How do you know when it’s time to make your next big career move? With International Women’s Day around the corner, we are excited to feature Avni Patel Thompson, Founder and CEO of Milo. Avni is building technology that directly supports the often overlooked emotional and logistical labor that falls on parents—especially women. Milo is an AI assistant designed to help families manage that invisible load more efficiently. In this episode, Avni shares her journey from studying chemistry to holding leadership roles at global brands like Adidas and Starbucks, to launching her own ventures. She discusses how she approaches career transitions, the importance of unpleasant experiences, and why she’s focused on making everyday life easier for parents. [01:26] Avni's University Days and Early Career [04:36] Non-Linear Career Paths [05:16] Pursuing Steep Learning Curves [11:51] Entrepreneurship and Safety Nets [15:22] Lived Experiences and Milo [19:55] Avni’s In Her Ellement Moment [20:03] Reflections Links: Avni Patel Thompson on LinkedIn Suchi Srinivasan on LinkedIn Kamila Rakhimova on LinkedIn Ipsos report on the future of parenting About In Her Ellement: In Her Ellement highlights the women and allies leading the charge in digital, business, and technology innovation. Through engaging conversations, the podcast explores their journeys—celebrating successes and acknowledging the balance between work and family. Most importantly, it asks: when was the moment you realized you hadn’t just arrived—you were truly in your element? About The Hosts: Suchi Srinivasan is an expert in AI and digital transformation. Originally from India, her career includes roles at trailblazing organizations like Bell Labs and Microsoft. In 2011, she co-founded the Cleanweb Hackathon, a global initiative driving IT-powered climate solutions with over 10,000 members across 25+ countries. She also advises Women in Cloud, aiming to create $1B in economic opportunities for women entrepreneurs by 2030. Kamila Rakhimova is a fintech leader whose journey took her from Tajikistan to the U.S., where she built a career on her own terms. Leveraging her English proficiency and international relations expertise, she discovered the power of microfinance and moved to the U.S., eventually leading Amazon's Alexa Fund to support underrepresented founders. Subscribe to In Her Ellement on your podcast app of choice to hear meaningful conversations with women in digital, business, and technology.…
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A day without a friend is like a pot without a single drop of honey left inside, said a wise little bear once. From therapy to theoretical physics, sex to secularism, bags to baggage, catch these friends and their conversations about the little things and big - Conversations with Friends on The Podcaster.
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The Friends are finally back! 2024 was a roller-coaster ride of emotions and on the year end special of Conversations with Friends, they're talking about it all. Tune in to hear Neerja and Ahalya surprise each other with strange questions, reveal the cocktail of the year and confess to some of their most emotional moments this year. Don't worry, they've got jokes, too! End the year with friends, warmth and a little (lot) bit of chaos.…
From draining oneself of blood to look pale to sewn on lashes - the beauty industry has come really far, hasn't it? Or has it? After a foot mask adventure, the Friends got to thinking about the state of beauty affairs and it turns out the "beauty standard" has the same grip on us as it did before. Can beauty be standard? Can we really accept ourselves in a world that teaches us not to? Dive in to this not existential at all episode.…
It's 2024 and nothing gets cancelled more than celebrities. Not even Amazon orders. It's in vogue and the friends wonder - why? Catch this questionable episode of Conversations with Friends as they work their way through the ever-intriguing nature of cancel culture, one offense at a time.
It's 2024 and nothing gets cancelled more than celebrities. Not even Amazon orders. It's in vogue and the friends wonder - why? Catch this questionable episode of Conversations with Friends as they work their way through the ever-intriguing nature of cancel culture, one offense at a time.
The friends are back for a conversation about their favourite and not-so-favourite words in the English language and it’s a sound for sore ears. Catch them in all their wordy glory as they dive into meanings, a dramatic reading of the latest confusing bop in town and a round of the most popular word game in all the land - 'Password'. *Disclaimer - we also don’t like the word moist*…
2 wars, the death of the longest reigning monarch, inflation for days, Kylie Jenner and Timothee Chalamet. This isn't the apocalypse, it's 2023. The world has had quite a year, and so have the friends. So, before we move into 2024, let's talk about the good, the bad, and the crazy.
What's life without a little drama? Well, to be fair - the Friends are asking for a LOT of drama. And they blame it all on their love for reality TV. They're back to figure out where the obsession comes from, why they're so invested in the lives of people they've never met and more importantly - whom they've truly Kept Up with in the age of Fly On The Wall television.…
Is time getting away from you? Are you constantly running out of money? Does your heart scream no but your head scream yes? Then you probably have a full-time job. The Friends are back and have a bone to pick with all things work. Hear them pour their hearts out about the perils of burnout as they contemplate the importance of work and the purpose of life.…
There are so many languages out there, and one of them is called L.O.V.E. On this episode of Conversations with Friends, the Friends discuss the phenomena that has taken over the internet, and many of our hearts - "Love Languages". Tune in to tag along for a fun and chaotic ride, as they explore what these languages of love are, discover their own love "style" and ponder the how to's of loving another person.…
If you could, would you live on the Moon? Did Chandrayaan-3 really cost less than Christopher Nolan's 'Interstellar'? Why did we launch this 26 kilo rover into space and when the Moon hits your eye, like a big pizza pie, is it amore? Conversations with Friends is back.
Many years ago, curious human beings gently dipped their unsuspecting toes into the well of virtual interaction. Little did they know they would be sucked into the depths of the internet, never to be found in the real world again. Naw, we kid. It's not that bleak. Or is it? On this episode, the friends (cautiously) dive deep into the rabbit hole with only one question in mind - is it possible to get out?…
What happens when you leave a 7-year-old and an 11-year-old unsupervised in front of the television? In this episode, the friends take each other on a theatrical journey of the movies and shows that stayed with them growing up, and the ones they (should have) left behind.
Do you know those friendships that just don't work? You try and your try and your try, but sometimes, it's just not meant to be. At that crossroads, there are two options - stay and deal with it or cut the person off and move on. Easier said than done, which is why the friends are talking a whole lot about it in this episode.…
Property law, health benefits, and emotional support. Bet you never associated those words with marriage. Or did you? Marriage is a loaded word and on this episode of Conversations with Friends, the unmarried friends are simply trying to figure out if it's worth the hype.
One day, you're running around with your friends and the next, you're running away from your problems. The more you grow, the less you know. And so it begins - bills over thrills, work over play, storm over calm. If you could go back to more... "unadulterated" times, quite literally, would you? In this conversation between friends Ahalya and Neerja, adulthood gets a once over.…
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