IWD Special - Izzy Obeng - Inclusive Innovation: Educating women and young people in enterprise

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🗓️ 11 March 2022

⏱️ 11 minutes

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This is one in a short series of episodes, taking a look back at some of the amazing female entrepreneurs we’ve had on the podcast in celebration of International Women’s Day. Izzy Obeng wanted to see the community around her reach its full potential, as the CEO of Foundervine she is able to get more women and young people into enterprise through its educational programs. She hopes for more inclusive innovation with more awareness for marginalised groups being pushed to the forefront of the global consciousness. Subscribe so you don't miss any new episodes, releasing every Wednesday.You can sign up to Jimmy's Substack here for weekly content on the future of work, technology, and politicsFor more information on partnering with us please visit our partnerships page here.Also make sure you subscribe to The Shift, you can find it here on Spotify or on Apple Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Heard about Magpie, the vegan pie truck that needed a bit of help from GoDaddy.
0:03.3	One day the owners are like,
0:04.8	this business hasn't reached this potential.
0:07.0	And the other one goes,
0:08.0	we need a bigger piece of the pie.
0:09.8	And then it hits her.
0:11.1	We need GoDaddy.
0:12.0	Look, we can get it the main name and create an online store
0:14.8	so we can sell to more customers.
0:16.8	Now they've gone from serving a couple of pies
0:19.0	to a vlogging nationwide.
0:20.8	And now everyone's like,
0:22.2	vegan pies are the new thing around here.
0:25.0	Wait, know me!
0:26.4	Till the next step on your business journey with GoDaddy.
0:35.9	Today's highlight episode to celebrate International Women's Day
0:39.6	is with Izzy O'Bank.
0:41.6	Izzy was one of the most impressive entrepreneurs that I met during my time
0:46.1	in Tendown Extreme.
0:48.1	She created FoundaVine because she wanted to see the community
0:52.7	around her reach its full potential.
0:55.6	FoundaVine exists to promote
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