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| name = Laura Behrens Wu |
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| birth_date = {{birth based on age as of date |26|2018|05|11|mos=1}}<ref name ="en">{{cite news |last= Wallace|first= Hannah |date=11 May 2018 |title= This Young Founder Built a Multimillion Dollar Business by Rejecting the Silicon Valley Ethos and Being True to Herself |url= https://www.entrepreneur.com/leadership/this-young-founder-built-a-multimillion-dollar-business-by/313296|work=Entrepreneur |location= |access-date=14 August 2023}}</ref> |
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| birth_place = Germany |
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| nationality= German |
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| education = [[University of St. Gallen]] |
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| occupation = CEO of Shippo |
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'''Laura Behrens Wu''' is a German entrepreneur from [[Bonn]]<ref name ="forbes17">{{cite news |last= |first= |date= 3 January 2017|title=2017 30 Under 30: Enterprise Technology |url= https://www.forbes.com/pictures/gjjh45khmk/laura-behrens-wu-25-an/|work=Forbes |location= |access-date=14 August 2023}}</ref> and co-founder of the e-commerce company [[Shippo (company)|Shippo]].<ref name ="en"/> |
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==Early life== |
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Behrens Wu was born in Germany to a German father and a Taiwanese mother. She speaks Chinese and spent time in China before finishing her studies. |
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Behrens Wu studied in Switzerland at the [[University of St. Gallen]].<ref name ="forbes19">{{cite news |last=Rogers|first=Bruce|date=22 June 2022|title= Laura Behrens Wu Builds Shippo To Make E-Commerce Shipping Easier|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucerogers/2022/06/22/laura-wu-builds-shippo-to-make-e-commerce-shipping-easier/|work= Forbes|location= |access-date=14 August 2023}}</ref> |
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==Career== |
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Behrens Wu moved to San Francisco for an internship at the startup company LendUp.<ref name ="forbes19"/> In 2013, she co-founded the e-commerce startup Shippo. The company is San-Francisco based. |
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In 2017, Behrens Wu together with her co-founder Simon Kreuz featured in Forbes 30 below 30.<ref name ="forbes17"/> |
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==Comments on immigration and gender imbalance in Silicon Valley== |
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Behrens Wu indicated that hiring immigrants is part of the business strategy of Shippo because the labor market in San Francisco is very competitive. She drew attention to the difficulties for immigrants to get a visa in the US.{{Citation needed|date=August 2023}} |
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Behrens Wu spoke up about the vulnerability of women founders to abuse by men, especially at early stages of their entrepreneurial career. She raised the importance of support network to allow women to denounce harassment.<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=1 July 2017|title=Silicon Valley's women have spoken. Now what?|url= https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-40465519|work=BBC|location= |access-date=14 August 2023}}</ref> |
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==References== |
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[[Category:German women]] |
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