{"podcast":{"title":"Coffee & Oysters: The London Business Babe Podcast","slug":"coffee-oysters-the-london-business-babe-podcast-7064698","podcast_index_feed_id":7064698,"rss_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/3002009.rss","website_url":"https://coffeeandoysters.substack.com/podcast","image_url":"https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/3002009/4f5a9bba24e55f578512593a3dd5b030.jpg","author":"frances odera matthews","episode_count":39,"summary":"The ONLY business & lifestyle podcast for & by London’s Business Babes. Ungatekeeping your next move & life in the city. ✨ Sign up for your free survival guide ✨","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/coffee-oysters-the-london-business-babe-podcast-7064698"},"episode":{"title":"No one prepared her for corporate London, so she built a community | Wesleigh-Jane | Sisters Protect","slug":"no-one-prepared-her-for-corporate-london-so-she-built-a-community-wesleigh-jane-sisters-protect","published_at":"2026-05-25T10:11:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/coffee-oysters-the-london-business-babe-podcast-7064698/no-one-prepared-her-for-corporate-london-so-she-built-a-community-wesleigh-jane-sisters-protect","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/coffee-oysters-the-london-business-babe-podcast-7064698","url":"https://coffeeandoysters.substack.com/p/no-one-prepared-her-for-corporate","audio_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/198304733/bfae076679fb483afeddca3668f9755a.mp3","summary":"How do you survive corporate as a Gen Z woman? How do you build a community while working a 9-to-5? And what are the best workwear brands for tall girls in London? London founder Wesleigh-Jane, the woman behind Sisters Protect, joins Coffee & Oysters with business tips on building a community for early-careers women in corporate, navigating office politics, and balancing a finance career with a thriving side hustle. Wesleigh-Jane breaks down how she turned her own workplace hurdles into a community-led business spanning strategy circles, a Corporate Survival Journal, and one-to-one consultancy. She shares advice on advocating for yourself in performance reviews, why intergenerational mentorship matters, and how she runs it all solo on evenings and weekends. Plus her go-to Soca gym anthems, beauty essentials from Fenty to Cécred, free tools like Google Sites and Canva, her favourite Notting Hill spots, best London hotels for coworking and London communities. --- Steal Wesleigh-Jane’s “stack” of recommendations (along with all guests) in the Coffee & Oysters Guide. Wesleigh-Jane on LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/wesleigh-jane-p-757306185 --- 00:00 Intro 04:06 The Role of Sisters Protect 10:05 Why Corporate Wasn't Built For All of Us 21:06 Three Revenue Streams That Work 29:29 Advice For Starting Your Own Community 34:58 Outfits, Performance Reviews & Boundaries 43:25 Free Tools Every Solo Founder Needs 55:15 London Communities & Dream Collabs --- 💬 Become a guest 📓 2026 Journal Template 🪄 Partnerships & Questions: coffeeandoysters@gmail.com 💌 Never miss an episode: Sign up to Substack 🎓 The Big Notion Energy Academy 📺 YouTube: www.youtube.com/@CoffeeandOysters 📸 Instagram: @coffeeandoysterspod 📱TikTok: @coffeeandoysterspod Get full access to Coffee & Oysters: The L…","meta_description":"How do you survive corporate as a Gen Z woman? How do you build a community while working a 9-to-5? And what are the best workwear brands for tall girls i…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3907,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/coffee-oysters-the-london-business-babe-podcast-7064698/episodes/no-one-prepared-her-for-corporate-london-so-she-built-a-community-wesleigh-jane-sisters-protect/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/coffee-oysters-the-london-business-babe-podcast-7064698/no-one-prepared-her-for-corporate-london-so-she-built-a-community-wesleigh-jane-sisters-protect.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}