Oh! She Can Drive

About Oh! She Can Drive

She's not waiting. She's driving ⚡️ Conversations on building, ambition & identity For women shaping what’s next Hosted by Hourea, this is where founder stories meet real business thinking. Each episode features unfiltered conversations with women building companies, careers and influence - and the decisions, trade-offs, and realities behind it. New episodes every other Tuesday. 💙 Subscribe and follow: Instagram: @ohshecandrive TikTok: @ohshecandrive

Publisher

Hourea

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

28 Apr 2025

Latest episode

13 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

40 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   13 Oct 2026

   #35 They Told Her It Was Too Niche. 1.8 Billion People Disagree | Isabelle Guenou, theblood

   In this episode of www.youtube.com/@OhSheCanDrive (http://www.youtube.com/@OhSheCanDrive) Hourea sits down with Isabelle Guenou, co-founder and CEO of theblood, to explore how she raised close to 1 million euros for a diagnostic sample medicine had never tested, and what it takes to fund a category with no precedent. What if the most valuable sample in women's health is the one we throw away every month? ⏱️ CHAPTERS 0:00 - The Sample Medicine Throws Away 2:00 - A Diagnosis, and Four Research Papers 6:00 - Why the Default Patient Is Male 8:00 - The 8 Year Wait for an Endometriosis Diagnosis 13:00 - “Too Niche” and the Mentor Who Didn’t Get It 16:00 - The Co-Founder Breakup, and Going Solo 21:00 - The Raise: 150 Doors, 200 Emails, 90% No 23:00 - Walking Away From a Deal on National TV 28:00 - Equity, Boundaries and How Women Pitch 32:00 - Research Speed vs Startup Speed 38:00 - “Ask a Woman” 🎙️ Guest: Isabelle Guenou - Co-Founder and CEO of theblood 📲 Follow Isabelle and theblood: https://www.instagram.com/labellesia?stkn=MWJkbmM4M2VwOW9jOQ== (https://www.instagram.com/labellesia?stkn=MWJkbmM4M2VwOW9jOQ==) https://www.instagram.com/theblood.io?stkn=MWl1dHZlaW9yOTJqbw== (https://www.instagram.com/theblood.io?stkn=MWl1dHZlaW9yOTJqbw==) Isabelle was diagnosed with endometriosis in 2020 and started reading research papers to understand her own pain. There were four. Every other fluid in medicine gets tested, urine, saliva, stool, hair, venous and capillary blood. Menstrual blood is the one that gets thrown away, and the reason turns out not to be scientific. She joined a women-only accelerator in 2021, founded theblood in Berlin in 2022, and raised close to 1 million euros across more than 150 doors and 200 emails, 90% of which were a no. She also walked away from a deal on Die Höhle der Löwen, the German Dragons' Den, when the terms didn't work alongside her existing investors. Asked later whether that was the worst day or the best thing that happened, she said best day. This conversation explores what investors actually fund when there is no comparable company, why the word niche gets used for half the population, how equity and boundaries get negotiated when you've been taught not to push, and the number nobody tells you to plan for. Oh She Can Drive with Hourea Alaoui explores the moments women entrepreneurs take control of their destinies and change the business landscape in the process. ❤️ Like what you hear? Follow us for more founder stories.Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ohshecandrive (https://www.instagram.com/ohshecandrive) 📩 Newsletter: takeaways from every episode at https://hourea.com/newsletter (https://hourea.com/newsletter) #OhSheCanDrive #FemaleFounder #WomensHealth

2. 

   29 Sept 2026

   #34 How She Made Her First Million and What Makes Her Write the Cheque | Maria Hatzistefanis, Rodial, Nip+Fab, Investor on Dragon’s Den Greece

   In this episode of Oh! She Can Drive, Hourea sits down with Maria Hatzistefanis, founder of Rodial, Nip+Fab and an investor on Dragons' Den Greece, to explore how she built Rodial after investors said no, and what makes her write the cheque today. What if the smartest question in a pitch is the one you ask the investor? ⏱️ CHAPTERS 0:00 - Both Sides of the Table: Founder and Dragon 2:15 - The Investors Who Said No 8:39 - What Makes a Dragon Write the Cheque 15:43 - Why She Turned Down £250K for 25% 21:59 - The 2 Million Self-Tan Mistake 26:44 - From Founder to CEO, and Her First Million 30:39 - Why Mentorship Is Overrated 39:23 - You Can't Plan Virality: The Kris Jenner Email 50:35 - Why She'd Rather Pay a Mortgage Than Rent 🎙️ Guest: Maria Hatzistefanis - Founder of Rodial, Nip+Fab and Investor on Dragons' Den Greece 📲 Follow Maria and Rodial: https://www.instagram.com/mrsrodial?stkn=MXhhaXdjNmF3aW93dQ== (https://www.instagram.com/mrsrodial?stkn=MXhhaXdjNmF3aW93dQ==) https://www.instagram.com/rodialbeauty?stkn=d2l2ajEzeW1mZzAy (https://www.instagram.com/rodialbeauty?stkn=d2l2ajEzeW1mZzAy) Maria launched Rodial in 1999 with £20,000 of her own savings, after being fired and turned down by investors. She added NIP+FAB in 2010, built both without outside capital, and still owns 100% of the business. Today she sits on the other side of the table as a Dragon on Dragons' Den Greece. In this episode, she shares what investors look for in a founder, when to raise, and why the right investor brings more than money. She reflects on the £250,000 offer she turned down, the NIP+FAB self-tan range that left the business about 2 million in the red, and what it takes to make your first million. Oh She Can Drive with Hourea Alaoui explores the moments women entrepreneurs take control of their destinies and change the business landscape in the process. ❤️ Like what you hear? Follow us for more founder stories.Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ohshecandrive?stkn=MThkdWI2dm1hNjJ1OQ%3D%3D&utm_source=qr (https://www.instagram.com/ohshecandrive?stkn=MThkdWI2dm1hNjJ1OQ%3D%3D&utm_source=qr) 📩 Newsletter: takeaways from every episode at https://hourea.com/newsletter #OhSheCanDrive #FemaleFounder #DragonsDen

3. 

   15 Sept 2026

   #33 Know Your Worth and Negotiate It | Melanie Bosboom, Female X Finance

   In this episode of @ohshecandrive, Hourea sits down with Melanie Bosboom, co-founder of Female X Finance, to explore why women so rarely negotiate what they're worth, and what it actually takes to get paid, get seen, and get to the top in finance. 🎙️ Guest: Melanie Bosboom - Co-Founder of Female X Finance 📲 Follow Melanie and Female X Finance: https://www.instagram.com/melanie_bosboom?stkn=OTlicnJwOGR6M3F2 https://www.instagram.com/femalexfinance?stkn=MWx6d2lseDl3cXNlaw== Melanie Bosboom co-founded Female X Finance from a zero-budget Instagram account, building it into a global community and media platform for women in finance that earned a spot on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list for social impact in 2024. In this episode, she pulls back the curtain on the data most women never see, at entry level the gender split in finance is nearly 50/50, but by senior level, women make up just 15%, and in some corners of private equity, as low as 4%. Melanie breaks down why that gap has less to do with ability and everything to do with visibility, negotiation, and the sponsorships men build almost by instinct, including the one thing hiring managers already expect you to do that most women never try. She also shares why she and her co-founder turned down outside funding to keep the business financially healthy, and what it cost her, personally, to spend years performing a version of herself that wasn't hers to begin with. This conversation explores salary negotiation, the gender promotion gap, building a business without outside investment, and what it really means to know your worth and negotiate it. Oh She Can Drive with Hourea Alaoui explores the moments women entrepreneurs take control of their destinies and change the business landscape in the process. ❤️ Like what you hear? Follow us for more founder stories. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ohshecandrive?stkn=NzFzZHV2c2czODVp

Who has been a guest on Oh! She Can Drive

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Angie Siciliani Fendi
• Mary Furtas
• Rhea Gargour
• Miriam Adler
• Anna Sagar

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

14,883

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Spotify

5.0 / 5

24 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 56 / 100

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Quality

62

Social presence

97

YouTube

76

Engagement

0