#16 - Ieva Dvilinskiene (FlowSpace) on building the future of flexible work, raising money from Antler startup program & challenges female founders face

Ieva is a marketer with a decorated career in product branding. We meet, however, to talk about her 180-degree career change - deciding to become an entrepreneur and joining Antler VC London cohort. After successfully graduating from the program and raising investment Ieva currently is in charge of growth at FlowSpace - a marketplace she has co-founded where teams meet co-working spaces in London. 

An insightful conversation follows. What questions to ask in order to find the right business partners? What the future of work looks like? As well as how to manage family & career and why it is different for female founder? We also came up with at least 2 legit new business ideas in this podcast

The topics covered in this episode (with Timestamps)

[2:00] Becoming an entrepreneur via a startup acceleration program

• Questions to ask your prospective co-founders (or any people you plan to work with)
• The difference between a hard-working employee and a hard-working entrepreneur is an obsession
• How to make a financial plan before jumping into entrepreneurship
• How to pick the best accelerator program to start your entrepreneurship journey
• To start with Antler (antler.co) you don't neither a business idea nor a co-founders team
• That the right order for establishing a team is chemistry, values, and only the business idea
• To have hard conversations with potential cofounders about motivation, financial outlook, and some polarizing issues that can harm your team chemistry

[31:20] How does the future of work look like 

• The 15-minute city concept
• How 3 types of work organization based on team specifics - Fully remote, hybrid, and fully back to the office will play out
• The future of work and life includes greater engagement with local communities around your home
• With flexible workspaces, you can do “office-crawling” to keep your environment interesting

[57:50] Women in tech

• The inner and outer challenges female founders face
• How to be open about family plans with your team and investors
• How not to overthink family planning and take career decisions without hesitation

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