S2/E07 - Share: How to find your purpose in the start up world as a young talent?

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Our guest today is Elena Kirova, Director of Operations at share. The company is well known for fast consumer items on your local supermarket shelves with a positive impact twist. If you buy, for example, a chocolate bar in Berlin, someone on the planet gets food for a day financed by your purchase.

Like many in the Berlin ecosystem, Elena gained her first startup experience at a daily deals platform 12 years ago and worked for e-commerce companies like fab (one of the first unicorns! ), MONOQI, and Amorelie. In this journey, she learned what she loves about her work at startups: dynamics, the power of impact, the speed, and the ambitions of the teams! But she also discovered what she doesn’t like at all. Elena shares (pun intended) what people who are new to the startup world (digital and retail) should consider. How to search and find purpose. And how to make intentional choices on what to work on and ask yourself the question about who you want to become as a human.

share, the strongest startup brand of last year (congrats! ), is a purpose with a company. They want people to think about consumption. Everything that a customer buys offers the option to contribute positively to the life of another human being. And even though share is social, it is still a high-performing business company since they compete with the big (food) companies.

share is looking for some new sharies as well. 130 "sharies" are already on board and they are looking for more team members. Check their job openings and find a lot of hints about what could become the next category of products or services that get the social share twist!