Nicole Bremner

“Being a stripper taught me more lessons than I could possibly imagine, a lot of which I’ve been able to apply to my business life..” For the penultimate episode of The Nicole Bremner Podcast, I’m joined by former stripper Paulina Tenner. Paulina is the founder of GrantTree, where she leads a team of 50 people in helping businesses secure government funding. To date, the company has raised over £200m for tech start-ups and larger companies. Originally from Poland, Paulina is a true trailblazer, challenging the status quo of how companies are set up and scaled and proposes a truly radical alternative of financial transparency and self-set pay.“[Self-Set pay] is a very courageous and responsible process but it’s hugely empowering for people and I think that anything that you implement in your company that is empowering to your people has long-term advantages.” Like many business people, Paulina has had times where she has faced burnout and it was during one of these periods that a chance encounter ignited a pas