More than just mindset! What hurdles female founders really have to overcome

Anne has experienced start-ups, corporations and agencies from the inside and knows that the problem with most solo entrepreneurs is usually their mindset and lack of system. As the founder of What the Hype, she works as a business architect for solo CEOs and small teams: she challenges current business models, builds scalable structures and integrates AI where it really takes the pressure off. Without 80-hour weeks as a business plan. With teaching assignments for digital transformation in Hamburg and Berlin, she brings theory and entrepreneurial reality together. At the same time, she is building the 5pm club, an e-commerce brand in the functional food sector for more calm in the nervous system. Her credo: if you build smart, you don’t have to hustle.

With 20 years of experience at the interface of entrepreneurship, science and education, she designs spaces in which people and ideas can develop their full potential. As an Entrepreneurial Eco-System Architect, she stands for inclusivity, as an expert in entrepreneurship education she trains future changemakers and as a systemic coach she supports managers and teams in shaping the future. She combines entrepreneurship, design thinking and coaching into a powerful practice.

Sogol is not only the founder of myProtectify, but also a survivor of domestic violence. Her personal experiences are the starting point for her mission to support affected people with myProtectify and offer them long-term prospects. In addition to this deep motivation, Sogol also has sound business experience: She has worked at renowned companies such as Netflix as a team leader and at Airbus as HR Business Partner. She has already won several awards and prizes with myProtectify. Today, Sogol and her story are on many stages not only as a founder, but also as a voice for all those whose stories often go unheard. Her goal: to break a social taboo and initiate real change.

As an innovation and networking expert, Christine creates spaces in which genuine exchange takes place, perspectives come together and the future is boldly shaped. In her role as Head of Startup Port, she combines entrepreneurial thinking with strategic network building – and gets people, structures and decisions moving. She stands for innovation that is not just thought about, but lived – with clarity, attitude and a strong “let’s make it happen” energy