The Unipreneurs Podcast

In this episode, we dig deep into how to get your venture off the ground, revealing who your customers really are, building a valuable platform, and overcoming imposting syndrome. Alexa Edström is interviewing special guest Varika Pinnam, co-founder of ThinkIDA - Ideate Act Decide, a web and mobile app to connect underrepresented, female founders to mentors, funding, and resources on a membership basis. Varika is currently a student at the University of Texas at Dallas, studying marketing and computer science while working on her venture outside of school. Her previous internship experience inspired her to jump into entrepreneurial waters after getting involved with an entrepreneurship event on campus. Do you have a recommendation for a student founder we should interview? They can be located anywhere in the world! Send us an email at info@unipreneurs.com as we would love to hear your recommendations and feedback.Follow us on Instagram @Unipreneurs and find us on Facebook and LinkedIn at Unipreneurs Network.Helpful links:Unipreneurs: https://www.unipreneurs.com/ThinkIDA: https://www.thinkida.com/ Other things mentioned:Real statistics on family-run businesses as discussed - we mentioned the wrong number in our interviewThe playing cards mentionedTechstarsVenture for America

In this episode, we dig deep into knowing when you have found a passion that you can create into a venture, how to get started and receive crucial initial support, and not being afraid to dive into a saturated industry such as beauty.In this podcast episode, Alexa Edström is interviewing special guest Selah (Rui) Li, the CEO and co-founder of Ellure. As lipstick addicts, they had plenty to discuss, but you will love this episode even if you are not into cosmetics because Selah’s journey is truly inspiring. Selah Li grew up in China and studied a bachelors in industrial engineering at Tongji University where she did an exchange semester in Germany and ultimately decided to pursue her masters in Sweden. During her masters studies, she found herself on a journey into tackling cosmetics consumption and started her own 3D printed cosmetics venture together with Marc and Jasmin. Together, they are shaking up the beauty world. For more information check out www.ellure.seGet 10% off your own customized lipstick with the code UNIPRENEURS upon checkout (valid until Sep 30th, 2020)Do you have a recommendation for a student founder we should interview? They can be located anywhere in the world! Send us an email at info@unipreneurs.com as we would love to hear your recommendations and feedback.Follow us on Instagram @Unipreneurs and find us on Facebook and LinkedIn at Unipreneurs Network.Helpful links:Unipreneurs: https://www.unipreneurs.com/Ellure: https://www.ellure.se/

On today’s podcast episode, Alexa is joined by Emma Lindholm as a co-host. Emma is the co-director of Unipreneurs network and currently a student at Karolinska University Hospital. They are SO EXCITED to be interviewing a very special guest – Malin Frithiofsson.In this episode, we talk about Malin’s unconventional journey that landed her a job within venture capital. Malin currently works at Chalmers Ventures, part of Chalmers University, where her role is Head of Community Management. She was awarded the Ecosystem Here of the year by the Nordic Startup Awards in 2019 and also happens to be a published author with her own poetry book, a public speaker, and an equality expert.This episode digs deep into the topic of being a woman in the startup and VC worlds and how men can be our allies to create a more inclusive community. Malin hits us with the facts and really educated us on what the current situation looks like, what research has proven, and how we can move forward.In Malin's words: "Women make up 50% of the human population. Still, women own only about 9% of all startup Equity and received less then 1% of all venture capital in Sweden last year. Across the world, substantially more patents are given to men and substantially more men found companies and hold seats in company boards. A world innovated, built, and owned by men is also most likely to be built for men – something that is showing with the rising occurence of gendered products and services."Follow Malin's journey:Web: https://www.malinfrithiofsson.comLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/malin-frithiofsson/Other great people/things mentioned:Follow or email Malin for links via her websiteMark Conley's research https://www.researchgate.net/publication/335679671_We_Ask_Men_to_Win_and_Women_Not_to_Lose_Closing_the_Gender_Gap_in_Startup_FundingWe recorded this during Create Squared in March 2020 and have been on a break since. Episodes will continue regularly again throughout the rest of 2020.Do you have a recommendation for a student founder we should interview? They can be located anywhere in the world! Send us an email at info@unipreneurs.com as we would love to hear your recommendations and feedback.Follow us on Instagram @Unipreneurs and find us on Facebook and LinkedIn at Unipreneurs Network.Our website: https://www.unipreneurs.com/Link to join our slack channel (expires on August 29th 2020): https://join.slack.com/t/unipreneursworkspace/shared_invite/zt-g0h7t9uf-kzYXOMn6ghQ3rXk4fKA1aw