“If you’re not learning something new every day, even if it’s the smallest thing, you can start to almost become stationary. Find ways to push yourself out of the limits of what you feel comfortable with.” In today’s 40 Minute Mentor episode, we’re joined by Dr Dupe Burgess, Founder & CEO of Bloomful. Launched in 2021, Bloomful is a HealthTech on a mission to close the gender health gap and improve access to gynae care for women, globally. Dupe and her team have been on an incredibly successful journey so far, having reached over 4,000 women with their first triage tool in just a few weeks and receiving equity-free funding from both, Google and KPMG. With a background in medicine, working at some of the busiest NHS hospitals in the UK and strategy consulting at BCG, Dupe brings a wealth of first-hand knowledge and experience to tackle the problem Bloomful is solving today. Find out more in today’s episode… Episode Chapters: ➡️ Upbringing and landing in a medical career [04:15] ➡️ Spending eight years in the NHS [08:15] ➡️ Transitioning from being a Doctor to a Big 4 strategy consultant [12:15] ➡️ Bloomful’s origin story [18:20]  ➡️ More about Leadership Unleashed [21:30] ➡️ Closing the gender health gap [23:00] ➡️ Securing investment early on [28:00] ➡️ The importance of storytelling in fundraising [31:15] ➡️ Hiring for the sake of hiring & other lessons learned [33:50] ➡️ Advice for growing your personal brand on LinkedIn [38:00] ⛳ Helpful links:➡️ Connect with Dupe: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dupeburgess/ ➡️ Find out more about Bloomful: https://www.bloomful.io/ 🔔Find out more about today’s sponsors Today’s episode is brought to you by the Leadership Unleashed Open Cohorts. Leadership Unleashed Open Cohort is your chance to join a diverse cohort of leaders from different organisations, industries, and parts of the world to build the most critical behaviours and transform into a high performer. Split into seven remote workshops, the Open Cohort follows a coaching-led approach where you’ll be actively involved and turn your learnings into habits in your day-to-day. To find out more about the programme and how you can sign up for the next cohort starting in January, get in touch with Logan and Anouk at sayhello@unleashed.company ⭐Enjoyed this episode?⭐️Keep up to date with all our latest episodes, by hitting the subscribe button on your favourite podcast platform. And for any feedback on what you enjoy the most and ideas on what we can do to make 40 Minute Mentor even better, please leave us a review at https://ratethispodcast.com/40mm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices