Poornima’s story
Poornima was a mentee on the Mentoring Women in Business programme from 2018-2019.


I really learned how to listen. When you’re not face to face, you don’t have those visual cues, so I had to listen much more to what Poornima was saying and trying to find the message underneath.
Find out more about our Mentoring Women in Business programme
Mentoring Women in Business is one of the Foundation's three flagship programmes, which also include HerVenture and the Road to Growth. The programme matches women entrepreneurs from low and middle income countries with professionals of any gender anywhere in the world.

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