Travel has always been part of who I am. I’ve always been a curious traveller, deeply passionate about discovering the world. I started flying in my early years of University, spending every single penny I had on seeing new destinations, applying for scholarships that would allow me to see places I couldn’t afford otherwise. I literally never settled: I’ve been living, working or studying in 8 cities across Europe and the US. Being based in a suitcase has always been something that fits my lifestyle and feeds my soul.
And then I became a mother. I wrote here about the challenges I faced as a full-time working mother. Not little was my surprise when I discovered that being a travelling mother is equally challenging and unpredictable.
Hypergrowth is the Holy Grail of the tech startups’ land. Every founder out there wants to have that hockey-stick growth curve. Very few actually get to see it. And there are very good reasons why. Real hypergrowth is the true unicorn that even some of the acclaimed tech unicorns don’t get to discover.
Last summer I joined Austrian fintech unicorn Bitpanda as Chief Growth Officer, with a straightforward mission: to build a high-performing growth organisation. A lot has changed during this time, and so has the scope of my role. After multiple conversations and careful consideration, I realised that I simply don’t belong to the crypto world, so I decided to step down from my role and move on.
I’ve been a mom for more than 3 years now. For most of this time, I’ve been a working mom. Being a working mom brought a whole new level of complexity to my life. I struggled. A lot. I second guessed myself more often than not and held myself accountable to unrealistic standards. I failed, I learnt and I tried again. This post shares some tips on how to thrive survive as a working mom, learnt through my personal struggles.
Every once in a while I hear people claiming how sexy cool it is to work in a tech startup, as opposed to how bad it’s like in a corporation. The mere word “corporation” now has a negative connotation. You simply close your eyes and picture thousands of profoundly unhappy people working on mundane, repetitive tasks, overworked against their will, forced to only live after work and on weekends. At the other end of the spectrum there are the people in tech: mission-driven, passionate, always smiling, working relentlessly to change the world, all while relaxing in their special-designated areas and playing in their game rooms. Ok, let’s stop the charade now.
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