How can you empower working moms and bootstrap a platform?

After facing initial rejection from investors, she bootstrapped a platform with her own money that provides resources and a supportive peer community to empower working women and Moms. In this conversation, Alexandrea Badea, founder of She is Mom, shares:

How networking is key to finding mentors who can help you grow your business
not to limit yourself by only looking for people with similar backgrounds or experiences as yours; instead, look for people who have different perspectives and experiences that could benefit your business in some way
the importance of building relationships with potential mentors before asking them for help or advice
shared her experience of creating an online community

Show highlights:

- 1:05 – call for Ukrainian Moms, what resources are you providing them?
- 3:18 – do these services give guidance on starting an SRL? (LLC)
- 5:17 – outside of Romania, do you get visitors to the platform from other countries?
- 7:30 – what tips would you share to improve one’s soft skills?
- 11:04 – what are some countries where people are more outgoing?
- 13:28 – when was your ‘aha’ moment and decided to create SheisMom?
- 16:55 – did you try to get investment and if so what was that experience like?
- 18:22 – how many mentors are on the platform?
- 19:18 – how many different professions?
- 20:22 – what does the process look like for people joining the platform?
- 22:38 – if you could have one super power, what would it be?


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