Episode 157: With Sahar Hashemi

Regular listeners will know that we often slip ’the patriarchy’ into the conversation around what holds us back. From diet culture keeping us hungry while feeding our self-loathing; to medical misogyny. So it’s a privilege really to have entrepreneur Sahar Hashemi on the podcast this week. Sahar has smashed through many a ceiling and is still busy opening lots of doors for women: she founded Coffee Republic - three years before Starbucks landed on our shores; for the past couple of years, she’s been putting her considerable energy into spotlighting women-owned businesses with her Buy Women Built movement; asking the question: why do we only hear about the men? Did you know that a 81% of 11-18-year olds are unable to name one single female entrepreneur? She’s out to change all that. We talked about why women are natural entrepreneurs and how good it feels to be able to put our money where our mouth is and support the sisterhood…. www.buywomenbuilt.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices