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Ellevate with Michal Lasman

On this week's episode, we are sitting down with Michal Lasman, a Marketing Professional based in Berlin. Michal has experience in Early-stage start-ups, mainly SaaS and B2B and is currently working in the FinTech sphere. The discussion this week is around the importance of resiliency in leadership and the agility needed during times of change. Michal talks us through some of her experiences in the last few years where she established marketing functions and teams during market changes, personal challenges, as well as the impact of tech layoffs. We also chat about her move from Tel-Aviv to Berlin and the tips she has for remaining resilient in a new city, new industry and top tips to manage stress.
*** It is important to mention here that this episode was recorded prior to the Israel-Gaza War starting and due to the nature of the topic of resiliency, I wanted to point out we have not touched at all on this topic in our conversation. We are absolutely not overlooking the resiliency shown by so many at this time.***

Ellevate: Vulnerability in the Workplace with Sofie Hermansen & Sascha Skydsgaard

This week, Becky Finnegan doesn't only talk to one guest, but two! Sofie Hermansen and Sascha Skydsgaard, both working at Timelog, a Danish Business Management Software, discuss 'Vulnerability in the workplace'.
Sofie and Sascha have experienced similar overwhelming situations at work. However, they show us how being a woman at the top management makes them think about a difference between being emotional and being vulnerable.
Listen to their best stories on how they lead by example, even if vulnerability is around!

Ellevate: The Role of Chief of Staff with Bernadette Christine Ritscherle

This week, Becky Finnegan sits down with Bernadette Ritscherle.
Based in Berlin, Bernadette is currently working for a SaaS startup, but prior to this has worked in Management Consulting and Global FMCG companies, gaining strong experience from varied roles and challenges. This week's discussion is on the role of Chief of Staff and how it has evolved within business, the history and why and where it's appropriate.
Listen to find out how Bernadette got into this position, her career path and the skills that are helpful in this role!

Ellevate: Developing Mentorship Skills and Taking on Feedback with Ingrid Sierra

This episode is all about women empowerment, challenges in the recruitment industry, career progression and anything else that is empowering women in business
Ingrid is a VP of Marketing and an expert in scaling teams. She'll open up about why she believes mentoring is so essential and feedback's role in this journey.

Ellevate: How to use Imposter Syndrome to your Advantage with Amalie Kaysen

On this week's episode, Becky Finnegan is joined by Amalie Kaysen, who is a leader in the Product and Strategy space working in international environments with a base in Copenhagen. She started her career in the Management Consulting world where she picked up a strong toolbox before moving into the Startup World. 
In this episode, we go through what imposter syndrome means for Amalie, how she has battled through it and how she has flipped it into a positive as much as possible. Amalie also gives some tangible tips on how she has come up with her values and how they ultimately have helped her navigate in challenging times through her career. Listen to find out more!

Are Women Founders Still Underrepresented?

In today’s episode, we spoke to Marianne Ricketts who founded Vibbio, a fully automated video platform.
Marianne talks about her journey from the creation of Vibbio, all the way through to selling the company and becoming the director of product management. We also delve into topics such as owning failure as a team and funding as a female founder.

Ellevate: Nikita Rathi - Fierce, Feisty, Fussy and Fighting for Fair, Ungendered Feedback

On this week's episode, we sit down with Nikita Rathi who is an experienced Technology Leader who started her career in the US working in well-established successful businesses, moved to work in Dublin and is now in the heart of the German tech scene, working with scale-ups in Berlin. 
Nikita has some powerful insight on giving and receiving gendered feedback and how leaders can give more effective feedback to women in their teams to ensure empowerment and growth. Listen to find out about the specific tips and situations where feedback can have a pivotal impact on someone's career.
https://medium.com/swlh/the-real-reason-women-arent-getting-ahead-in-tech-she-s-not-strategic-5ba98ad91f77
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikitarathi23/

Ellevate - Cassie Yusofi - How do strong female leaders impact future leaders?

In today's episode, our host Becky Finnegan spoke with Cassie Yusofi, an international Commercial Leader who specialises in developing solutions to complex commercial challenges for SaaS B2B products and scaling hyper growth sales divisions. 
Cassie has lived, studied and worked in 3 continents, conversed in multiple languages, had teams in Netherlands, Germany, Spain and the Philippines, so is rich in experience of managing stakeholders from varied cultures. She discusses how she has seen many different types of female leaders who have inspired her and how she personally overcomes imposter syndrome as well as why its important to give back to aspiring future female leaders.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/cassieyusofi/
www.linkedin.com/in/becky-finnegan-1a646939/

Why Are Relationships So Important?

In this episode, we spoke with Dr. Patrick Dümpelfeld and Dr. Deniz Albayrak who are CEOs founders of Dümpelfeld & Partners GmbH. We delved into why relationships with clients, employees and partners are so important and discussed startup culture.

How To Rapidly Grow Your Start-up

In this episode, we spoke to Pratik Goshal, an individual tech entrepreneur of a clean tech startup. We spoke about rapid growth and how to tackle working remotely as a manager.
*Pratik is an individual tech entrepreneur and all opinions are his own, not Skyfri’s.