Welcome to Day 1: Interview with Lana Weal

“We’ve got to support each other more, because no one can do this alone. And the more that we do support each other and have collaboration over competition, the better the ecosystem will be as a whole.”
- Lana Weal, Market Mindfully 🌈

I just listened back to my interview with Adam Spencer for the podcast and upcoming doco Welcome to Day 1: The History of the Australian Startup Ecosystem - Where the story begins! 👩‍💻

I spoke to Adam at the end of 2021 contributing lessons and reflections from my short history in the startup ecosystem. 🚀

During the interview, I shared:
+ how I've supported thousands of companies with marketing and storytelling so they can make more impact 💥
+ my best advice for founders - have self belief and find the education you're looking for! 📚
+ what I think the startup ecosystem does well - collaboration over competition 💫
+ what we can work on - mental health and balance. Founders often have shiny object syndrome, the relentless fast-pace, and burnout are very real. 🧠

In 2018, I started out in startups drinking from the firehose at BlueChilli and I'm so grateful to have worked with so many inspiring people and startups across Australia and New Zealand. 🌏

For the past 18 months, I pinch myself on the daily as I get to support female founders through Atto to build scalable, sustainable and independent businesses. I get to share my knowledge and I get inspired by what ambitious women can achieve. 🎯

Incredibly humbled to reflect on my privilege to do this work - and to listen to this on my first day back from a holiday! 🎧

Listen to the episode (and other eps with more epic startup peeps).