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 third episode of Two Pence Worth: Stories from female Founders in Climate, I spoke to Aranzazu Carmona Orbezo: Founder and CTO of Parallel Carbon..
Aranzazu is the Founder and CTO of Parallel Carbon, a start-up developing technology that removes carbon dioxide from the air while producing hydrogen to eliminate emissions. She has a PhD in Chemistry from the University of Manchester, with experience in electrochemical engineering, water treatment/desalination, and more.
00:00: Introduction to episode 3
01:20: Introducing Aranzazu Carmona Orbezo
02:12: About Parallel Carbon and how the technology works
03:15: Where did the idea come from and how did it develop?
05:50: What was the experience like working with a Co-Founder so geographically different to you?
07:35: Since spinning out from the venture builder, how has the last 18 moths - 2 years been for you? How has the technology and business developed in that time?
08:35: What does the future look like or the next 12 months?
09:45: How has your funding experience been? Is it your first time going through it?
11:29: Post-funding round
13:15: How have you found the experience as a female founder? To what extent do you feel you’ve faced adversity?
17:00: Balancing a brand new business with a baby
19:00: Managing without a physically-close support network
21:15: Cherry’s own experience with building a family and a business simultaneously
22:30: Communicating to people in the industry that you’re pregnant
24:35: Controversial book: Sheryl Sandberg: Lean In
27:10: What support or resources have you leant on that could benefit other people?
30:00: What people based resource has helped you?
32:00: What media based resource has helped you?
34:25: Who is your female business role model?
35:35: Conclusion and the future of the series
Video versions of these episodes are available here.
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