Hey everyone! Cherry Swayne here, Founder of Above and Beyond Recruitment, Carbon13 Domain Expert, organiser of online ClimateTech communities and Mother of two small, wonderful children. Most importantly to you though, I'm your Host of Two Pence Worth: Stories from Female Founders in ClimateTech👩💻
In a series of bitesize episodes, we will be taking you through their journeys, giving insight into what it’s like founding a business as a woman in the climate sector and the challenges that may be faced along the way, as well as an action toolkit to help you on your own journey.
Happy listening💫
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Hey everyone! Cherry Swayne here, Founder of Above and Beyond Recruitment, Carbon13 Domain Expert, organiser of online ClimateTech communities and Mother of two small, wonderful children. Most importantly to you though, I'm your Host of Two Pence Worth: Stories from Female Founders in ClimateTech👩💻
In a series of bitesize episodes, we will be taking you through their journeys, giving insight into what it’s like founding a business as a woman in the climate sector and the challenges that may be faced along the way, as well as an action toolkit to help you on your own journey.
Happy listening💫
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
On our first episode of Two Pence Worth: Stories from female Founders in Climate, I spoke to Claire Rampen, Co-Founder at Reath.
Claire is Co-Founder and CEO of UK-based start-up, Reath, a specialist software platform for scaling reusable packaging systems. Claire co-authored the Open Data Standard, the first Open Data Standard for reusable packaging. Reath powers reuse systems for clients such as Marks & Spencers, Unilever and Google, and many pioneering SMEs.
00:00: Introduction to episode 1
01:10: Introduction to Claire Rampen: Co-Founder of Reath
02:10: Claire’s background and the story of Reath
04:20: How has the product and the platform evolved in the last 4 years?
06:40: How did the headcount of Reath grow and evolve?
08:40: What does Reath look like today?
12:20: What stands out as achievements for you?
15:30: Maternity leave: How was this factored into the journey?
18:30: How do you now manage the juggle between being a Co-Founder and a Mother?
21:05: What’s been your experience as a female founder in business and to what extend do you feel you’ve faced adversity?
24:30: How did you overcome those experiences?
25:50: If you could talk to 2019 Claire now, what would you say?
28:00: How did you know where to start with the grant writing process?
29:15: Who is Elemental and what the programme looks like?
31:40: What people-related resource would you advise people connect with to help them?
32:45: What media-related resource would you advise people connect with the help them?
34:10: What female role model do you look up to?
35:40: Conclusion and what’s coming for the rest of the series
Video versions of these episodes are available here.
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