Managing a startup and a family – Louise Webster, Beyond the School Run, founder

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🗓️ 25 March 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Louise Webster, founder of Beyond the School Run, discusses the challenges of balancing parenthood with launching a business, why parents need to be given resources and support to ensure they can thrive as entrepreneurs and how Covid radically reshaped the world of work for the better.

Beyond the School Run is a network for parent entrepreneurs offering networking, training and guidance on the difficult journey of managing a business and a family. Webster discusses why being a parent can actually make someone a better founder and offers words of wisdom for mums and dads with creative ideas who don't know where to start.

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0:00.0	I think COVID's really helped level the playing field, open opportunities up. So yes, 100%. I think it's made an incredible change in both mindsets.
0:19.3	Our children are our greatest teachers.
0:22.1	So I think really a founder's journey
0:24.6	or when you're growing business
0:25.7	is a lot of it is about your own growth
0:27.9	and a lot of that shows up
0:29.4	during the parenting journey.
0:33.8	The biggest tip I could give
0:36.5	is to go out and meet people 100%.
0:38.3	And that's why it's the right type.
0:40.3	If you have really young children, it's very hard to go out and know which right events to go to.
0:49.3	From the first time founders to the funds that back them, innovation needs different.
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1:03.0	creating meaningful connections and opening up a world of opportunity for entrepreneurs and investors alike.
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1:21.3	Hello and welcome to the UKTM podcast, a weekly chat with the movers and shakers of the UK tech
1:29.2	industry and the destination for all things UK tech related. I'm your host, Jane Waitfield,
1:35.8	and today I'm joined by Louise Webster, the founder of Beyond the School Run, an organisation set up
1:41.8	to help budding entrepreneurs who happen to be parents. Welcome, Louise.
1:46.4	Thank you very much. I'm very excited to be here. Now, I can't help but notice I'm talking to you at
1:51.5	2pm, which is a bit of a golden hour for parents, isn't it? It's kind of the last opportunity
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