A series by ZÉLIE · Women, Entrepreneurship & Impact
100 Conversations with 100 Women of Impact
The stories of women of impact are rarely taught in formal education.
ZÉLIE is an independent organisation that makes them easier to find: entrepreneurs, researchers, social innovators and authors, worldwide, starting with Europe. It begins with a simple conversation.
100 Conversations with 100 Women of Impact.
ZÉLIE sits down with 100 women innovators, women in social impact, authors, entrepreneurs and business owners, both aspiring and experienced.
We learn what aspiring women of impact are facing, bring their questions to women with experience, and present every conversation in their own words.
How a conversation happens.
ZÉLIE reaches out to women, and women reach out to ZÉLIE.
1. A hello
We write to you, or you apply. We read every application ourselves.
2. A conversation
30, 45 or 60 minutes, whichever suits you. You can skip any question, and “pass” is a full answer.
3. Your words
After we speak, you can tell us if there is a part you do not wish to be featured. Nothing is posted until 24 hours after our conversation.
Asked by the women who come next.
The questions come from aspiring women of impact: entrepreneurs, innovators and impact leaders in the making. They ask the women we interview what they wish they had known. How did you find your first customers or funders? What did you learn, and from whom? Who did you look up to? What would you tell the next woman?
Each woman can leave out any part of the conversation before it is published.
Where the videos and articles will be.
ZÉLIE will keep the conversations with women of impact in the Feature Library: the videos, and the articles of their journeys. The first ones are in preparation.
Women entrepreneurs worldwide, starting with Europe.
Online globally, or in person in the Benelux for now, with France to follow. ZÉLIE is starting with Europe, but if you are anywhere else, you are welcome to take part too.
A path is easier to follow once you have seen it walked.
Role models matter because they show women a way that is real, not just imaginable.
Read our methodologyWe are making spaces for women, online and in person.
ZÉLIE is making both digital and physical spaces where women can meet, share what they know and build things together. Leave your email and we will tell you first.
Building something of your own? We would love to hear how.
Whether you run a business, are running research studies, lead an organisation or write books, sit down with ZÉLIE for 30, 45 or 60 minutes, on your terms.