<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Welcome to the first episode of The Accidental Manager Podcast, on todays show we have Brooke Roberts.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Brooke is a Founder, Executive Director and Co-CEO of Sharesies, an online investment platform that gives someone with $5 the same investment opportunities as someone with 500,000. Sharesies has a mission to financially empower a new generation of investors. As of October 2020, the platform has more than 225,000 customers and over $700m invested after launching 3 years ago.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Brooke studied Commerce and Marketing culminating in a Masters of Finance. She first landed a role as a marketing assistant for not-for-profit organisation GS1 and went on to finance, product, and marketing roles at AJ Park, Kiwibank, and Xero before founding Sharesies.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In this episode we delve into the role of a manager and diversity, maintaining work/life balance, finding a mentor, building culture at a hypergrowth company and much more!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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Welcome to the first episode of The Accidental Manager Podcast, on todays show we have Brooke Roberts.&nbsp;
 
Brooke is a Founder, Executive Director and Co-CEO of Sharesies, an online investment platform that gives someone with $5 the same investment opportunities as someone with 500,000. Sharesies has a mission to financially empower a new generation of investors. As of October 2020, the platform has more than 225,000 customers and over $700m invested after launching 3 years ago.&nbsp;
 
Brooke studied Commerce and Marketing culminating in a Masters of Finance. She first landed a role as a marketing assistant for not-for-profit organisation GS1 and went on to finance, product, and marketing roles at AJ Park, Kiwibank, and Xero before founding Sharesies.
 
In this episode we delve into the role of a manager and diversity, maintaining work/life balance, finding a mentor, building culture at a hypergrowth company and much more!&nbsp;

#1 Sharesies Founder Brooke Roberts on finding a mentor and being authentic as a first time manager 

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