Join me as I interview Sabine Schoorl to learn how she uses her curiosity to uncover exceptional startup founders and investors to create exceptional impact.
Listen to the episode to discover how Sabine
- Challenges herself to keep learning 🤷🏻♀️
- Shares her recipe for successful female founders 👩🏻🔧
- Explains how a diverse ecosystem will attract better deal flow, the best talent, and the best investors 🫱🏼🫲🏾
To listen, click the play button below or search for “Women Disrupting Tech on Spotify, Apple, Goodpods, or on your favorite podcast player.
Using Curiosity to Find the Exceptional Impact of Exceptional People | Sabine Schoorl on Women Disrupting Tech – Women Disrupting Tech
The Magic You Can Expect in this Episode 🪄
When I would have only three words to describe his episode of Women Disrupting, these would be Exceptional, Curious, and Impact.
Because Sabine prides herself on being a learn-it-all investor. That requires curiosity and a continuous thirst to learn to ask better questions to get better answers.
As one of two women who are senior partners at LUMO Labs’ Rise Fund, her main objective is to help diverse teams of startup founders make an impact.
And, she wants to find exceptional people who use their diversity of thought and past experiences to build exceptional companies with exceptional impact.
Because Sabine says that modern leaders know that diversity isn’t a social responsibility. It’s the smart thing to do.
What makes this episode exceptional 🦄?
Sabine has an exceptional look at being the only woman in the room. When I ask her about her experiences with that in boardrooms and, later, as a startup founder, she tells me that she sees it as a positive differentiator.
She supports this with an anecdote from her first time at The Next Web Conference. She and her co-founder, Ingrid Tappin, had two cues lining up for their booth with interested people. When Sabine started looking around, she found they were the only female founders.
If you’re curious about how exceptional, curious people can make an impact, listen to episode 41 of Women Disrupting Tech with Sabine Schoorl; simply click the “Satisfy my curiosity!” button below.
About Sabine Schoorl, The LUMO Rise Fund, and LUMO Labs
Sabine Schoorl is a female startup founder who became a startup scout and impact investor. She is a learn-it-all investor with an incurable inclination to match people with opportunities.
As one of the Diverse Leaders in Tech, she is a woman passionate about creating impact through diversity, equity, and inclusion. And, as you’ll hear, she has a different view on being the only woman in the room. Sabine invites you to connect on LinkedIn.
About the LUMO Rise Fund
Sabine recently became a senior partner at the LUMO Rise Fund from LUMO Labs. LUMO Labs is an impact-driven multi-stage (pre-seed to series A) VC Fund. The fund invests in Europe and focuses on Emerging & Disruptive and deep-tech software technologies (AI, Data, Blockchain, IoT, Digital Security, and VR/AR.
They invest in ambitious purpose-driven companies that solve problems within at least four of the UN SDGs: Sustainable cities & Communities, Climate Action, Health & Wellbeing, and Quality Education.
About LUMO Labs
LUMO Labs loves to work with founders and investors with diverse backgrounds, intersectional life and work experiences, LGBTQ+, and other exceptional traits. In November 2023, they won the Fe+Male Tech Heroes Corporate Inclusion Award because of how they embedded DEI in their investments and inside the company.
On their website, you can learn more about how LUMO Labs can help your startup or how you can invest in the LUMO Rise Fund. And I invite you to follow them on LinkedIn, where they have quite an active presence.
What’s coming up?
Next Friday, I’ll re-release two early episodes of Women Disrupting Tech. I did not have an email list back then, so you might have missed them.
And stay tuned for some exceptional content that is coming up:
- An exciting episode on “Creating a safe space for your team”
- A series of podcasts with Female Role Models from Role It Out.
By the way, you can binge-listen to the entire inspiring archive of episodes with over 1,000 minutes of Women Disrupting Tech content I have published since September 2022 on Spotify, Google, Apple, or Goodpods.
Feedback? Let me know!
When you’ve finished listening to this episode of Women Disrupting Tech, I’d love to hear your thoughts about this episode.
So please do not hesitate to contact me via LinkedIn or email if you have any positive or negative feedback or if you would like to suggest a guest that I absolutely must have on the podcast.
Do You Want to Be a Male Ally
How do you get started with diversity, equity, and inclusion in tech when you’re a man?
Let me give you a few suggestions, courtesy of ChatGPT:
📚 Educate yourself about the topic.
👂🏻 Listen to underrepresented people and amplify their voices.
💪🏼 Support inclusive practices like fair compensation.
🫱🏼🫲🏾 Collaborate with DEI organizations and advocate for DEI within your company.
Sounds easy? Maybe not…
About 18 months ago, I was struggling with this as well. So, I started a podcast to interview women working in tech. I wanted to learn why there are so few of them. This podcast is called Women Disrupting Tech.
Since I started, I’ve interviewed 41 women about topics ranging from DEI in general to mental health and how to take care of chores like bookkeeping. My goal is to provide a platform to them so they can inspire other women to consider an education or a job in tech.
But my goal for 2024 is to have more men join the conversation as guests and members of the Women Disrupting Tech Community.
As a member, you’ll receive a free email every Friday. By reading it, you’ll learn something new about diversity in tech. Like how we can prevent the gender pay gap. Or how to start with DEI in a startup. The women I interview inspire you with their stories, help you understand their points of view, and advocate for them. Of course, I include links to the most recent podcast episode and the show notes for further reading and education.
So, it is an excellent way to start educating yourself. But reading the newsletter and listening to the podcast also ticks other boxes on the list. Because you can amplify their voices to other people in your network by sharing the articles. And with the wisdom these women share, you can support inclusive practices in your company.
Ultimately, that’s good for business and gets you karma points. All of that for free.
To join the Women Disrupting Tech Community, enter your best email address below.
And with that, I wish you an exceptional day, and keep being awesome!
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