Ep 16: Ieva Dvilinskiene
on building the future of flexible work, finding the right co-founders, raising money from Antler startup program & challenges female founders face
Ieva is a marketer with a decorated career in product branding. We meet, however, to talk about her 180-degree career change - deciding to become an entrepreneur and joining Antler VC London cohort. After successfully graduating from the program and raising investment Ieva currently is in charge of growth at FlowSpace - a marketplace she has co-founded where teams meet co-working spaces in London.
An insightful conversation follows. What questions to ask in order to find the right business partners? What the future of work looks like? As well as how to manage family & career and why it is different for female founder? We also came up with at least 2 legit new business ideas in this podcast
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The topics covered in this episode (with Timestamps)
🔈 [2:00] Becoming an entrepreneur via a startup acceleration program
Questions to ask your prospective co-founders (or any people you plan to work with)
The difference between a hard-working employee and a hard-working entrepreneur is an obsession
How to make a financial plan before jumping into entrepreneurship
How to pick the best accelerator program to start your entrepreneurship journey
To start with Antler (antler.co) you don't neither a business idea nor a co-founders team
That the right order for establishing a team is chemistry, values, and only the business idea
To have hard conversations with potential cofounders about motivation, financial outlook, and some polarizing issues that can harm your team chemistry
🔈 [31:20] How does the future of work look like
The 15-minute city concept
How 3 types of work organization based on team specifics - Fully remote, hybrid and fully back to the office will play out
The future of work and life includes greater engagement with local communities around your home
With flexible workspaces, you can do “office-crawling” to keep your environment interesting
🔈 [57:50] Women in tech
The inner and outer challenges female founders face
How to be open about family plans with your team and investors
How not to overthink family planning and take career decisions without hesitation
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