The Here She Is Podcast features interviews with female, male and transgender leaders about how women can reach their full potential. Here She Is was founded by three sisters - Julia, Sarah and Ronja Wagner, who are based out of San Francisco, Frankfurt and Munich and have lived in a total of 16 countries. Our joint conclusion for life and work? Women undersell themselves, don't think big enough, and don't line up enough support. The HSI podcast shares the stories and voices of role models who show what is possible, inspire and give actionable advice. We share diverse perspectives to create understanding, support and break down bias.
Leah Edwards - Infinite business models for creative founders
“Sometimes people aren’t aware that there are almost infinite business models.” This week’s interview is between Julia and Leah Edwards. Leah is a Partner at Pegasus Tech Ventures, a Mentor, Educator and Coach. She has a history as a successful serial co-founder of Enterprise Software, Marketing Automation and Sustainability companies. She started her career as a founding member of the digital marketing platform Post Communications, which sold for $380M within two years. In this H...
23 Mar 2021
Hope Timberlake - Speak up, damn it!
"Flip your inner script and channel your rock star." This week’s interview is between Julia and Hope Timberlake. Hope is a speaker, trainer and author of, "Speak Up, Damnit! Raise Your Voice, Uplevel Your Presence and Make Yourself Heard." Her training focuses on persuasive messaging, relationship building, executive presence and developing others. Hope is particularly passionate about elevating and amplifying women and underrepresented voices. In the conversation, they discuss strategies to ...
8 Mar 2021
IWD 2021: Margaret Burgraff, Silicon Valley technology executive chooses to challenge with an exit plan
On the occasion of celebrating women internationally on March 8 (#IWD2021 #choosetochallenge), we reach into our archives and present to you one of most popular Here She Is (HSI) episodes, a conversation between Julia and Margaret Burgraff. Margaret, a tech executive from Silicon Valley, is the sole provider of a family of four and fulfilled her dream of a personal ‘exit’ (aka retirement) in her early 40s. Blood in Margaret’s veins runs green. As a proud Irish woman, she a...
8 Dec 2020
Lindy Fishburne on bold women and the power of capital
“Younger female entrepreneurs know they don’t need someone to give them permission.” This week’s interview is with Lindy Fishburne of Breakout Labs, a fund within the Thiel Foundation that supports early-stage companies as they transition radical scientific discoveries out of the lab and into the market. Lindy is one of three Managing Partners who are coincidentally female and tend to invest in more female CEOs than most non-female specific funds out there. Lindy’s take: Capital in the hands ...
22 Nov 2020
Estelle Reyes on leveraging diverse talent to boost an inclusive green economy
On the occasion of #NoWasteNovember, we have an interview with Estelle Reyes of LACI, the Los Angeles CleanTech Incubator, where she is responsible for Community Enhancement. Julia and her talk about LACI’s work to unlock innovation for an inclusive green economy, including clean energy, low emission transport and smart sustainable cities. We will hear about how LACI supports underrepresented groups at different stages of the entrepreneurial journey, and how they make use of art as a bridge b...
3 Aug 2020
German Top Business Executive Hiltrud Werner on creating an ethical culture and staying calm in the face of public attention
This week’s interview is between Sarah and Hiltrud Werner, the Head of Integrity and Legal Affairs at Volkswagen. In this role, she is part of the leadership for the single biggest German company by revenue in 2019, and she is one of only 28 women with a management board position at the 30 biggest German publicly traded companies. In the conversation, they discuss how she stayed calm during the Dieselgate crisis, if ethics should be a female-lead portfolio, if there is a right time to become ...
7 Apr 2020
Oxford equality law expert Helen Mountfield on what is missing to bridge the gender gap
Today’s interview is led by Sarah, and was originally recorded in Oxford, England, in August 2019. She is interviewing Helen Mountfield, a British barrister and legal scholar, specializing in administrative, human rights and equality law. Helen is the Principal of Mansfield College, of the University of Oxford, since 2018. In their conversation, they talk about the role of law in advancing gender equality, why men should display a quality of humble inquiry and making sure women feel entitled ...
2 Feb 2020
Alexander de Croo - Deputy Prime Minister of Belgium and author of "The age of women - Why feminism also liberates men"
Today’s interview is a conversation between Sarah and Alexander de Croo, the deputy Prime Minister of Belgium and the Minister of Finance. He is also the author of a book called “The age of women - Why feminism also liberates men”. In the conversation, they talk about his motivation behind a book attempting to advance gender equality, the danger of viewing feminism as a zero-sum game and the role of gender norming and religion. They also discuss why he considers Scandinavia a role model and h...
9 Dec 2019
Kathryn Kellogg with easy steps for a waste free lifestyle and being a zerowaste entrepreneur
This episode is presented to you in collaboration with Global Shapers Palo Alto as part of our Voice for the Planet initiative, which is calling for a new deal between our planet and nature, starting with individual behavior change. It is supported by organizations such as the World Economic Forum, Worldwide Fund for Nature and United Nations Development Program. Please take 1 minute and go to bit.ly/voicefortheplanet to take the pledge and commit to one change you will make to your life.&nbs...
25 Nov 2019
Annie Gullingsrud on designing for sustainability, digital infrastructure and choices that proof integrity
Today's conversation is lead by Julia and is a special episode for #NoWasteNovember with Annie Gullingsrud and in collaboration with Global Shapers Palo Alto, a World Economic Forum initiative. As part of our campaign, please take 1 minute and pledge to take personal action for our planet at http://bit.ly/voicefortheplanet Annie is a systems-based designer for the fashion industry, working on a digital birth certificate for garments called CircularID. In the conversation, they discuss ...
31 Oct 2019
Janet Tsao, Colonel within the 75th Innovation Command of the US Army, on who women can shine in the military.
Today’s episode is an interview between Julia and Janet Tsao, who is Colonel within the 75th Innovation Command of the US Army. She is based in Silicon Valley, where she does trend and innovation scouting. Being Chinese, as a child, she suffered from racial discrimination in her home country Burma, from where her family fled and arrived in the US with 15 dollars in her pocket. In our very candid conversation, she talks about being a woman and person of color in the US military and touches on ...
29 Sept 2019
Cecilia Malmstroem, EU Trade Commissioner on empowering women through international trade
This week, Sarah is interviewing Cecilia Malmström, a Swedish politician who has served as European Commissioner for Trade since 2014. In her function as Trade Commissioner, she is representing the EU in the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and other international trade fora and negotiates bilateral trade agreements between the EU and third countries. In our conversation, we talk about the challenges she has been facing as Commissioner, what role the EU should play in today’s changing w...
26 Sept 2019
Ryan Heath, journalist in Brussels, on what feminism can learn from the LGBTQ movement.
This week, Sarah is interviewing Ryan Heath, one of Brussels's best-known journalists, former Commission spokesperson and public advocate of diversity. In the conversation, they talk about how it feels growing up as a gay man in Australia, what feminism could learn from the LGBTQ movement and what men can do to empower women. You can read the transcript of this episode and more infos about female empowerment at www.here-she-is.com/ryan-heath
29 Aug 2019
Margaret Burgraff, Silicon Valley technology executive on following through with an exit plan to retire early
This week, Julia is interviewing Margaret Burgraff, a tech executive from Silicon Valley who, as the sole provider of a family of four, fulfilled her dream of a personal ‘exit’ (aka retirement) in her early 40s. Blood in Margaret’s veins runs green. As a proud Irish woman, she arrived in the US 20 years ago to start a successful career as a quality manager for firms such as Apple and Intel. In this very honest conversation, we talked about building competence while faking confidence, st...
29 Jul 2019
Ryan Carson, CEO of Treehouse, on building a diverse tech talent pipeline
A while ago, we from 'Here She Is' realized that in order to move the needle on diversity and inclusion, we have to get men on the table. Today we are honored to say: Here HE is: Ryan Carson. Ryan is the Co-Founder of Treehouse, which he founded together with his wife to bridge the tech talent gap with diverse talent and open the door to a successful career for thousands. In 2016 he signed the Diversity Pledge and in the process realized that his company was ‘majority white male’. Tod...
29 Jul 2019
Diva Tommei, CEO of Solenica, about her entrepreneurial journey from Silicon Valley to Rome
Did you know that we spend 90% of our time indoors? Diva Tommei from Rome is CEO of Solenica and inventor of the solar robot Caia, which brings natural light into your apartment. In our 'Here She Is' interview, we talked about how Silicon Valley's Singularity University sparked her desire to become an entrepreneur, how a hobby became a greater mission, why someone built her a temporary statue and how several big crises contributed to her resilience. Here she is: Diva Tommei.
29 Jul 2019
Neetal Parekh, CEO of Innov8Social, on social entrepreneurship and her journey
“It takes a decade to become an overnight success.” For this week’s interview, Julia got together with Neetal Parekh, CEO of Innov8Social and host of The Impact Podcast. Having moved globally more than 20 times growing up and being trained in law, she finally found her home and mission in the San Francisco Bay Area. Here she teaches and supports social entrepreneurship, via content, tools, and interactive ‘Impactathon’ events. In our conversation, we talked about the emerging ecosystem for s...
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