Positively Hybrid

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Bettina Hantmann-Willmes, Ursula Morgenstern

03 September 2025

22m 19s

#27 Future by Womankind: Andrea Sommer on Female Founders and Remote Leadership

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Future by Womankind: Andrea Sommer on Female Founders and Remote Leadership

In this episode, Bettina Hantmann-Willmes and Ursula Morgenstern talk with Andrea Sommer, Co-Founder and CEO of Hive Founders and founder of Womankind Ventures.

Andrea shares her journey of supporting over 4,500 female founders worldwide and explains why the future of innovation depends on women-led companies. She also gives deep insights into what makes remote and hybrid work truly successful.

Highlights of the episode:

  • Why investing in women-led companies drives meaningful innovation
  • How output-driven leadership builds trust and autonomy
  • The balance of synchronous & asynchronous collaboration across time zones
  • Tools and practices that make global remote teams thrive
  • Why the future of work won’t fit back into a 9-to-5 office cage

An inspiring conversation about female empowerment, entrepreneurship, and rethinking leadership in hybrid work.