Bringing more ladies to VC investing and boardrooms with Karen Wendt & Carolina Newton from the Swiss FinTech Ladies

<p>Founder of the <a href="https://swissfintechladies.ch/">Swiss FinTech Ladies (SFTL)</a> association, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/profkarenwendt/">Karen Wendt</a> and board member <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolinanewton/">Carolina Newton</a>, spoke to <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/rudolf-falat/">Rudolf Falat</a>, founder of the <a href="https://www.voiceoffintech.com/">Voice of FinTech</a> podcast, about how to bring ladies to invest more in FinTechs and be better represented in start-up boards. They also talked about many activities and initiatives of the SFTL to get there.</p><p>Here are the questions Karen and Caro answered:</p><ul> <li>How did you get to do what you do today? </li> <li>What are the main issues on the FinTech scene in terms of diversity? </li> <li>What are the reasons behind diversity issues? </li> <li>What are potential ways to tackle them)? </li> <li>SFTL - what is it, and how does it work? </li> <li>What exciting events do you have in the pipeline for 2023?</li> <li>Who are your target members? </li> <li>Angel investing and women – tell us about your initiative.</li> <li>Getting start-up board experience – why should you do it and how? What are the pitfalls? </li> <li>What non-fiction book would you take with you on vacation? <a href="https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Thomas-Piketty-ebook/dp/B074DVRW88/">Capital in the Twenty-First Century</a> and <a href="https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Thomas-Piketty-ebook/dp/B09LMS2TTB">A Brief History of Equality</a> by Thomas Piketty, <a href="https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Sheryl-Sandberg-ebook/dp/B00BBA6FOI/">Lean In Women, Work, and the Will to Lead</a> by Sheryl Sandberg, <a href="https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Kate-Levinson-ebook/dp/B004FEG2VS">Emotional Currency: A Woman's Guide to Building a Healthy Relationship with Money</a> by Kate Levinson and <a href="https://www.amazon.de/-/en/John-Perkins-ebook/dp/B017MZ8EBM">The New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man</a> by John Perkins</li> <li>What's the best way to reach out and lea