CEO Secrets: 'You can run a business and have a baby'

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Planning for a maternity leave when you're the boss of a fast-growing company.

"There were certainly eyebrows raised," says CEO of Heka, Steph Hinds, who, while in the process of trying to raise money for her company found out she was pregnant with her first child.

Heka is a rapidly growing firm which organises health and welfare packages for the employees of companies - such as gym memberships and organic food deliveries. Ms Hinds dropped the prospective new investors who had raised doubts over her capacity to lead the business after having a child, and instead stuck with her existing investors, who had been supportive.

"As the CEO and a co-founder," she says, "the business relies on you heavily. So you have to show confidence with investors, assuring them that the business is in a strong position and that you can carry it forward."image source,Her advice for women entrepreneurs is not to worry about becoming pregnant but plan your leave meticulously.

 

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