Mary McKenna on RTÉ Radio1’s Reignite with Áine Kerr

I was very pleased to join the fearless Áine Kerr on RTE Radio 1 Saturday 26th August for the last episode of this season's #Reignite

In 10 minutes we cover:

🚀 Ireland's broken investment ecosystem which is failing many women founders
🚀 What AwakenHub/AwakenAngels is doing to improve outcomes for women founders in Ireland and level the playing field
🚀 The reasons why British Business Bank & Intertrade Ireland are backing AwakenAngels
🚀 I name-check the wonderful Roseann Kelly MBE of Women in Business NI & use her great quote "Stop trying to fix the women"
🚀 We chat about how 14% of German angel investors are women but in Ireland, we don't even know what that number is (it's definitely less than 2%)
🚀 I outline how anyone who can afford €/$/£2k can start building their investment portfolio through AwakenAngels
🚀 We discuss whether it's time to introduce quotas and what the qualities of successful entrepreneurs are
🚀 I make a plea for academics to focus more on producing positive research about women founders
🚀 The thorny topic of awards - are they worth going for?
🚀 And of course we finish with networking and how important it is

Huge thanks to Aine & RTE's Brian Lally for a great interview experience & for the entire ReIgnite Season, which once again has been like a breath of fresh air for anyone interested in entrepreneurship.

If you missed the show & would like to listen back, here's the link Mary McKenna | Reignite - RTÉ Radio 1 (rte.ie)