On 24th June 2026, Women Listed brought together a room full of women founders, professionals and business owners for the June Business Lounge Meet.
Not a rushed speed-networking session. Not a crowded auditorium. Just a focused, intentional morning where every woman got the chance to speak about what she is building, what stage her business is at, and what kind of support, visibility or conversations could genuinely help her move forward.
That distinction matters — and it is exactly what made this meet different.
Women in the Room: Here's Who Joined Us
The June meet drew women from across industries — education, wellness, content, design, social impact, food, architecture, fashion and art. Each attendee introduced her work through a short business pitch, giving the room a clear, honest picture of the businesses present and the founders behind them.
Here is who was in the room:
- Sudeep Kaur Kohli, LITWITS — helps students build sharper thinking, stronger communication and the courage to express themselves — skills that compound long after the classroom.
- Tarika Ahuja, Family Wellness Academy — brings macrobiotic education and food-as-medicine guidance to everyday family wellness — making expert knowledge practical and accessible.
- Ekta Dahiya, Eat Smart With Ekta — helps working women build healthier eating habits through practical, sustainable nutrition rooted in real Indian food — no trends, no gimmicks.
- Monica Bharti, Studio Monart — brings a photographer’s eye and a stylist’s detail to help people and brands present themselves beautifully on camera.
- Dr. Akula Padmavathi, Humana People To People India — brings deep social development experience with a focus on education, livelihoods and community-led change — a reminder that business and impact are not separate.
- Shanya Bhadauria, RAHÉ Collective — is building a more thoughtful way to plan events, where luxury is defined by clarity, structure and ease rather than excess.
- Chitvan Sahni, Legacy Excellence Academy — works with self-employed women to help them show up online with more confidence, clarity and ease — solving a problem that is far more common than most founders admit.
- Sakshi B Kochhar, Content Coworkers — brings strategy, storytelling and design together for brands that want clearer digital communication — doing the work that makes everything else land.
- Meghna Sahai, LAARC — is designing modern womenswear built around fit, comfort and the confidence of real bodies — fashion that actually works for the women wearing it.
- Sonam Gupta, The Design Ethos — is building a practical learning ecosystem for designers to develop skills, portfolios and career clarity — filling a gap the formal design industry rarely addresses.
Ten pitches. Ten completely different businesses. And yet the room found common ground quickly — because the challenges of building something meaningful tend to look similar across industries.
The Mini Session: How to Make Yourself Impossible to Overlook
The morning also featured a special mini session with Vandana Tolani, Founder & CEO of Convanto — and it was one of the most practically useful parts of the day.
Vandana focused on something many women entrepreneurs quietly struggle with: the visibility gaps they create for themselves without realizing it. Not a lack of skill or substance — but a gap in how clearly and confidently they communicate what they do when it counts most.
Her session homed in on those high-stakes moments: a conversation with a potential collaborator, a pitch in front of investors, an introduction in a room full of the right people. These are the moments where founders either stand out or blur into the background — and often, the difference comes down to preparation and precision.
She left the room with several useful points, but two practical tasks stood out:
- Write a strong one-liner or tagline for yourself.
Not just for your business — for you as a founder. Something that clearly says who you are, what you do and why it matters. Concise enough to say in one breath. Specific enough that the person hearing it immediately understands your value. Most founders don’t have one — and it costs them in every introduction.
- Edit and practice your elevator pitch.
Not just have one — refine it until it works. Vandana was direct about what a good elevator pitch needs to cover: the pain point you solve, what you do, how you do it, and the numbers that back it up. Results, clients served, outcomes delivered. The specificity is what makes it credible and memorable.
Both tasks sound simple. They are not easy. But for women founders especially — many of whom are far better at articulating the value of their work in writing or in client conversations than in a cold introduction — building this muscle is one of the highest-return investments they can make in their own visibility.
What Made the Morning Work
The pitch format gave structure. The expert session gave depth. But what made the June Business Lounge Meet genuinely valuable was what happened in between.
Founders asked each other real questions. They exchanged ideas across industries. They spoke openly about challenges — pricing, visibility, scaling, self-doubt — and listened to each other with the kind of attention that only comes in small rooms.
There was ease in the conversation, but also seriousness. These are women who are actively building, refining and growing their work every day. When that kind of room comes together, the conversations become sharper, more honest and more useful than most formal events manage to be.
Why the Business Lounge Exists
Many women entrepreneurs — especially in the early and growing stages — work in relative isolation. Strong products, meaningful services, years of experience. But not always the right rooms to speak about their work, meet relevant people or receive practical feedback.
The Women Listed Business Lounge is built precisely for this.
It gives women-led businesses and professionals a regular, focused space to introduce their work, sharpen their pitch, learn from experts and discover possible collaborations within the community. It is not about filling seats. It is about creating rooms where something actually happens.
The June meet did exactly that.
Join the Next One
If you are a woman founder, professional or business owner looking for a community that takes your work seriously — the Women Listed Business Lounge is worth being in the room for.
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And if you were at the June meet — it was a pleasure having you in the room.
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