She+ Geeks Out Podcast

Morra Aarons Mele is a self-defined "hermit entrepreneur" and also author of the book "Hiding in the Bathroom", an introverts guide to networking. We can certainly relate. Not only is she the author of this fabulous book, she also runs Women Online, a social impact agency launching online campaigns for a ridiculously impressive list of world leaders and organizations, including...

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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.   Visit us at Inclusi...

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....

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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 list...

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...

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 inf...

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. Diversi...

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...

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.shege...

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 le...

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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 shouto...

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 a...

Visit us at InclusionGeeks.com to stay up to date on all the ways you can make the workplace work for everyone! Check out Inclusion Geeks Academy and InclusionGeeks.com/podcast for the code to get a free mini course.

Visit us at InclusionGeeks.com to stay up to date on all the ways you can make the workplace work for everyone! Check out Inclusion Geeks Academy and InclusionGeeks.com/podcast for the code to get a free mini course.

Visit us at InclusionGeeks.com to stay up to date on all the ways you can make the workplace work for everyone! Check out Inclusion Geeks Academy and InclusionGeeks.com/podcast for the code to get a free mini course.

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....

Visit us at InclusionGeeks.com to stay up to date on all the ways you can make the workplace work for everyone! Check out Inclusion Geeks Academy and InclusionGeeks.com/podcast for the code to get a free mini course.

Visit us at InclusionGeeks.com to stay up to date on all the ways you can make the workplace work for everyone! Check out Inclusion Geeks Academy and InclusionGeeks.com/podcast for the code to get a free mini course.

Visit us at InclusionGeeks.com to stay up to date on all the ways you can make the workplace work for everyone! Check out Inclusion Geeks Academy and InclusionGeeks.com/podcast for the code to get a free mini course.

Jenny is a kick ass product designer for Bombfell, a 'StitchFix' for guys. We talk about how her journey from China to New York to Texas and back to New York has shaped her and her world view, particularly as a young millennial. We get into her passion projects, too, which include the 20/20 project. Remember to visit www.shegeeksout.com for more episodes and a calendar of events! Visit us at Inclu...

Hanneke has had a wild ride from working in the banking industry (let's just say it's not female friendly), to becoming a pilates instructor to finding her true passion as a career coach, helping women, particularly female entrepreneurism navigate through sometimes treacherous waters to find what they love to do. You can find her at http://hannekeantonelli.com. For more information about She Geeks...