexuality and investing in women. How women and men are asked different questions when raising capital. That VC capital is not for everyone and just because you get VC capital it doesn't mean that you are going to build a successful company. Lastly, we cover the exciting topic of money and sexuality, how these are connected and why they are important for our creative flow.Â
Ida is running an early stage investment structure, which has i...2023-04-181h 08
TECH HUSTLER#24: Accelerating Femtech with Malin FrithiofssonToday's guest is the amazing Malin Frithiofsson Co- founder of DAYA and Angel Investor.
In this episode we talk about why we see so few women in technology and why the system is not favorable towards women. We also talk about the startup incubator programs being âone size fit allâ and that it is made for a male technical founder. We discuss what Femtech is and also contextual femtech, a threat to women's wellbeing that is not necessarily connected to the physical body. We also discuss why femtech startups are struggling with raising money and that not ever...2023-04-041h 11
TECH HUSTLER#23: Leadership and scaling startups with Maria HedengrenToday's guest is the amazing Maria Hedengren.
In this episode we talk about building a startup in a crisis. We discuss different strategies and the importance of focusing on your core business. We also talk about thinking big and to be prepared to scale your business from the start. We talk about scalable leadership and stereotypes of the perception of female leaders. We also cover factors that Maria is taking into consideration when she is investing in startups as an angel investor and she also shares her best startup advice.Â
Maria has extensive experience from e...2023-03-211h 12
TECH HUSTLER#22: Breaking the time for money paradigm with Camilla H. LasteinToday's guest is the amazing Camilla H. Lastein
She is the co-founder and Managing Partner of Celestial Group, a private equity firm on a mission of moving wealth into the hands of women. An entrepreneur turned private equity investor who started and sold her first company in the education technology space after dropping out of university.
As the Managing Partner of Celestial, Camilla is a firm believer that we should all be investors, and by giving retail investors like you and me equal access to investment opportunities currently reserved for institutions, sheâs on a mi...2023-03-131h 01
TECH HUSTLER#21: Demystifying AI with Jesse ShanahanToday's guest is the amazing Jesse Shanahan.
Jesse is a machine learning developer with a focus on humanitarian uses of AI and AI ethics. With an academic background in applied linguistics and astrophysics, Jesse has contributed to research in the fields of technology ethics and extragalactic astrophysics, and they hold a patent for cybersecurity applications of machine learning. In addition to their research, Jesse co-founded the American Astronomical Society's Working Group on Accessibility and Disability and is an avid science communicator with publications featured in Science Magazine, Forbes, and Astronomy Magazine. While they currently work as the...2023-03-071h 24
TECH HUSTLER#20: LGBTQ and building a startup as a minority with Alexandra Kafka LarssonToday's guest is the amazing Alexandra Kafka Larsson.
She is a former military intelligence officer, an LGBTQ human rights activist and a chief technology officer with a degree in Political Science. After spending over 20 years in the military focusing on how to understand the world around us, with the help of software she has now founded her own company called Parsd. Parsd wants to give people more time to think and make sure that the insights we distill from lots of text and audio is based on trusted sources.
In this episode we talk about...2023-03-011h 16
TECH HUSTLER#19: Suceed as an immigrant in tech with Juliana AraĂșjoToday's guest is the amazing Juliana AraĂșjo.
She is a Senior Product Manager at Spotify. She moved to Sweden in 2018 as an Brazilian immigrant. She is a public speaker and Nordic Women in Tech Awardsâ winner where she won  Mentor of the Year in  2021 and she is also founder of Beela.
Utilizing her experience, coaching and mentoring skills, she has empowered immigrant women and non-binary people to secure their first tech job in Sweden and has provided a community to share knowledge, experience, and offer support. Aside from diversity & inclusion Juliana is passionate about music...2023-02-211h 01
TECH HUSTLER#18: Innovation trends from Silicon Valley with Annie LindmarkToday's guest is the amazing Annie Lindmark.
She works with funding and innovation at Swedens innovation agency, Vinnova. She focuses on emerging technology and enabling innovation that can make a positive impact on the world and contributing to sustainable growth. She is an ecosystem builder for international collaboration around innovation and research in Europe and beyond, currently with focus on Nordic innovation house in Silicon Valley and is representing Sweden in the Nordic Innovation task force for diversity. She is also responsible for the Swedish governmental mission around Deeptech.
Annie has also co-founded the network...2023-02-141h 14
TECH HUSTLER# 17: Become technically confident with Charlotte FullerToday's guest is the amazing Charlotte Fuller.
She is a world travelling, award-winning digital transformation expert and STEM champion with a passion for elevating the place of women in tech. After personally experiencing burnout whilst working within a male dominated environment that had a toxic work culture; which caused her to step off the treadmill, re-examine her future and come back fighting! Charlotte is today known as the âConfidence Queen for Women in STEMâ, and she helps industry leading organizations to empower their female talent so that women in business thrive.
In this episode we talk...2023-02-071h 07
TECH HUSTLER#16: Loans and grants for startups with Danait HagosToday's guest is the amazing Danait Hagos.
Danait Hagos is a business adviser at Almi loans which is the government sponsored bank and financial institution. She has 11+ years experience from the financial industry and has been working at some of the biggest banks in Sweden. She is also running House of Simona, a sustainable and luxury coffee brand with coffee beans sourced from Ethiopia.
In this educational episode we talk about what loans and grants are suitable for different types of companies. We talk about the criteria for getting a loan and what happens if...2023-01-301h 21
TECH HUSTLER#15: Fundraising in a crisis with Evelina AnttilaToday's guest is the amazing Evelina Anttila
She is an investor and partner at the early stage venture capital fund Wellstreet, and a co-founder of legal tech company Justic. She is also an angel investor, board professional and keynote speaker covering topics such as entrepreneurship and startups. Evelina previously served as General Counsel & Head of Public Affairs at AI company Peltarion, and also has a background as an M&A lawyer at leading Nordic business law firm Mannheimer Swartling.
In this episode we talk about gender stereotypes in tech and that network is a privilege...2022-12-1350 min
TECH HUSTLER#14: TikTok community and micro learning for Gen Z with Sanne FouquetToday's guest is the amazing Sanne Fouquet
She is the founder of Melon, a micro-learning platform for Gen Z. Before starting Melon she worked as a Data Scientist and Product Manager at the American software company Palantir in London, and at the trading floor on the investment banks Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley. She holds a Master Degree in Machine Learning from UCL and in Applied Mathematics from KTH, but is spending most of her time these days micro-learning and upskilling in UX design, product and all things community building.
In this episode we talk...2022-12-0857 min
TECH HUSTLER#13: Reinventing postpartum and parental health with Astrid Gyllenkrok KristenssenToday's guest is the amazing Astrid Gyllenkrok Kristenssen
She is the CEO and Co-Founder of LEIA, a Swedish FamTech startup on a mission to reinvent postpartum and parental health for the digital age. Before entering the world of startups Astrid spent 15 years driving digital business development and innovation in executive roles for companies such as CNN and Viaplay. As a Founder and a mother of three she's  passionate about female health and changing the narrative around parental health.
In this episode we talk about parental and postpartum struggles and that 90% of women giving birth will e...2022-11-281h 14
TECH HUSTLER#12: Female ownership and investing with Michaela BerglundToday's guest is the amazing Michaela Berglund
She is the CEO of Feminvest, the largest hub for female ownership across the Nordics, with the vision to educate and inspire more female investors and entrepreneurs. She is a passionate strategist with a focus on entrepreneurship and investments working with both unlisted and listed companies. She is currently the Stockmarket Expert at Expressen, Chairwoman of HODL SPAC and TV host at EFN.
In this episode we talk about female ownership and to understand your own investments and what you invest in. We also discuss the importance of...2022-11-211h 03
TECH HUSTLER#11: Boost your Confidence and Quiet Quitting with Nathalie RajicToday's guest is the amazing Nathalie Rajic!
She is a Confidence Coach and founder of Her Way, a one -stop destination for female empowerment and self development. Offering self developing articles, workshops, online classes and community to inspire and help women to go their own way and follow their dreams.
In this episode we talk about boosting your confidence and how you stop feeling like an imposture. We also talk about energy and how you can lean into your femenine energy that is the source of creativity, playfulness and reflection. How to shift between maskuline...2022-11-141h 06
TECH HUSTLER#10: World of Alidia and the future of NFT brands with Vanja WikströmToday's guest is the amazing Vanja Wikström!
Vanja Wikström is a serial entrepreneur who has launched everything from e-commerce companies to exercise programs, she has one of the country's largest children's channels on YouTube and also runs a site for used children's items. In addition to this, she works as an influencer profile. Her latest adventure is an NFT project where she is building the web3 brand World of Alidia, with the core mission to empower women to step into our digital future.
In today's episode we talk about how to build a NF...2022-11-081h 01
TECH HUSTLER#9: The rise and fall of a startup with Mikaela Larsell AyesaToday's guest is the amazing Mikaela Larsell Ayesa!
Hack Your Closet was the largest data-driven clothing subscription service in the Nordics, reducing consumers' climate footprint by 97%. Mikaela and her co-founder Lisa grew the company to 45 employees in 2 European markets and raised 3M USD. After 3 years of running the business, they filed for bankruptcy.
In the episode we cover how to take critique and turn it into a strength and fuel for personal development. We talk about how to product develop together with your customer and flip your business model. We also go through their funding...2022-11-0148 min
TECH HUSTLER#8: Metaverse bathroom cabinets and goldfish memory with Maria VillanuevaToday's guest is the amazing Maria Villanueva!
Maria Villanueva who is founder and CEO of BeautyQlick. In 2005 she moved back home to Sweden from London, where she had worked as a beauty consultant for Chanel for 5 years, and she realized how much harder it was for her to find makeup for a darker skin tone. She could never just go to a store and find the right shade but had to spend a lot of time searching around online and this is where the idea of BeautyQlick was born.
In the episode we talk about...2022-10-251h 28
TECH HUSTLER#7: Diversity in the boardroom and raising a VC fund with Emelie Meurk DemerudToday's guest is the amazing Emelie Meurk Demerud!
Emelie is a tech entrepreneur and investor and she enjoys being part of fast growing tech companies with sustainability as a core. She is the co-founder of Hedeylity Technology a tech innovation agency with focus on making a tech imprint for a better world. She is also co-founder of Deb., that provides modern and qualitative board education with focus on diversity in the boardrooms.
We talk about building your first prototype and finding the right tech partner. We also talk about the inequality and biases in the...2022-10-181h 10
TECH HUSTLER#6: Finding top talent in tech and becoming a mother with Anna VolbyToday's guest is the amazing Anna Volby!
Anna is the founder and CEO of We Exist, a tech recruitment company. Anna founded We Exist because she wanted to see more gender equality and inclusiveness in tech and with her unique process she is changing how tech companies recruit talent.
We talk about how to create an inclusive corporate culture, becoming a mother and at the same time being an entrepreneur and how to tailor your life to fit your passion.
Hope you enjoy the episode and if it speaks to you it would...2022-10-1159 min
TECH HUSTLER#5: Female pleasure, TikTok, NFT:s and Women in AI - Release Party SpecialThis week's episode is a live recording from the Release Party of Tech Hustler podcast in September. It was such a great release with the coolest female tech founders and investors in the Swedish ecosystem. Â We had very interesting discussions and I wanted to share them with you.
First out is Beatrice von Schwerin who is, together with Lisa Leuhusen, founder of Blanche stories. A brand new romance app for female sexual pleasure and wellbeing. We talk about their latest investment round and the differences between male and female investors and their investmentstrategy.
Next is P...2022-10-0448 min
TECH HUSTLER#4: Attracting VC:s, being humble and world's most ambitious cheese with Anja LeissnerToday's guest is the amazing Anja Leissner!
Anja Leissner has an extensive background in food tech and she is the co-founder of Stockeld Dreamery, a plant based company set out to create the worldâs most ambitious cheese. Anja is also a startup mentor for Rockstart and Norrsken Foundation.
In the first minutes we cover sustainability, climate crises and makeup.
We also talk about how to attract and pitch to investors, becoming a great leader and the true meaning of being humble.
Humbleness has nothing to do with not knowing your wo...2022-09-271h 18
TECH HUSTLER#4: Stop mistaking privilege for passionLetÂŽs talk about privilege...
When investing in early stage startups you invest in the founders. You are probably looking for someone that is super passionate about the problem they are solving. Someone that will put aside everything else and invest all their time and energy in the company. Someone that will take a financial risk and be without salary for a couple of years and someone with a big network that can find the initial investment from friends and family.
đ§And then you are wondering why there is no diversity in your deal flow? and...2022-09-2606 min
TECH HUSTLER#3: Lifelong learning, boys club and emotional roller coaster with Steph DarvillToday's guest is the amazing Steph Darvill!
She is Co-founder & COO of Aline which is a platform that validates informal learning. She is originally from London, UK but she spent the last ten years  living abroad in seven countries, five of those years here in Sweden. She is an entrepreneur with a huge passion for lifelong learning and talking openly about mental health.
We talk about the boys club and the stereotype picture of entrepreneurship, embracing your emotional roller coaster and to stop mistaking privilege for passion. And by the way, did you know that t...2022-09-201h 06
TECH HUSTLER#2: Sound NFT:s and disrupting Social Media with Johanna HoofToday's guest is the amazing Johanna Hoof!
Led by an excitement for sound innovation and the boom around podcasting, Johanna founded a production company focusing on podcasting in 2019. While trying to find a more authentic and spontaneous way of sharing audio content, she developed a new short-form podcast format, which she called âlogcastingâ, in collaboration with music artists, influencers and podcasters. In 2019 Logcast was born and she is on a mission to disrupt social media and give back the power to content creators with the help of blockchain and NFT:s.
In this episode we also...2022-09-131h 18
TECH HUSTLER#1: Empowering women in tech with Ivana von Proschwitzđ„Tech Hustler podcast is finally liveđ„
âŠ.someone please pinch me in the armâŠ.
In the first episode, you will get the opportunity to hear my unfiltered story.
I have never been this transparent in sharing my failures and learnings but today I am sharing it all with you.
The story starts with me coming to Sweden as a refugee at age 7, powering through law school even though I hated it and failed a lot of classes, working in the Insurance industry for 10+ years and being discriminated against because of being a young woma...2022-09-011h 04
TECH HUSTLERTech Hustler PodcastđđŒHello and welcome to the Tech Hustler podcast!
This podcast is for you if you want to hear the unfiltered stories from inspiring tech entrepreneurs.
I started this podcast and the Tech Hustler Community to create what I was missing in the tech industry today.
My mission is to make space for women in tech by creating a platform where they can connect, get inspired and gain new knowledge that will help them accomplish whatever they are dreaming of.
It doesn't matter if you are a tech founder, an employee or dreami...2022-08-0101 min
DataTjej PodcastAI med Women in AII det hÀr avsnittet gÀstar Ivana von Proschwitz och Sofie Nabseth frÄn Woman in AI! Vad Àr AI? Vad kan man jobba med inom AI? MÄste man Àlska programmering för att jobba med AI? Kan man egentligen sÀga en AI? Allt detta och mycket mer behandlas i avsnittet. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2022-04-0652 min
WeTal Talks15. Ivana von Proschwitz - Why is diversity important in tech?In this episode, Charlotte meets Ivana von Proschwitz from Women in AI. She talks about her passion about AI and why diversity is so important in tech. She talks about how aI can discriminate and how Women in AI are on a mission to solve that.2022-01-2437 min
Digitalsamtal#242 â Artificiell intelligens för allaVeckans avsnitt av Digitalsamtal handlar om artificiell intelligens, riskerna med skevheter i trĂ€ningsdata, tillĂ€mpningar som gynnar mĂ„nga â och om den ideella organisationen Women in AI, WAI.
GÀster Àr Ivana von Proschwitz och Vinuta Magal Shreenath, bÄda engagerade i Women in AI. De berÀttar om varför WAI behövs och om de frÄgor som organisationen jobbar med.
Digitalsamtal görs av Anders Thoresson. Har du synpunkter pÄ samtalet, frÄgor eller förslag pÄ vad kommande avsnitt kan handla om: Hör gÀrna av dig. Du kan skicka e-post till podcast@digitalsamtal.se. Digitalsamtal f...2021-06-1632 min