Episode 01: Billie Quinlan
Career Transitions, Rebuilding Confidence and Changing the Narrative
This week’s guest is Billie Quinlan, co-founder and CEO of Ferly, the #femtech app everyone is talking about.
In this episode we cover career transitions and how Ferly came about, Billie’s tips for imposter syndrome, co-founder relationships and making an app commercially viable. We also discuss mental health, managing a high performance team and the concept of a growth mindset.
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Chapters:
00:00 Chapter 1: The Catalyst That Changed Everything
13:05 Chapter 2: Billie's Corporate Escape
19:40 Chapter 3: Imposter Syndrome & Future Truths
27:53 Chapter 4: Co-Founder Relationships
34:50 Chapter 5: Ferly's Mission, Shame, Pleasure and Breaking Taboos
45:55 Chapter 6: How You Make An App Commercially Viable
01:01:48 Chapter 8: Managing A High Performance Team
01:06:55 Chapter 9: Closing Note on Growth Mindset
Episode resources:
Zinc VC - https://www.zinc.vc
Escape The City - https://www.escapethecity.org
Code First Girls - https://www.codefirstgirls.org.uk
Zero to One by Peter Thiel - https://amzn.to/2jTPu1u
Deep Work by Cal Newport - https://amzn.to/2luSjq4
Connect with Billie Quinlan:
Billie’s Tedx Talk - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXuWmuoc1X0
Find out more about Ferly:
Connect with your host, Frankie Cotton:
https://twitter.com/frankiecotton_
https://www.instagram.com/frankiecotton_