Are you minded to keep everything safe and controlled or are you prepared to take risks in order to grow? Will you push at the edge of the envelope to see what is possible? Do you spend time pondering, wondering, imagining and playing? Are you an innovator. Are you prepared to smash glass ceilings and create flat structures, where everyone gets to flourish and evolve?

Lead the way

As a woman in tech, Leanne Bonner-Cooke MBE is leading the way not just in her business but in helping other women come up behind her, to thrive and strive in the tech industries.

This week’s guest is Leanne Bonner-Cooke MBE whose passion for business transformation using innovative software inspired her to found the company E-bate. Scooping trophies for SME Growth, Business Innovation & International Business of the Year awards Leanne is also passionate about championing Women in Tech.

If there has been a time for tech it has been during the Pandemic, when people have turned to it to pivot their businesses and communicate with loved ones. Leanne herself came to technology when she discovered how it could help her dyslexia. After that she didn't look back, until she hit the glass ceiling. She turned her back on the corporate world and quickly found her entrepreneurial spirit

Since then she has championed the importance of women in business and how it’s imperative we encourage young people, boys and girls, into STEM subjects to ensure our future tech leaders. Entrepreneurs are often pushing at the edge of the envelope, and she says that if you develop the courage to believe in yourself and you take the risks and opportunities, then at least, if you do fail, then you know you have tried.

Thank you so much Leanne for showing us that even when the odds are against us, it is always possible to make inroads, if we keep showing up and bringing our best selves to the table.

You can find out more about Leanne’s work on www.e-bate.io and follow her on Linkedin @LeanneBonnerCookeMBE

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Lou is an artist, host of Brave New Girl podcast and author of Brave New Girl- How to Be Fearless and FEAR LESS. She founded Silk Studios - The Podcast Guest Agency to help you get booked on podcasts and wrote the book Dare to Share - a definitive guide to tell your story, give value & gain visibility, by guesting on podcasts.