27 Feb 2020 · 58 min
Books from Stephanie Shirley
“E49: Dame Stephanie Shirley - Escaping Nazi Germany and Making £2.3bn”
2 books mentioned
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The conversation
Dame Stephanie Shirley shares her journey from escaping Nazi Germany on the Kindertransport to founding a multi-billion-dollar software company. She discusses building a female-first business, challenges of scaling, and her philanthropic work. The episode also covers her views on resilience, wealth, and happiness.
Talking points
- Escaping Nazi Germany via Kindertransport
- Motivations for starting a female-first software company
- Challenges and risks in entrepreneurship
- Scaling a business and emotional costs
- Transition from founder to corporate leader
- Philanthropic approach to wealth and autism
- Perspectives on happiness and writing a memoir
- Adaptation of her memoir into a film