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…Mar 21, 2022Mar 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…Mar 1, 2021Mar 1, 2021
Laura YoungsonFinance Fridays: The Financial Model edition.“With every great entrepreneurial moment comes great spreadsheets”. (Or something).Dec 21, 2020Dec 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…Dec 13, 2020Dec 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…Dec 7, 2020Dec 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…Mar 8, 2018Mar 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…Nov 1, 2017Nov 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…Oct 9, 2017Oct 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…Sep 27, 2017Sep 27, 2017
