Podcasts about blooming founders

Do you ever feel like your life is all about achieving what other people expect of you, ticking boxes to get ahead in a corporate career that, while others are excited… you're not? Have you thought about launching your own business, but felt startup culture wasn't inclusive enough? Well, you're not alone. My guest this week has been there, done that, and wrote the book on it! Joining me is Lu Li, Founder of Blooming Founders, aka the ‘Wikipedia of startup content' and Author of Dear Female Founder. In the episode, we look at how Lu is redefining the UK's startup ecosystem away from Silicon Valley wannabe tech bros, and towards a better, more inclusive, community-driven model. We also explore Lu's resilience in the face of challenge, how in March 2020, after delivering 150 events, almost 3 years of workspace operations, and building a community of 6000+ members, the COVID-19 pandemic forced her to shut everything down, before pivoting and coming back even stronger. Throughout the episode, Lu shares her advice on bootstrapping your business, making business more human, changing investor culture, and why there has never been as much potential capital in the hands of women as there is now.  This is an episode I can't wait to share with you! About Lu Li:Lu Li is a serial entrepreneur and business consultant with interests in web3 and NFTs. She is the founder of Blooming Founders, the ‘Wikipedia of startup content', an award-winning company with a mission to make the startup journey easier for founders by helping them expand their network, provide practical business education, and by facilitating access to investors. She is also the founder of Luna Talents, a boutique recruitment service for growing startups looking for marketing and operations talent. In 2016, Lu published the book Dear Female Founder which contains 66 personal letters of advice written by female entrepreneurs from 20 countries. It is available to buy globally on Amazon and Kindle. In her previous corporate career, Lu launched FMCG products for Procter & Gamble across Western Europe and worked on several consulting projects for McKinsey, BMW, and T-Mobile.Real, relatable, or downright wrong? We want to know!Tweet your opinion: @_badasscass_ Give us a like on Facebook: @powerdonedifferntlyCheck out exclusive behind-the-scenes action on Insta: @powerdonedifferentlyFind us at our new home: www.powerdonedifferently.comExplore the Wikipedia of startup content: www.bloomingfounders.comBuy Dear Female Founder: www.amazon.co.uk/Dear-Female-Founder-Letters-Entrepreneurs

Lu Li is passionate about NFTs and Web3. In 2015, she founded Blooming Founders, a platform and ecosystem designed to help early stage female entrepreneurs. She recently started to invest in NFTs and tells me how to get started, how to avoid scams and do your research and what type of returns you can expect from it. We also talk about how NFTs are building strong communities online.Investing in risky, this new market is volatile and unpredictable. Make sure you do your research and remember to only invest what you can afford to lose.Today on The Wallet: 1) Web3 refers to a decentralised online ecosystem based on the blockchain. Non-fungible tokens (NFT) are tokens that we can use to represent ownership of unique items (art, music, etc). We also talk about how NFTs are building communities online and what people chat about there.2) How to research, avoid scams, buy and sell NFTs, why you also need cryptos to get started and what are the risks/returns and behaviours. 3) How much money do you need to live the life you want? And how do you become financially free?You can follow and connect with Lu at:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/houseofli/ Twitter @houseofli Book: Dear Female Founder: 66 Letters of Advice from Women Entrepreneurs Who Have Made $1 Billion in RevenueResources mentioned in the episode:Crypto Coven: https://www.cryptocoven.xyz/ Our podcast partners PensionBee are also offering you a £25 pension contribution (£20, plus £5 in tax relief) when you sign up. To claim the offer, follow this link: https://www.pensionbee.com/vestpod. Capital at risk. We are also supporting UNICEF Ukraine via: https://www.unicef.org.uk/donate/donate-now-to-protect-children-in-ukraine/ I'm Emilie Bellet, the founder of Vestpod - a thriving community that financially empowers women, author of You're Not Broke, You're Pre-Rich and host of The Wallet! You can learn more about Vestpod, join our events and subscribe to our newsletter at www.vestpod.com and on Instagram @vestpod. Join our private Facebook group: @vestpod. We want to open up a direct conversation with you on the podcast. You can submit a proud money moment, a question or a comment on a previous episode. You just need headphones and mic at the ready and follow this link (https://telb.ee/abrzt) or email me the recording at podcast@vestpod.com.* Please note that we are not certified, financial advisers! The articles and information made available on Vestpod and this podcast are provided for information and educational purposes only and do not constitute financial advice.* See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

What do you do when a pandemic renders your business impossible? This week I sat down with Lu Li, who started her career as a consultant for McKinsey & Co, before moving to Proctor & Gamble. She has also published a book called Dear Female Founder and is now the CEO and founder of Blooming Founders. In this episode, Lu discusses how she had to do a complete 180 with her events company for female entrepreneurs to continue her ambition of being her own boss in a rapidly changing landscape. Lu gives great advice on how to adapt in this current climate, and how to not be afraid of listening to your inner voice if a job doesn't feel right. * Host: Izzy Bishop Guest: Lu Li * LinkedIn accounts: Izzy Bishop: https://www.linkedin.com/in/izzy-bishop-7bb525120 Lu Li: https://www.linkedin.com/in/houseofli/ Wiser: https://www.linkedin.com/company/wearewiser/ Blooming Founders: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bloomingfounders/

There is an ideal that says we should measure out lives in experiences, not years. Few people personify this ideal as strongly as Lu Li. 5 countries, 11 cities and a few businesses later, Lu launched Blooming Founders: a co-working space & events company focused on female founders.Keeping it going meant bringing in £10K per month.Keeping out of trouble meant figuring out how to deal with a £100K debt.Keeping alive meant reinventing herself when the WeWork fiasco went down.The global pandemic that followed didn't help. Corona landed and crushed co-working. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/startup-nightmares-1. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In our final episode we were lucky enough to speak to the brains and driving force behind Blooming Founders, Lu Li.    Lu has been changing the narrative for female founders through challenging the need for diversity and using her acclaimed brand and company to help early stage female founders succeed. Prior to the pandemic, Blooming Founders produced popular business events and ran an award-winning co-working space in London.    In this valuable discussion she shares how the pandemic made her realise the shift in the industry, so she pivoted her business to an an internship placement service, where they match businesses with students and save companies 90% of your typical hiring costs.   Lu shares her views on what impact the pandemic could have on female founders and diversity within startups, which leads to discussing the future of funding and the needed shift in behaviour.    As a problem solver with a large amount of entrepreneurial drive, Lu knows the importance of using this time to network, as well as advising others on building a brand that is authentically you. Her book ‘Dear Female Founder’ made up of 66 personal letters of advice written by female entrepreneurs from 20 countries, covers this further. 

Lu Li is an international entrepreneur, author, speaker and living in London. She has worked with great companies like McKinsey & Procter and Gamble. She is the founder of Blooming Founders, an acclaimed brand and company designed to help early-stage female entrepreneurs and diverse teams succeed. Blooming Founders runs an award-winning co-working space in east London and also offers support for startups. In 2016, she published the book Dear Female Founder which contains 66 personal letters of advice written by female entrepreneurs from 20 countriesSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/entrepreneurmindset100)

Lu is the founder and CEO of Blooming Founders, a co-working space and support network focused on nurturing and scaling women-led businesses. She is also the author of ‘Dear Female Founder’, a collection of letters written to their younger selves by female founders around the world. Our discussion focuses on Lu’s experiences as a female founder and the particular challenges faced by the growing number of female entrepreneurs in the business community.

Real talk with Lu Li, founder of Blooming Founders, a community platform and support ecosystem designed to help early stage female entrepreneurs and diverse teams succeed. We discuss about leaving the corporate life to become an entrepreneur, finding your purpose, moving countries and more... Tune in!

This week we highlight some of our favourite female communities, we talk about the importance of understanding your competition and why in the case of Elizabeth Holmes, founder and CEO of Theranos, celebritising her as an entrepreneur caused her to not only believe her own hype but to be totally disengaged from reality and the risks she was taking ultimately with people’s lives.We share our top reads and listens of the week, focusing on the importance of investing and why we should be educating ourselves around money, saving and investments.Resources   Femstreet - Sarah Noeckel Blooming Founders - Lu Li Vestpod - Emilie Bellet Cuckooz Nest - Charlie Rosier and Fabienne O’Neill Mothers Meeting - Jenny Scott WERN PR - Lucy Werner How I built this with Guy Raz - Airbnb: Joe Gebbia AirBnb timeline Dear Female Founder, curated by Blooming Founders founder Lu Li Beating the pros - no one did more for the small investor that Jack Bogle The Five Billion Pound Penalty For Female Founders The Dropout by Rebecca Jarvis: Elizabeth Holmes’ Alleged Theranos Fraud European Innovation Council (EIC)   To find out more about this podcast and to nominate a guest visit www.foundflourish.co.uk/podcast. Join the conversation using #bossingitpod and tagging us @foundflourish on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and Linkedin. More about Found & Flourish Found & Flourish is a network for kickass female founders, side hustlers and aspiring entrepreneurs. Join us by visiting www.foundflourish.co.uk. Connect With The Hosts Frankie Cotton https://frankiecotton.com https://twitter.com/Frankie__Cotton https://www.linkedin.com/in/frankiecotton/ https://www.instagram.com/frankie_rose_cotton/ Lara Sheldrake https://www.instagram.com/lara_sheldrake/ https://twitter.com/lara_sheldrake https://uk.linkedin.com/in/larajanesheldrake Play Now Spotify  |  Podbean  |  iTunes

In celebration of International Women's Day I sat down with the inspiring Lu. She's the founder of Blooming Founders and Blooms London.  I chose Lu for this episode because herself and her work totally embodies the heart of International Women's Day, which this year is to ‘Press for Progress'.  She talked more about her story into business, the common barriers she sees female entrepreneurs facing and the part we can play to press for progress in the workplace. It's a good one! _____   Find the show notes and get connected to everything mentioned in the episode HERE. Enjoyed the episode? I'd love to hear your thoughts and get connected with you over on Instagram.

This woman, is divine on SO many levels. She’s the ambassador for Women’s Day, Fierce Asian raised by tiger parents with traditional weight on success. Her rise was when she decided to leap into her next chapter, leaving lucrative consulting gig at Procter & Gamble for a chance at lifting other women. She’s founder of Blooming Founders, a community curated for the growth of female entrepreneurs in London, UK. Born in China and raised in Germany. With her wide appeal of resilience, tenacity and cultural pot of immersion, she’s fierce at rolling with change. You’ll get a sense of how she leads, & she may inspire you to leave your current gig too. Gems on this week’s episode: 2:25- What the is #1 thing you can do right now to propel you forward to making your entrepreneurial goals REAL. 3:23- What we fail to recognize when hustling as a new entrepreneur (seasoned ones this is for you too!). 4:19- Combatting external pressure, and on the achievement track...to burnout. 4:36- When to remove your mask, when people around you keep their masks on… 6:40- The big ‘aha’ moment, knowing when to leave and listening to that trigger. 8:22- How to incorporate your gifts to your next chapter and fuse it with what you wish to build. 10:00- Your next chapter, is someone’s current dream. Honoring your different roles and phases in your life. 12:23- Serial entrepreneurship: Defining failure 14:27- What problem are you solving? 17:34- When to know you are burning out? If you’re an entrepreneur, ladyboss, and looking for community- join http://bloomingfounders.com/. You won’t regret it!

I am delighted to interview the wonderful Lu Li who is the founder of Blooming Founders - a community supporting female start ups in the tech sector. Lu Li is the author of 'Dear Female Founder" which features letters highly successful business women would send their 'younger selves' if they were starting their businesses again. Lu Li is a fabulous guest and among other things she shared her three top tips for communicating with her community and clients. 1. Really understand the other person and empathise with them. 2. Be patient and really LISTEN to them. 3. Have confidence to go up to people at network events and talk to them! This is a really fascinating podcast and I recommend you listen to it!

GeekGirl loves spending time with other awesome ladies who are empowering women, and Lu is one of them! Not only did she start Blooming Founders to promote and support female entrepreneurship, but she's also created and published "Dear Female Founder" a book with 66 different female entrepreneurs sharing their wisdom for aspiring women. For more info on the book, go to www.bloomingfounders.com/book and check out @BloomingFoundrs. The inspiration for Blooming Founders came from Lu's own journey, from management consultant to entrepreneur - learning what her true passion was along the way. Great advice for anyone looking to find their calling. Lu Li is the founder of Blooming Founders, a London-based platform that supports and promotes female founders through events and a professional network. She is the UK ambassador of Women's Entrepreneurship Day, a judge at the MassChallenge accelerator, a mentor at the Google Launchpad accelerator and part of the Techstars community leadership team. In her previous corporate career, Lu has launched FMCG products for Procter & Gamble across Western Europe and has worked on several consulting projects for McKinsey, BMW and T-Mobile.