Laura YoungsonHow to tell your investors you are pregnant…It’s the 21st century but still, when I mention to some of my peers and colleagues that I’m pregnant and I need to tell my investors…4 min read·Mar 21, 2022----
Laura YoungsonMaternity Leave and Pre-Revenue Startups: What’s the etiquette these days?By month three, I definitely realised I’d been doing it wrong. Friends who had taken maternity leave from large corporates were blissfully…4 min read·Mar 1, 2021----
Laura YoungsonFinance Fridays: The Financial Model edition.“With every great entrepreneurial moment comes great spreadsheets”. (Or something).4 min read·Dec 21, 2020----
Laura YoungsonLet the customers do the talking…or breakingLast week, I had the rush of excitement that comes from seeing Ida products being worn in the wild. Admittedly, this one took a while to…6 min read·Dec 13, 2020----
Laura YoungsonIf 2020 taught me anything, it’s that contingencies matter…I thought I was already pretty good at adding contingencies to plans. It wasn’t just that I’d plan for alternate outcomes, it’s that I…4 min read·Dec 7, 2020----
Laura YoungsonSocial change is for life, not just one day in MarchLast night I spoke to the students of Ormond College before formal hall and shared my thoughts on why we still need an International…3 min read·Mar 8, 2018----
Laura YoungsonIs experience of life more important than a degree in a successful career?Last year I wrote a piece for Trevelyan College’s 50th Anniversary and won the essay prize. Having just finished a Masters degree, I…7 min read·Nov 1, 2017----
Laura YoungsonChanging your perception of timeIn two weeks’ time, my colleagues and I pitch our startups to the world and graduate from our Masters of Entrepreneurship. The latter is…3 min read·Oct 9, 2017----
Laura YoungsonThree lessons I learnt from doing my first TEDx talkLast Tuesday, I was so stoked to speak at TEDxMelbourne’s, “Rebels, Revolutionaries and Us” event. The journey to my first TEDx talk (I’ve…4 min read·Sep 27, 2017----
