About this episode

Crystal McGregor discusses her journey and the challenges faced by female founders in securing funding and growing their businesses.

In this episode of Give It A Nudge, Steve sits down with Crystal McGregor, General Manager at Tech Ready Women Academy, to talk about what it really takes to help more women start, grow, and fund businesses — and why the investment numbers still don’t reflect the performance data. Crystal shares a career path that starts in local government in Central Queensland (building skateparks, pools, and community programs), then moves into entrepreneurship through an 18-year consulting business, and eventually into the startup world via a fashion-tech company where she raised funding (including a friends-and-family round) and learned, in her words, by “making every mistake possible.” Now, she’s focused on scaling Tech Ready Women’s impact nationally after the business’s acquisition by Scolari, helping founders build traction, revenue, and confidence — without drowning in contradictory advice. In this episode, we cover: Crystal’s move from government to entrepreneurship — and why she “got sick of saying no.” The youth entrepreneurship program that taught teens how to problem-solve (including twins who learned to read using audiobooks + physical books). Raising a friends-and-family round…

People in this episode

Host: Steve

Guest: Crystal McGregor

Topics covered

• female founders
• entrepreneurship
• funding
• business growth
• tech education
• investment readiness

Keywords

• female entrepreneurs
• business funding
• Tech Ready Women
• Scolari
• entrepreneurship journey
• investment
• AI in business

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Tech Ready Women Academy, Scolari

Products: audiobooks, physical books

Places: Central Queensland

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