Mental health as a founder: the path forward

<p>This is a recording of the Virgin StartUp MeetUp that took place in November 2020. Get your tickets to our next MeetUp from <a href="https://virginstartup.org/events?utm_source=podcastnotes&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_campaign=meetuppodcast&amp;utm_id=podcast_1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">virginstartup.org/events.</a></p><br><p>Being a startup founder can be vitalising, rewarding, and ultimately fulfilling - but the job comes with incredible responsibility, long hours, isolation and stress. We all need support in managing our mental wellbeing - and this starts with an honest conversation about it.</p><br><p>At this MeetUp, our host, Virgin StartUp advisor and founder of Rebel Book Club, Ben Keene, spoke honestly with our panellists about their experience balancing their well-being with flourishing founder careers.</p><br><p>Featuring:</p><p><br></p><ul><li>Pip Jamieson, founder of professional online network for creatives, The Dots</li><li>James Routledge, founder of Sanctus, a brand on a mission to help employers tackle mental health in the workplace better</li><li>Sandra de Monte, founder of technology platform for psychotherapy, counselling and coaching, MindBerry</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Virgin StartUp helps founders and future founders start and grow the businesses they’re passionate about. Our monthly MeetUp events are for founders to access invaluable advice and network with like-minded entrepreneurs. Find out more at virginstartup.org</p><br><p>Thanks to the support from @Virgin Money , we’re able to make our MeetUp events free to attend, providing thousands of early-stage founders with the support they need to start and scale businesses in the UK.</p><br><p>Virgin Money are here to disrupt the status quo. They want everyone to have a much happier relationship with money. Through their brilliant colleagues, inspiring spaces and digital solutions they are doing everything they can to offer a life more Virgin. They provide a full range of banking products and services to help founders at