• Start-up to Scale-up with Channel 4 Ventures: Gender Equality + The Power of Resilience with Sam White

  • Dec 17 2024
  • Length: 31 mins
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Start-up to Scale-up with Channel 4 Ventures: Gender Equality + The Power of Resilience with Sam White

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  • In this episode, I interviewed the brilliant Sam White, founder and CEO of Stella Insurance. We discussed Sam's journey into creating a female-centric motor insurance business, her challenges as a woman in a male-dominated industry, the difficulties in raising investment, and her unique approach to resilient entrepreneurship. Sam shares her experiences of starting her first company at 24, her struggles with financial institutions, and the innovative solutions she employed, including a media for equity deal. We also talk about gender disparity in business funding and highlight the importance of supporting diverse entrepreneurs. KEY TAKEAWAYS COVERED IN THE PODCAST
    1. Resilience in the Face of Adversity: Sam White’s journey highlights the importance of resilience when facing challenges in a male-dominated industry. Her ability to overcome setbacks, including struggles with financial institutions and investment, showcases how perseverance is key to entrepreneurial success.
    2. Creative Funding Solutions: Sam’s use of a media-for-equity deal exemplifies innovative ways to secure funding when traditional avenues seem out of reach. This approach demonstrates the value of thinking outside the box and leveraging unconventional strategies to grow a business.
    3. Championing Diversity in Entrepreneurship: The episode sheds light on the gender disparity in business funding and emphasises the importance of supporting diverse entrepreneurs, and how empowering women in business can lead to impactful change in industries that need a fresh perspective.

    If you enjoyed this episode then please feel free to go and share it on your social media or head over to Apple podcasts or Spotify and give me a review, I would be so very grateful. LINKS TO RESOURCES MENTIONED IN TODAY’S EPISODE Connect with Sam White on Instagram, Linkedin Connect with Teresa on Website, The Club, Sign up to Teresa's email list, Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook or Twitter Transcript Teresa:Hello and welcome back to the Dream Business Podcast. This is episode 378, but it is number two in this special series that I'm doing with Channel 4 Ventures. [00:01:00] The first...
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