GHP #80 - Fostering Diversity & Empathy in Tech with Maëlle Gavet!

Episode 80 is with Maëlle Gavet, CEO of Techstars!

In June 2022, we attended the Collision Tech Conference in Toronto, Ontario, during which we had the opportunity to sit down with Maëlle for a personal chat.

Maëlle Gavet is a French businesswoman, author, and entrepreneur who has been a leading tech executive for over 15 years. She has been named to Fortune’s 40 Under 40 and Time’s Top 25 Female Techpreneurs’ among many other recognitions.

Her career has spanned across the globe from Principal at the Boston Consulting Group, CEO of OZON, Vice President of Operations at the Priceline Group, and now Techstars.

Techstars is a worldwide network helping entrepreneurs, founded on 3 simple ideas - entrepreneurs create the future, collaboration drives innovation, and great ideas can come from anywhere.

Since 2006, Techstars has invested in more than 3,000 companies and today has a market cap of $75 Billion.

We sit down with Maëlle to discuss her career journey thus far, and what made her choose her current role at Techstars. She highlights the differences in the tech landscape between North America and Europe, provides advice for early stage founders, and gives her perspective on the state of the industry and what needs to change.

Despite some background noise from the conference, this was a fun and informative conversation that we hope you enjoy!

Maëlle Gavet
https://www.maellegavet.com/

Techstars
https://www.techstars.com/

Timestamps
 2:32 - Ikigai - Why Maëlle chose Techstars
 4:45 - TechStars - a Universal Investor
 7:40 - Advice for Early Stage Founders
12:54 - Current State of Diversity in Tech
15:24 - Trampled by Unicorns: Big Tech's Empathy Problem & How to Fix It
22:50 - “How do you want to be remembered?”