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Stephanie Melodia

Top 20 Female Founder, U30 Entrepreneur, and Fierce Feminist

Top 20 Most Influential Female Founder and acclaimed public speaker for international tech conferences, known for her energetic, passionate, and insightful presentations, captivating audiences with her engaging style and driving impactful discussions.
As the CEO of award-winning marketing agency, Bloom, Stephanie has led a thriving six-figure business through the challenges of the global pandemic, while actively supporting entrepreneurs through her podcast and connecting underserved founders with venture capital opportunities.
Interviewed by Starling Bank, LinkedIn, WeTransfer, and ComputerWeekly.com on the fields of entrepreneurship and D&I.

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Ranked as one of the UK's Top 20 Most Influential Female Founders, Stephanie is a keynote speaker for international tech conferences, business podcasts, marketing webinars, and in-person events - ranging from 1:1 in-depth interviews, to hosting global audiences of 1,000s of entrepreneurs. Areas of expertise cover tech & entrepreneurship, branding & marketing, and gender equality.

Stephanie has spoken at Web Summit 2023, WeTransfer, LinkedIn, Starling Bank, Harvey Nash Group, Elite Business Live, ComputerWeekly.com, General Assembly, Small Business Britain and Enterprise Nation. As an energetic, passionate, knowledgeable, and insightful speaker, she is regularly consulted for her thought leadership on emerging technologies and digital marketing for startups. As ex-CEO of the award-winning marketing consultancy, Bloom, Stephanie now hosts the Strategy & Tragedy podcast, advises MBA students in Entrepreneurship with Oneday, builds brands with BOMBA, and continues to serve as VC scout for early-stage venture capital firm, Ada Ventures. She has a combined social media following of 15,000.

Testimonial: "Steph was an excellent speaker, sharing her expertise and passion with our audience in a highly actionable way." - Carolyn Dailey, ex-CNN, ex-Time Warner, Sky News, Creative Entrepreneurs

Stephanie takes pride in driving high levels of engagement at her events, as demonstrated by WeTransfer's 0% drop-off rate during a groundbreaking "audience with" session, while also providing practical takeaways that leave audiences feeling inspired, motivated, and energised

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Gender equality

Feminism 5.0: A new movement for true gender equality
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How to Stand Out in a Saturated Marketplace

Diversity and inclusion in tech: has gender been left behind?

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Client Testimonials

"Steph was a fantastic MC at Web Summit Lisbon. She brought such great energy to the stage and really connected with the audience!"

Web Summit

"Steph was a natural choice to host our in-person events for the private members club. Clearly well-researched, her interviews flowed naturally; combining insightful questions with a conversation flow that made the events engaging and entertaining. Add some audience interaction and a fair Q&A moderation, Steph is one of the best hosts we've had!"

1 Club

"Thank you SO MUCH for taking part in the "An audience with" webinar with us at WeTransfer. Everyone is incredibly grateful to you for giving us such an interesting and valuable insight into your world, and for sharing that with our audience. The drop-off rate during the webinar was almost non-existent, which is testament to the fact that everyone found it really engaging, informative and insightful."

WeTransfer

"Stephanie's warm personality sets the stage for a free-flowing yet cohesive conversation. I recently attended a panel where she navigated the exchange of thoughts and ideas with finesse."

Consultant

"It was a great joy to work with Steph, both on a professional and on a human level. This keynote speech was absolutely fantastic - so much energy, enthusiasm, interaction, and motivation. We all got really, really positive feedback from the attendees. Thank you for coming to Bolzano, for your passion, your inspiration, and just being an inspirational woman!"

NOI TechPark

Steph was an excellent speaker, sharing her expertise and passion with our audience in a highly actionable way.

Creative Entrepreneurs

Engaging and energetic is how I’d describe Stephanie in two words. She engaged with the audience and brought great discussion to the panel. I look forward to her next event!

Crayfish

When we were thinking of who could moderate a panel for our Global International Women’s Day event, Steph immediately came to mind. Firstly because she is so passionate about the topic and advocates in a way that people can connect with… and secondly because I know she invests time.

Harvey Nash Group

Stephanie delivered an engaging and thoughtful talk for our young creative entrepreneurs! We were so appreciative to have her knowledge and experience!

Roundhouse