4. Maria Sipka (Co-Founder @Linqia): Connecting the Dots of Creativity and Consciousness

Maria Sipka was amongst the first to pioneer influencer marketing in early 2000 and the co-founder at Linqia - a leading enterprise technology company headquartered in San Francisco. At the age of 19, she founded her first company - a content marketing agency that grew to be one of Australia's most respected consultancies and from there she was part of the founding team at XING - today a $1.4B publicly traded company. Additionally, Maria has been recognized as one of the leading women in technology by Forbes and is a contributor to the Forbes Agency Council. Maria is passionate about Social Impact Storytelling based on the belief that all ideas start with two things, emotional connection, and inspired action.

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>>TIME FRAME<<

[0:41] About Maria

[2:10] Childhood influence

[7:33] First entrepreneurial endeavor as a teenager

[15:19] The big leap of moving to Europe

[18:56] How to make a big decision

[27:53] The origin of Linqia

[32:22] Biggest hardships as a founder

[35:28] Relationship between fear and failure

[37:52] Setting your mindset as a founder

[40:40] Speeding round

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>> ABOUT MARIA & STACEY <<

Connect with Maria and get to know Linqia.

Connect with Stacey through https://www.linkedin.com/in/stacey-lawson-204a3/

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>> MENTIONED IN THE EPISODE <<

1. Book: The Power of Unreasonable People: How Social Entrepreneurs Create Markets That Change the World - John Elkington, Pamela Hartigan

2. The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries Are Failing and What Can Be Done About It -  Paul Collier

3. Video: Dove Real Beauty Sketches: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=litXW91UauE

4. Tool: Insight Timer - Sarah Blondin.

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>> CONNECTED WITH 2TF <<

Second Time Founders (2TF) is founded on the belief that when founders create their second company, they choose to do things differently based on what they learned.

We at 2TF are committed to creating a space for founders to share knowledge, perspectives and resources that create positive changes in their consciousness, community, and the world. To do this, 2TF has developed an annual peer-focused forum to provide founders with the thought frameworks necessary for their success. Request an invitation here: https://lnkd.in/eSQemnH

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>> MUSIC <<

Quietly Confident Outlook - Stevens Grenga

Efficiency - Manuel Ochoa

Enjoy the Ride - Simon Pettersson