Female Founders Rise

Whoever said doing it alone is a smart move hasn’t tried to build a business. In the first few months of Breathing Mindful Coaching, I went solo. How did it go? Let’s say things took way longer than they needed to 😂 I made mistakes,  I felt frustrated I was stubborn I saw other female founders talking about the power of community,  I didn’t believe them I thought it would take me away from my priorities. I was wrong Building local and virtual communities helps me achieve my priorities It’s about finding the right one (or ones) for you So when Emmie Faust said she was opening up the doors for the 2nd cohort of Find a Female Founder, I signed up straight away You can now find me in the Find Female Founders Directory (see comments) Just because I help Female Founders, as a fellow Female Founder doesn’t mean I don’t need support and community too! Check me out and many other amazing humans on the list Vanessa Shepherd Oh and tag your community in this post, let them know you care. —————————————————- Hi 👋 I’m Nikki, I help Female Founders who are 'always on' speed up by slowing down. 📅28 May 2024

What an incredible list of Asian female founders doing great things and building businesses here in the UK Thanks Amardeep for highlighting in your post and also interviewing many on your podcast. Hopefully we’ll get to meet there at our next Collab meet up in June! Check out these Asian female founders 👇

Do you know about the Female Founders Rise directory? Emmie Faust and the team at Female Founders Rise have created a directory of incredible founders across tech, consulting, marketing, coaching, sales, HR, strategy and many more categories. 💡 If you are looking for inspiring, knowledgeable leaders and business founders then check them out: https://lnkd.in/e6rzXz-r 🙋🏻♀️ I am fortunate to work alongside so many incredible women both business founders and leaders. This community supports, encourages, and inspires each other to build new businesses and accelerate their growth. I encourage you to learn more about the founders in this directory and how they could enhance your business. I am thrilled that my directory listing is now live and enables me to engage with more founders about the value I can add through developing marketing strategies and managing engaging campaigns. #femalefoundersrise #femalefounder #marketingconsultant #marketingstrategy #campaignmanagement

I can’t even begin to tell you how amazing Female Founders Rise is…. When I decided I might need to raise finance for my new tech business, I really had no idea where to start. I certainly had no relevant network and I had no concept how tough and lonely it would be at times 😔 Fast forward 18 month and I couldn’t be happier that I found Emmie Faust and her community FFR. I can’t even remember where I first met Emmie, but I saw a post of hers on LinkedIn and it just resonated at a really tough point in my journey, I immediately reached out, joined FFR and have never looked back 👀 It’s been the one single factor that I can say hands down, was the reasons I was successful in my fund raise. 👯♀️The network 🧠The knowledge 🫶🏻The support 💕The help & advice from Emmie and members of FFR - it’s been an incredible journey! And I’ve been trying really, REALLY hard for a while to bring this support network to the North East - because we’ve some of the best females I know up here, doing AMAZING things, but I still think we lack the support, education and community around raising finance - especially as females. Last year we launched the first ever FFR event in Newcastle (which was incredible) and next month we’re back!!! On Thursday 6th of June we’ll have both Emmie (founder of FFR) and Debbie Clarke 🌟 aka debbiedooodah (founding member) travelling up North to bring us the best Female founders event. We’ll hear from females who have scaled their business and raised money along the way. We’ll hear from Angel investors about why they invest and what it’s like to invest in a female led business. And we’ll hear from loads of NE supporters who will give you all the info you need to decide if raising financial is right for you, and if so, how you go about it. Plus I’ll be running a little session on the entire process I used to complete my raise and what I’ve learned along the way. You don’t have to be raising finance for this to be relevant, the community is open to all female businesses looking to grow. Come for the full session, just the panel or just the networking, it’s up to you. But if you’re a female running a business, I can’t recommend this event and community enough 🥰 come along and find out for yourself. Thursday 6th June 4pm - drinks and intros 4.30pm - workshop on how I raised 5.15pm - networking and intros 6pm - panel session 6.30pm - drinks and wrap up 7pm - close We’ve already sold half of the tickets available so if you’re thinking of coming along get booked here 👉🏻 https://lnkd.in/ehSndiYP ✨Anny Lian✨ Dip PFS Hekla Goodman Parker Rojin Yarahmadi Helen Whitfield Zara Lane Amy Mooney Dr Natalia Blagburn Rebecca MacDermid Naomi Allen Seales Naomi McDiarmid Elaine Stroud Kari Owers Jo York - please spread the word.

📣 Female Founders raising - see below from Rupa Ganatra Popat one of our partners with Arāya Ventures 👇 We are inviting one startup to pitch live on the Arāya Ventures Academy for Angels (AVA Angels) 😇 Investment Course to 50 new angel investors on 27th June in London Criteria: 🚀 Consumer or B2B 🚀 Health, FinTech, Climate, Commerce, Work 🚀 Raising a pre-seed or seed round 🚀 UK-based

Pia Harpur made me emotional last week, but in a happy way. It's a very rare thing to be praised publicly and I feel completely honoured that Pia would think this, let alone say such lovely words. I have admired Pia and her work as soon as she arrived in the lingerie industry and knew from the moment I met her she had what it would take to succeed. ⭐️creativity ⭐️passion ⭐️ strong valves ⭐️Kindness (supporting others so that we can all be better together in our industry) I am so excited to see the next chapter of Studio Pia and where Pia takes her incredible brand. #empoweringWomen #femalefoundesrise #Independantbrands #lingerieindustry

I've just put a nice new LULACREATES offering live. A lean branding package for design-loving early-stage founders looking to establish a well-designed & credible looking brand system from day one. Crystal clear pricing & deliverables. Any thoughts from a founder perspective are VERY welcome as I'm always agile & want to make this as straightforward & practical as possible. Is there anything you'd want that's different from this; other branding irks that I could help ease? Oh and if you're in Female Founders Rise community head to my listing on the directory for an intro offer More packages in the making including brand uplevels for funded businesses that need to refine their brand & brand strategy plus pitch deck bolt-ons. https://lnkd.in/eqCU8fAn

📣 NEW EPISODE OUT NOW 💁♀️ Female founders rise and thrive In this episode, we speak to Emmie Faust, Founder of Female Founders Rise all about the female founders rise community, her experience as an exited founder and the challenges she has faced as a serial entrepreneur. LISTEN ON ALL LISTENING PLATFORMS https://bit.ly/3QJbpEu #StartupsMagazine #Startups #Entrepreneur #TheCerealEntrepreneur #TheCerealEntrepreneurPodcast #Startupspodcast

Matria Just turned one! Here's the top 5 things I learned in my first year as a founder: 1️⃣ *This work is needed* Matria was built from an inner knowing that women need to be supported differently. We're ushering in the divine feminine—a concept that feels like coming home. Shaping the future of our culture is risky and vulnerable. Despite moments of self-doubt, every individual transformation reminds me how essential this work is. To sum the first point up: listen to your gut. 2️⃣ *Even coaches need coaching* I guide clients through transformation with ease, but finding and clearing my own blind spots without a coach slowed me down at times. This year, I’m actively building my team of advisors and coaches to support my growth—both personally and as the founder of Matria. 3️⃣ There is growing momentum for female founders, yet most still struggle to secure capital. And while I’m passionate about solving this problem, it’s not my top priority. There are some amazing women/groups tackling this head on, and I'll keep cheering them (groups like The Female Founder Collective, Female Founders Rise, Power To Pitch, Female Founders Fund 🙏🏼 ) We will continue to support the founders in our community by serving them as women. In turn, they can lead as empowered and balanced founders. 4️⃣ *"If you're everything to everyone, you're nothing to anyone."* My personal evolution has taught me that I can’t solve everyone’s problems, even if I want to. We have amazing offerings, *and* it’s time to niche down. 5️⃣ It’s also time to do more of what I love, and *bring you along with me* (Curious? Comment ⛵ if you want to learn more!!) Sending gratitude to everyone who supported Matria this year. Whether you made a connection, trusted me as your coach, referred a client or simply cheered us on from the sidelines, your support means the world. Cheers to Year 2!