Good Growth: Unlocking the Power of Digital for Women Entrepreneurs

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Oona King
VP of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Snap Inc.

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Maria Raga
CEO, Depop

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Susanne Given
Chairman, MADE.com.

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Sharmadean Reid
CEO, Beautystack

Good Growth: Unlocking the Power of Digital for Women Entrepreneurs

There has never been a more important time to support women entrepreneurs. The global pandemic has affected women the most and the UK is no exception.

In October 2020, Good Growth: Unlocking the Power of Digital for Women Entrepreneurs brought together 500 entrepreneurs, business leaders and students to help women-led businesses thrive in today’s testing economic climate. This event was a collaboration between Google, TCS, SVC2UK, Founders4Schools, Enders Analysis, Snap Inc, Digital Boost and Forgather, and combined inspirational keynotes, interviews with female leaders and deep dive workshops on topics including talent, sales, marketing and finance. Full event recordings are available below, and you can also read a round up of the event by FieldHouse Associates here.

The good growth conversation continues on the Digital Boost Women Entrepreneurs network, an online community powered by Guild, which is a place for women entrepreneurs to connect and share best practice to support their business's growth. Digital Boost helps women who work for or lead charities and small businesses boost their digital skills by giving access to one-2-one mentoring on a host of subjects and access to hundreds of courses designed to help grow their businesses. 

Main stage recordings

Breakout tracks

 

Full breakout track speaker list:

  • A Target Market Should Be A Target Market: Julia McColl, Commercial Director, Chetwood Financial & Katie Hobson, Account Director, FutureKings

  • Different Routes For Funding: Sarah Turner, CEO & Co-Founder, Angel Academe & Benjamina Bollag, CEO & Founder, Higher Steaks

  • Diversifying Access to Finance: Erika Brodnock, Co-Founder, Extend Ventures & Priya Guha, Venture Partner, Merian Ventures

  • Souring Talent Online: Romanie Thomas, Founder, Juggle Jobs & Alex Farrell, CEO, Workfinder

  • Growing Sales During Uncertain Times: Marta Krupinska, Head of Google for Startups, Elina Naydenova, Founder, Feebris, Camilla Macoun, Founder, The Bear Can Read & Abbie Morris, Founder, Compare Ethics

  • Hiring Without Bias For Organisational Diversity: Zara Nanu, CEO, Gapsquare, Colleen Ammerman, Director of the Gender Initiative, Harvard Business School, Khyati Sundaram, CEO, Applied & Kike Oniwinde, Founder, BYP Network

  • Digital International Expansion: Gabrielle Hase, CEO, Soleberry Advisory, Nicole Vanderbilt, UK Managing Director, Bookshop.org, Lisa Rodwell, NED, Pact Coffee & Claire Hennah, Global VP - eCommerce, Unilever

Thanks also to the following speakers who delivered breakout sessions which were not recorded: Tamara Littleton, Founder & CEO, The Social Element, Caroline Plumb, CEO & Founder, Fluidly, Nikki Rae, Google Digital Garage Trainer, Pip Jamieson, Founder & CEO, The Dots and Rashmi Mukherjee, HRX Strategy Consulting and Transformation UK&I, TCS.