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Sep 2022
34m 17s

WeAreTheCity founder Vanessa Vallely OBE...

THE TIMES
About this episode

Scarlett Russell chats to Vanessa Vallely, the founder of WeAreTheCity, the network organisation supporting women in business. 

 

Vanessa talks about how she approached her boss- when she worked in banking- on starting her side hustle, why she went to business school at 38 years old and she shares her advice on how to overcome setbacks. 

 

Find out more about WeAreTheCity here…

 

instagram.com/wearethecity_hq/

wearethecity.com

 

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Producer: Anya Pearce




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