Tickets: Free for Hearth Members / £17.50 - £20 General Admission
Programme:
6:30-7:00 - Guests are invited to come in, grab a drink and mingle
7:00-7:05 - Session begins with introductions
7:05-7:20 - Speaker Q&A
7:20-8:20 - Workshop
8:20-8:30 - Final remarks / Questions
8:30-9:00 - Final drinks / Mingling
About This Session
If you’re ready to move on from asking “am I ready?”… to “how do I get started?”... then this workshop is for you.
More and more women are finding themselves at a crossroads feeling the pull away from traditional employment, but unsure of what comes next and how to make it happen.
You may feel drawn to starting your own business or exploring freelance work, but find yourself stalling, unsure where to begin or what the right path looks like for you.
On 23 April, we’ll be joined by two women who have successfully made both of these transitions, and are now sharing their playbook for how to do it.
Elsie & Dominika left their corporate careers to build and scale a global skincare brand, raising VC funding before successfully exiting the business. They then pivoted into the freelance world, where they now offer strategic advisory services to early-stage consumer brands.
They are passionate about helping women lean into their lives and turn ambition into practical action, which is why this workshop is designed to lay a foundation of clarity you can then build from to move your career forward. You won’t get all the answers in one evening, but you will get the right questions, frameworks, and confidence to take your next step.
Join us for an honest, practical Women on Our Way (WOOW) workshop where you’ll have the space to think out loud, explore your options, and start mapping a path that actually fits you.
Please note this event is exclusively for women.
📸 Event Photography: We may take photos or short videos during the event to celebrate our community and for promotional use. We’ll aim to give notice beforehand. If you’d rather not appear in any content, please feel free to let the photographer or content creator know directly.otos and videos may be captured for promotional use.
Elsie Rutterford & Dominika Minarovic
Founder, Strategic Advisor
Elsie & Dominika are exited Founders and consumer brand builders. Having scaled BYBI Beauty, a sustainable skincare brand, to global distribution (3000+ retail doors & £10m funding raised) and successfully exiting in 2024, they're now building rayro. A playful kids’ care brand, rayro aims to make daily routines easier (and more joyful!) for families.
Alongside this, they run DE London Consulting, supporting early-stage consumer brands with brand, growth, fundraising and retail strategy. As seasoned fundraisers across equity and venture debt, they've raised capital from leading VCs including Unilever Ventures, as well as private equity, angel investors, and venture lenders. They're also published authors (Penguin), keynote speakers, Virgin Startup mentors, with extensive experience in beauty, consumer, personal care and parenting industries.
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Hearth Members enjoy events like this for free. From £30 / month for a Social Membership, the cost of 2 in real life events, you can access our programme of events, be a part of our nurturing community and find the space to focus on yourself. We’d love to meet you.