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Stemettes Say What?

What are the challenges faced in entrepreneurship?

Season 1, Ep. 6

In Episode 6, Head Stemette and CEO Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon and co-host Carla Rosario return to tackle another big question. This week it is: what are the challenges faced in entrepreneurship? Joining the hosts is Rachael Twumasi-Corson, CEO of Afrocenchix, to share her personal story and break down the science of entrepreneurship.


For more information and Rachael and her work, visit www.afrocenchix.com.


Find out more about Stemettes and this podcast at https://stemettes.org/podcast/. You can follow @Stemettes on Twitter, Instagram and TikTok, as well as on Linkedin. We have a newsletter that you can join too: bit.ly/StemettesNewsletter. 


Join us at our next Stemettes event: www.stemettes.org/events


On the importance of mentorship: https://stemettes.org/zine/articles/how-important-is-mentorship-ideas-from-a-panel-of-experts/ 

On whether it’s hard being a woman in STEM: https://stemettes.org/zine/articles/is-it-always-hard-being-a-woman-in-the-workplace-doing-stem/ 

On internships for your future career: https://stemettes.org/zine/articles/how-important-is-an-internship-for-your-future-career/ 


Produced by Sarah Myles and assisted by Christopher Mitchell for Unedited. 

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