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Maeve Wang, the Founder and CEO of footwear firm IAMBIC, joins Jill Martin Wrenn from New York to share how her company uses AI to create custom-fit shoes. Maeve also reveals the books that inspired her entrepreneurial journey. You can learn more about IAMBIC here.

How Maeve Wang wants to transform the footwear industry with AI

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How Maeve Wang wants to transform the footwear industry with AI

Maeve Wang, the Founder and CEO of footwear firm IAMBIC, joins Jill Martin Wrenn from New York to share how her company uses AI to [...]

November 30, 2023

Jill Martin Wrenn

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Ukrainian fintech exec Hanna Khrystianovych on building community away from home

Ukrainian fintech executive Hanna Khrystianovych tells Jill Martin Wrenn how she moved her family from Ukraine to Sweden at the start of the war. [...]

October 19, 2023

Jill Martin Wrenn

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How Alla Ouvarova inspires the next generation of entrepreneurs

Entrepreneur and mentor Alla Ouvarova shares how she inspires aspiring business founders through her Future Female Entrepreneur initiative. Founder and CEO of Two Chicks, a [...]

September 22, 2023

Jill Martin Wrenn

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Entrepreneur and football fan Kate Daly talks about changing the game for women in sport and tech

Kate Daly, co-founder of the law tech scale-up amicable, joins Jill Martin Wrenn from London to talk about what's next for women's sports after the [...]

August 24, 2023

Jill Martin Wrenn

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How to Build a Village Wimbledon Special 2023

Tennis journalist and author Simon Cambers joins Jill Martin Wrenn to share the stories behind the book he co-authored, The Roger Federer Effect: Rivals, Friends, [...]

July 1, 2023

Jill Martin Wrenn

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Boating enthusiast Stefanie Saleem shares how she inspires women to get behind the helm

Stefanie Saleem joins Jill Martin Wrenn from Tampa, Florida, where she is breaking down barriers on the water. The author of the book, Black Girls [...]

June 22, 2023

Jill Martin Wrenn

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