The Culture Coach

E004: Female Founders Rise: Burnout to balance, business, motherhood & funding female founders

The Culture Coach

Published: 31 March 2023 at 15:51 Europe/London

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E004 - Female Founders Rise: Burnout to balance, business, motherhood & funding female founders.

Emmie is a mum of four, board advisor, angel investor, growth and marketing expert and the founder of Female Founders Rise. She is a serial exited founder and entrepreneur, with over 20 years experience in running her own businesses across digital, marketing and tech.

Emmie has dreamt up and registered many business ideas over the years, fully running six to date. After suffering from burnout last summer, she has had a complete readjustment of her life and priorities; focussing on her health and wellbeing above all else and eliminating all sources of stress from her life. The upside of burnout was this life overhaul, that led her to creating more space and time for joy and fun activities just for her, including joining a choir and trying ecstatic dance.

She explains why she left a ‘dream’ job at Google after just six weeks, and why she knew it was time to leave. She believes in the importance of intuition and listening to her gut instinct, despite not always doing so in the past.

She discusses how juggling businesses, motherhood and consulting work, combined with long covid led to burnout. She explains how, despite her husband sharing childcare responsibilities, the default from the children’s schools is ‘email the mum’ and that the lion’s share of caring for children and family members is usually placed on women.

She reveals the why behind her newest project Female Founders Rise, a community created to help more women get funding for their businesses. At the moment just 2% of funding goes to female founders, and often women are judged on their track record performance, while men are judged on their potential. She started Female Founders Rise to address this inequality, champion women and build a safe, supportive community.

Emmie believes that a good workplace culture stems from good leadership and good management, and making sure there are checks and balances in place on managers and bosses, to make sure they are really supporting the people that report to them.

TOPICS COVERED:

About Emmie

Changing your life after burnout

Leaving a ‘dream’ job at Google

The extra load and expectations placed on women

The challenges of motherhood and business

Prioritising health and wellbeing over everything

Just 2% of funding goes to female founders

The mission behind Female Founders Rise

What makes a toxic culture?

What makes a great culture?

What is your ultimate tip for creating cultural change?