Joy Taylor on taking the concept of Give First to the nth degree
David Cohen speaks with Joy Taylor, who supports entrepreneurs in Toowoomba, Australia and around the world. She brings new meaning to #GiveFirst, supporting entrepreneurship among women, children, migrants, and refugees.
Give First · Techstars
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Show Notes
Joy Taylor is a force of nature. Coming from a 20-year career in the banking industry (business development, coaching, and training), she now focuses on ecosystem building in her hometown of Toowoomba, Australia — and around the world. In this episode, Taylor shares her journey with David Cohen and talks about how giving first to her community led her to exciting worldwide experiences.
At Canvas Coworking, Taylor runs programs and events for entrepreneurs. This includes the WiRE (Women in Rural, Regional and Remote Enterprise) startup bootcamp, Flare Incubator for female-led companies trying to expand internationally, and Zero to Startup for migrants and refugees. Her role as a Techstars Startup Weekend Facilitator evolved into Global Facilitator, where she has helps entrepreneurs around the world to organize their own events.
Taylor talks about how one experience led into another, and how giving first came back to her along the way.
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