EP49 Amone Gbedemah's guest appearances

EP49 Amone Gbedemah

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Jess Ratcliffe

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Maria Purcell

Today’s guests are the incredibly talented duo and co-founders of The Hood, Amone Gbedemah and Maria Purcell. Amone and Maria met as colleagues at Facebook, before founding The Hood earlier this year, and are on a mission to ‘redesign the world with women in mind’. The first of their ventures has been to create a new pathway for girls to navigate and celebrate their periods.Part journal, part guide, Girlhood invites girls to capture their unique story of growing up while providing information and insights about the changes their bodies go through during puberty.In this episode, we talk about how Amone and Maria prepared for and ran a successful kickstarter campaign, despite launching just a week before the UK Covid-19 lockdown. And though Amone is the adrenaline lover of the two, Maria raised the stakes by doubling the kickstarter target just before launch.Was this a crazy idea? Perhaps, but motivated by young girls not having peer support at school, the period journal was more important than ever.Amone ends by telling us her perspective on launching a new business or project: “Just say yes and lean in. You never know where an opportunity is going to take you.”This conversation was recorded on 5th August 2020. I hope you enjoy listening!Tweet us! https://twitter.com/TheWotPodDM us! https://www.instagram.com/thewotpod/Or hop over to Facebook https://www.facebook.com/thewotpodEpisode Resources:https://wearethehood.com/We are the Hood Journals - https://wearethehood.com/shopWe are the Hood Downloadables - https://wearethehood.com/free-period-trackerBloody Good Period - https://www.bloodygoodperiod.com/Red Box Project: http://redboxproject.org/Connect with Amone Gbedemah:LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/amonegbedemah/Connect with Maria Purcell:Twitter - https://twitter.com/mariayesufu?lang=enInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/mariapurcell/LinkedIn - https://uk.linkedin.com/in/mariapurcellConnect with your host Frankie Cotton:https://frankiecotton.comhttps://twitter.com/FrankieCotton_https://www.instagram.com/frankiecotton_/This episode was sound edited by Beth Davison https://www.bethdavison.com/. Women On Top is a Let’s Be Frank production. https://letsbefrank.co

Today’s guests are the incredibly talented duo and co-founders of <a href="https://wearethehood.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Hood</a>, Amone Gbedemah and Maria Purcell. Amone and Maria met as colleagues at Facebook, before founding The Hood earlier this year, and are on a mission to ‘redesign the world with women in mind’. The first of their ventures has been to create a new pathway for girls to navigate and celebrate their periods. Part journal, part guide, Girlhood invites girls to capture their unique story of growing up while providing information and insights about the changes their bodies go through during puberty. In this episode, we talk about how Amone and Maria prepared for and ran a successful kickstarter campaign, despite launching just a week before the UK Covid-19 lockdown. And though Amone is the adrenaline lover of the two, Maria raised the stakes by doubling the kickstarter target just before launch. Was this a crazy idea? Perhaps, but motivated by young girls not having peer support at school, the period journal was more important than ever. Amone ends by telling us her perspective on launching a new business or project: “Just say yes and lean in. You never know where an opportunity is going to take you.” This conversation was recorded on 5th August 2020. I hope you enjoy listening! Tweet us! <a href="https://twitter.com/TheWotPod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/TheWotPod</a> DM us! <a href="https://www.instagram.com/thewotpod/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/thewotpod/</a> Or hop over to Facebook <a href="https://www.facebook.com/thewotpod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/thewotpod</a> Episode Resources:<ul><li><a href="https://wearethehood.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://wearethehood.com/</a></li><li>We are the Hood Journals - <a href="https://wearethehood.com/shop" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://wearethehood.com/shop</a></li><li>We are the Hood Downloadables - <a href="https://wearethehood.com/free-period-tracker" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://wearethehood.com/free-period-tracker</a></li><li>Bloody Good Period - <a href="https://www.bloodygoodperiod.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.bloodygoodperiod.com/</a></li><li>Red Box Project: <a href="http://redboxproject.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://redboxproject.org/</a></li></ul> Connect with Amone Gbedemah: LinkedIn - <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/amonegbedemah/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/amonegbedemah/</a> Connect with Maria Purcell: Twitter - <a href="https://twitter.com/mariayesufu?lang=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/mariayesufu?lang=en</a> Instagram - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/mariapurcell/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/mariapurcell/</a> LinkedIn - <a href="https://uk.linkedin.com/in/mariapurcell" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://uk.linkedin.com/in/mariapurcell</a> Connect with your host Frankie Cotton: <a href="https://frankiecotton.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://frankiecotton.com</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/FrankieCotton_" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/FrankieCotton_</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/frankiecotton_/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/frankiecotton_/</a> This episode was sound edited by Beth Davison <a href="https://www.bethdavison.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.bethdavison.com/</a>. Women On Top is a Let’s Be Frank production. <a href="https://letsbefrank.co" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://letsbefrank.co</a>

EP49 Amone Gbedemah and Maria Purcell on Kickstarter Campaigns, Periods and Leaning In