About Michelle De Klerk
Michelle De Klerk is the founder of The Women’s Chapter , a movement for women in business to connect, inspire, and thrive. An entrepreneur herself, she’s also built careers as a journalist, marketing director, and business development consultant.
About this episode
Listen to Michelle discuss her inspiration and reason for founding The Women’s Chapter . She covers the validation for the work and the need for women in high-impact careers to support each other.
Michelle De Klerk talks about how her various career roles influenced the entrepreneur she is today. Michelle touch on what it’s like being a parent, managing a career, and starting a business. She discusses how parenthood enhances the entrepreneurial service mindset.
In this
episode, we talk about :
00:00 – Introducing guest Michelle De Klerk 1:15 – How Zeze and Michelle first met 3:06 – The history behind The Women’s Chapter, a platform for supporting and showcasing women-led businesses 8:09 – How Michelle saw the need for a women’s platform and figuring out how to scale in a way that made sense 11:27 – What is validation for her Women’s Chapter work 15:01 – The challenges behind supporting women in business 19:12 – Michelle’s early career in journalism, marketing, and business development 20:04 – The influence of her Mom and Dad’s work ethic 23:33 – Back to the evolution of her career, the SARS epidemic impact, landing in commodities, and circling around journalism 27:34 – Discussion on how entrepreneur have a service mindset 29:11 – The demands of running a business and motherhood 31:57- Facing work discrimination as a new mother 33:57 – How becoming a mother enhances career aspirations, not detracts, and the role entrepreneur plays in finding a system that works 35:59 – Meeting Mother Teresa 37:05 – Circling back around to Michelle’s professional evolution 40:02-42:30: Thoughts about fear being a good thing and tackling fears first 42:31 – The recent “aha” moment 44:33 – Name pronunciation segment 46:07 – How to find Michelle and the Women’s Chapter online Mentioned Resources
