Awaken, Cultivate & Motivate

Past event videos, podcasts, tips & tricks for women founders and co-founders looking to navigate their way through startups, investment, growth and beyond!

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How to Get the Best out of an AwakenHub Breakout Room

“In order to fully participate, switch your camera and mic on, smile and be ready to introduce yourself and chat. The breakout rooms are not hosted so it’s up to you to make them useful and run smoothly.  We want you to meet new people, promote your growing business and have some fun”

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5 Top Tips for women (and men!) in business

In the early days of your startup, make sure you work towards and measure some milestones, however small. Ensure everyone in your growing team shares and knows this week or this month’s goals and when you hit a target or achieve a milestone, take a short break to recognise and mark your collective achievement

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Negotiation Tips For Founders

As any founder knows, negotiation skills is a key ingredient to raising a successful round. Recently, I was interviewed by Nathalie Gregg to share negotiation tips to catapult your influence and close the deal.

Read on to discover my top 7 negotiation strategies.

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Our Expert Speakers’ Top Tips When Raising Investment as a Woman Founder

… really do your homework on potential investors (what sectors they are actively investing in, what else they’ve invested in, what they’re interested in this year, if they’re even investing at the moment) and don’t approach anyone without doing this first.  Also as part of this, speak to the founders of other companies in the investor’s portfolio and ask them how the experience has been for them.  Sounds obvious but so many founders don’t bother to do this. 

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