{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/627124e6b20735001442cbf2/64075cd35a27440011843559?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Sam White: The CEO Who Fired Herself","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/627124e6b20735001442cbf2/1678200775425-6e33678a4ca702493e54b3a332251cbd.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>It’s safe to say that firing yourself is a rather unique experience in business. But this is an entrepreneur that has made a career of challenging the norm and thinking differently. Whether it’s taking on the male-dominated insurance industry or questioning the culture of high company valuations (AKA “Ponzi schemes”), she’s not afraid to blaze her own trail.</p><p><br></p><p>With refreshing honesty and unwithering self-reflection, in this conversation with Sam White, Founder of Freedom Services Group &amp; Stella Insurance, we cover being “unemployable”, leading teams across the globe, raising funding as a woman, and much more.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Here's what we discussed:</strong></p><p><br></p><ul><li>If we listed your achievements to date to a younger Sam White, what would her reaction be? (00:23)</li><li>Were you an entrepreneurial person from a young age? (01:03)</li><li>Could you give us an overview of your career to this point? (02:17)</li><li>You describe yourself as “unemployable”, is that something you notice in your peers too? (05:28)</li><li>You started a psychology degree at university, you have a podcast called “Human Business”, where does your fascination with the mind and what makes people tick come from? (07:20)</li><li>You’ve fired yourself as CEO – could you tell us about that story? (10:16)</li><li>You’ve always been a disruptor with your businesses, but as this disruptive native always been within you and how did it manifest itself? (13:43)</li><li>Did you find that leading teams in the US and Australia were different to ones in the UK, and if so, how did you adapt your leadership style? (15:21)</li><li>What has your funding journey been like? (19:25)</li><li>You touch on female funding in your own podcast, have you been shocked at the stories you’ve heard on the podcast and in the female entrepreneurs you come across? (23:10)</li><li>Have you noticed an improvement since you first started fundraising to now? (25:41)</li><li>Do we need to change the relationship and view of failure, and did you notice a difference in the attitudes towards failure between the US and elsewhere? (31:47)</li><li>What are your thoughts on the trend of companies raising a lot of money, with wild valuations, before even turning a profit? (37:48)</li><li>The Good News Postcard: What is the hardest challenge you've ever faced as a business? (42:06)</li><li>What makes a great business leader? (43:28)</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Thanks to Oscar from the Jill Dando News for bringing us The Good News Postcard this week. Get your dose of positive news by visiting <a href=\"https://goodnewspost.co.uk/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Good News Post</a>, a website collated by hundreds of young people aged 8 to 18 in the UK. They've written real-life “news that’s good for you”, covering people, animals, stories to cheer people up, and tips to make lives better.</p><p><br></p><p>Be sure to subscribe to the podcast and the <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSYMiQAiikesqqT_uel9aEA\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Business Leader YouTube channel</a> for more interviews with some of the world’s leading business figures.</p>","author_name":"Business Leader"}