She Geeks Out

Kara Miller from the Mayor's Office of Boston stopped by She Geeks Out HQ to talk about WEBOS happening October 16-20! We talked about what WEBOS is all about, and why it's so important to support women entrepreneurs. Felicia and Rachel start off by geeking out about their favorite podcasts at the moment before we get to the serious stuff! For more, visit www.shegeeksout.com.  

Meet Lynne and Nancy from SheStarts! SheStarts is a wonderful organization that supports female entrepreneurs in Boston. We talk about funding options, some of the challenges women face as business owners, and the gender pay gap. Annnnd, we also talk about how we are not the same organization. Hopefully this will clear up things once and for all! For show notes and a calendar of events, visit www.shegeeksout.com.

Beth Santos is the Founder and CEO of Wanderful, a global network for adventurous, independent women travelers. She has created an international community of over 15,000 empowered women who strive to conquer the world on foot, while supporting and learning from one another at the same time. We talk about the origins of Wanderful, Beth's passion for travel, and what it's like being a 'mompreneur'.

Allison Esposito is the definition of a ladyboss. She left a full time job at Google to build and run Tech Ladies, a robust and worldwide community of 15,000+ women who work in tech. That's massive! We talk to Allison about what inspired her to start Tech Ladies, how to get women jobs, and what's in store for the community. Oh yeah, and we also chat a little bit about that Google memo. Take a listen! ***Note: There were some errors in the audio that caused audio to drop out sporadically, but those have been edited around as much as possible. If there is a sudden jump, then the hope is that you can assemble the missing few words. 

FIRST, major warning, we spoil all the things on Game of Thrones in this episode, so don't listen if you don't want to hear about what happens... for like 17 minutes in the beginning of the episode... seriously... and then at the end of the episode we debrief on the finale. All you really need to know is Rachel was totally right about something that people didn't already guess. We were also joined by a very special guest to get his thoughts on the show, Rachel's husband, Marc Baizman, who also happens to be great friends with our guest for this episode, the wonderful Kimmy Gatewood! Now, onto the real reason why you're here... Kimmy Gatewood is all the things! She is a comedian, actor, director, writer, and lovely human being. She, along with her two besties, created The Apple Sisters, and has had a serious breakout situation (not the pimple kind) with her role in Netflix's awesome show GLOW (which has just been renewed for a second season, woop woop!). We talked with Kimmy about what it's like working in sh

Banu Özkazanç-Pan is Associate Professor of Management at UMass Boston, and Director of the new Early Educator Innovation Lab and Accelerator also at UMass Boston. Her extensive work on gender, entrepreneurship, both locally and internationally, is, to put it mildly, impressive. We talk about gender and entrepreneurship locally and abroad, as well as the current state of affairs, including the infamous James Damore memo. For a complete calendar of She Geeks Out events, visit www.shegeeksout.com!  

Krys Burnette is, in a word, lovely. She's a consultant for the OMG amazing company August Public, which helps companies find effective ways to create and manage important change. Diversity and inclusion are top of mind in all things. We recorded this on the heels of the inauguration and women's march (sigh), so politics easily crept in. There were no disagreements here on how things went. Diversity and inclusion is clearly more important now than ever. We've got a wonderful short video for you to watch too, capturing a few of our favorite moments from the discussion. Watch now!

Melinda Epler is the Founder and CEO of Change Catalyst, a company (and fellow B Corp!) that provides education and resources on diversity and inclusion to the tech community. We talk about the importance of D&I in the tech community, her SXSW experience, and we get into the weeds a bit about what it's like to work in the diversity and inclusion space. If you're around, check out one of their MANY upcoming Tech Inclusion conferences here! Make sure you visit www.shegeeksout.com!

Nimisha Asthagiri is the Principal Software Engineer at edX. She gave a talk at one of our events on the transition from work to being a mom to working. Nimisha's history is fascinating and we dive into what some of the challenges are for being a woman in a male dominated field. Watch the 1-minute trailer of the Karmic Forces Watch the full ~2hr video of the Karmic Forces For more, visit www.shegeeksout.com.

Harriet Cross is a veritable font of diplomatic knowledge, as the British Consul General to New England. Her current post is the latest in a series of incredible places she's lived and experiences she's had. We talk about everything, including her time in Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Brexit, the incredible advances in health tech in New England, and left feeling inspired as well as with a desire to eat less meat. For more SGO, makes sure to visit www.shegeeksout.com!

Alexandra Roth is one of the most passionate people we know. She just finished up a full time course at Flatiron School, having fallen in love with coding. She's also in love with opera singing, making beer and power lifting. What we love about her is her thirst for knowledge and understanding how things work. It's easy to get inspired by her and she's got some fun stories to share! Special shoutout love to Flatiron School for sponsoring our first ever video to go along with the podcast!

Meet Rachel Bates, VP of Sales at Workable! We got to chat with her before our Happy Hour a few weeks ago and had a lovely time. A Liverpudlian who has lived here for years, Rachel is still a proud lover of the Beatles and football. You know, soccer. We talk about being in tech sales as a woman, and her love of helping people grow in their roles. Remember to check out our full calendar of events at www.shegeeksout.com.  

Janina Jeff is a Global Bioinformatics Specialist at Illumina and a genomics genius. We talked about her path to getting a PhD in Human/Medical Genetics and the importance of mentorship, both mentoring and being mentored. Janina spoke at our NYC event in November. Watch her talk here! This episode is brought to you by the good humans at August - https://aug.co. They make organizations work better. August was founded with the belief that today’s most valuable work depends on teams of people who work well together. Get their newsletter, listen to their podcast, and join their team!