The Future of Making Millions (in your 20s, 30s, 40s & 50s) | Debbie Wosskow

Jimmy's Jobs of the Future

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Technology, Business, Careers

5 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2024

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Jimmy's Jobs of the Future, Jimmy interviews Debbie Wosskow OBE, a visionary entrepreneur who has successfully built and sold multiple businesses. Debbie shares her journey from founding her first company at age 25 to launching Love Home Swap and Better Menopause. This episode has valuable insights into the challenges and strategies of entrepreneurship, sharing the secret tricks to networking, fundraising, and female leadership. Debbie delves into the significant impact of gut health on women's hormones, especially during menopause, and her mission to support women's economic empowerment in midlife. This episode covers balancing ambition with personal well-being, the transformative role of theater, and the new markers of success over time. Tune in for inspiring stories, professional advice, and personal anecdotes from one of Britain's leading business figures. 00:00 Introduction and Recent Guests 00:19 Debbie Wosskow: A Journey of Entrepreneurship 01:25 Building Love Home Swap 02:00 Creating Albright and Empowering Women 02:17 Insights on Female Entrepreneurship 03:21 Debbie's Entrepreneurial Arc 05:09 Challenges and Solutions in Female Funding 09:13 The Importance of Networking 09:52 The Impact of the Pandemic on Women's Careers 15:56 Debbie's New Venture: Better Menopause 23:16 Facing Public Scrutiny 25:02 Advice for Young Female Entrepreneurs 25:57 The Three G's of Success 26:44 Grace Under Pressure 27:13 The Importance of Grit 29:05 Balancing Work and Personal Life 30:30 The Role of Philosophy and Theology 33:22 Creative Pursuits and Personal Interests 38:11 Challenges for Female Entrepreneurs 39:43 The Impact of Technology on Workload 40:35 Channel 4 and the Power of TV 43:14 Advice for Aspiring Entrepreneurs 44:25 Theater and Its Transformative Power 46:50 Burnout and the Birth of Better Menopause ********** Follow us on socials! Instagram: instagram.com/jimmysjobs Tiktok: tiktok.com/@jimmysjobsofthefuture Twitter / X: twitter.com/JimmyM Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/jimmy-mcloughlin-obe/ Want to come on the show? [email protected] Sponsor the show or Partner with us: [email protected] Credits: Host / Exec Producer: Jimmy McLoughlin OBE Producer: Sunny Winter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Thanks for checking back in with Jimmy's jobs to the future. I am definitely feeling the pressure
0:04.9	having interviewed Lionel Barber, Amazon and Nick Clegg in the last few weeks to keep up this great list of guests.
0:12.6	I'm pleased to say we are joined by one today in Debbie Roscoe,
0:16.1	but we'd love to hear from you and we'd love to hear your ideas on guests.
0:19.8	This episode is particularly personal to me because Debbie was one of the first entrepreneurs
0:24.3	I ever really met in my early 20s when she was the founder of Love Home Swop.
0:29.7	I was a very small investor in her business through the MMC Growth Generation Fund.
0:34.8	Being part of that fund opened me up to a whole world of entrepreneurship that I didn't realize
0:39.5	existed at that moment and it has literally been one of the key moments in my career and
0:44.8	has led me down this path. So this feels a rather full circle moment.
0:51.0	How many people have built a multi-million pound business in their 20s?
0:55.0	Then another in their 30s.
0:58.0	And another one in their 40s.
1:01.0	Before the Fame and the OBE's, Debbie Waskow was already building.
1:06.8	At 15, she won her first award from Young Enterprise for a scrunchy business.
1:17.5	She got a taste for success. Just 10 years later at 25 she co-founded Mantra PR which sold for millions in just six years. By 35, already a seasoned
1:27.9	entrepreneur, she took a flight with her family and saw the holiday playing on board. Instead of relaxing she turned the film into a
1:36.5	reality creating Love Home Swap, the world's number one home swapping platform. The big players couldn't ignore her and
1:44.8	sure enough six years later love home swap was sold to Windham one of the largest
1:50.8	hotel chains in the world for 53 million pounds.
1:55.9	In 2018 at 44 Debbie was ready to go again.
2:00.2	This time she found it all right
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