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GeekGirl Meets is a podcast that showcases female role models. GeekGirl host Cathy White (cathywhite10 on twitter), interviews an incredible woman in tech to unpick her career and provide inspiration for anyone considering a career change, looking to get motivated and wanting to explore the unknown.
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This time we meet up with GeekGirl Lauren Ingram, a senior marketer specialising in PR, events and social media, with experience in agencies and tech startups. In early 2017 she launched Power Suit Social, a creative community which aims to keep creativity commercially viable. As if all this was not enough, Lauren is also a mentor mentor for SheSay…
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Connecting ‘things’ has always been GeekGirl Nicole Yershon’s driving force, and she made it her business. She is a well known and widely admired author, speaker and advisor to clients. The NY Collective is built on her experience in agencies and her work with Global brands and institutions all over the world.Find out more about this power woman an…
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Meet GeekGirl Ellie Budd, the digital pro who is a leading digital products and digital transformation at some of the most respected charities in the UK. Her experience and knowledge ranges from best in class digital techniques to the delivery of large scale change programmes which help organisations realise their potential digitally. At William Jo…
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Ina Yulo is a GeekGirl who specialises in content. She has launched and grown BrightTALK's FinTech community to an audience of over 300,000 global professionals to become one of the leading sources of online content in the industry. Ina is working closely with a network of the top industry speakers to curate and publish timely content for both onli…
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Let us introduce Abi Mohamed, a tech genius passionate about ethical software building and developing. She believes that developers should be more conscious about what they’re creating, as the boundaries of how far is too far can be vague. Abi turned down an amazing offer as a Project Office intern in Kenya to work and save money for her Masters in…
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GeekGirl meets is back again with some amazing stories to share! First up: meet Katerina Pascoulis, a coder and entrepreneur who’s passionate about getting other women into tech. Two years into her law studies at cambridge she realised that law wouldn’t be her thing. Katerina fell for the tech industry instead and founded Personably in 2016, since …
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There are some women that GeekGirl keeps missing! Honestly, we have relationships with women entirely through social who we've never been able to meet! And Lauren is one of these awesome ladies! One of our first remote interviews, GeekGirl was delighted to be joined by Lauren from 'Over the Pond'. Lauren has done a fair bit - we're pretty darn impr…
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When GeekGirl gets a crush, it's a big one. Silja Litvin, is our most recent Girl Crush, the model-turned psychologist and now mental health startup Founder was ticking all our boxes in this podcast. We learned all about her love of psychology and how her startup is aiming to help people who are suffering from mental health issues. From the runway …
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GeekGirl sat down with our very first (on the show!) post-doc researcher, Vivian Tong, from Imperial College London, to discuss her career to date in Science, and her own personal experience with academia and mental health. Originally from Hong Kong, Vivian wants to show women, young girls, and just everyone, that science and engineering are fun, a…
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Did you miss us? GeekGirl Meets is back, and it's business as usual as we look to interview awesome women in tech just for you. This week GeekGirl was joined by Riya Grover and Lyz Swanton, co-founders of Feedr. These two women are ones-to-watch in the world of Foodtech as they change the world of corporate catering and workplace canteens. Riya and…
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GeekGirl Meets the wonderful Lisa Williams in this episode, to hear more about her transition from journalist to Co-Founder of TantrumXYZ - the website designed for parents by parents, created while Lisa was on maternity leave. Tantrum is the go to network, shop, and inspiration destination for the modern parent.Lisa passes on a lot of advice in th…
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GeekGirl Loves Eileen. We just HAD to interview her, and we just HAD to make it a live recording. Thanks to our pals at Stripe's London HQ we hosted a live GeekGirlMeets for the first time ever - and Eileen Burbidge, a woman of many titles and talents, was our wonderful woman in tech for the occasion. Amazing advice and insight in this podcast. Fro…
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WE'RE BACK! Did you miss us? We're sorry we've been silent for a while, but aren't you happy we've returned for 2017! We figured this year could do with some kick-ass inspiration!In our first new episode of the year, GeekGirl went to Westminster to meet Tracey Jessup, Deputy Director of the Parliamentary Digital Service.From wanting to be an actres…
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GeekGirl recently hosted its annual conference and Nancy is just one of the many amazing women in tech that spoke at our event. She just HAD to be on this podcast, and GeekGirl was eager to interview her - you'll find out more when you listen! Nancy is the Founder of The Inspire Movement, a new role after a great career in VC and in tech. She joine…
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Ever wondered how you switch from one career into being a developer? Hear first hand as GeekGirl meets Anna Leach, ex-journalist turned web developer for financial technology company, Zopa. Following a career as a tech journalist, Anna started using Code Academy to pursue a new path - lots of great tips for budding technologists and those looking t…
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VR Guru or VR Wizard? Either way, this lady is becoming a VR legend in the UK. GeekGirl had a great time interviewing Sam Kingston on her transition from theatre to VR and her journey as a co-founder of a VR marketing company. Loads of great tips and loads of insight into the future virtual world.Samantha is the Co-Founder and Client Director at Vi…
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GeekGirl was incredibly excited to interview Cindy Gallop at FutureFest in London. If you want to feel like you can do anything and take on the world, this podcast delivers a real hit of useful and real advice. Our talk focuses on Cindy's career post-BBH, with the creation of MakeLoveNotPorn and her own struggles and learnings as a sextech founder.…
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GeekGirl loves spending time with other awesome ladies who are empowering women, and Lu is one of them! Not only did she start Blooming Founders to promote and support female entrepreneurship, but she's also created and published "Dear Female Founder" a book with 66 different female entrepreneurs sharing their wisdom for aspiring women. For more in…
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GeekGirl finally pinned down one of our UK Co-Founders this week for an interview while she was in town from New York! We sat down with Josefine (Josie) Hedlund, who aside from Co-Founding GeekGirl Meetup UK, is also a Project Director for AnalogFolk, a global creative agency. Josie has travelled, worked in numerous cities and has had an interestin…
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GeekGirl loves spending time with enthusiastic people, and this lady is one of the most passionate people we know! GeekGirl sat down with the Centre for Acceleration of Social Technology's (CAST) Ellie Hale, to talk ALL about tech for good, the key drivers of her career to date and to share her wisdom with you! Ellie is fascinated by the potential …
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GeekGirl firmly believes in talking about mental health and wellbeing, as does this kick-ass lady in our latest podcast. Lizzie Barclay is a Founder on a mission to help us understand our own mental wellbeing with her app, Write Mynd. This self-reflection tool is one to look at! As an early-stage Founder building her business alongside her day job,…
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Rockstar. Only way to describe this lady. GeekGirl met Alexa Shoen, a woman of many talents, and many side projects, to chat through her career this week. Alexa is a User Experience Copywriter, amongst many other things! Very inspirational chat - Alexa has moved around from California and is now embedded in the Berlin startup scene. Enjoy! Alexa Sh…
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GeekGirl is still recovering from this awesome conversation with infamous sex blogger, Girl on the Net. Netty dropped in to talk about her career as an anonymous sex blogger and how technology played a key part in her second life. She's grown her blog over the last five years, establishing herself as a well know voice on anything sex, and luckily f…
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Well, this is one inspiring lady, with a can do attitude and a thirst for knowledge. GeekGirl caught up with Adizah Tejani of Level39 (@adizah_tejani)to discuss everything from FinTech to accidentally meeting Bill Gates. Adizah is the Head of Ecosystem Development at Level39. She has been in the startup ecosystem for the last six years and understa…
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Sometimes GeekGirl likes two at a time - ooo-er! For the first time, GeekGirl sat down with not one, but TWO epic ladies to unpick their careers, as part of the digital team for the UK's Ministry of Justice. Meet Kylie Mulholland, Product Manager, and Kamala Hamilton-Brown, Delivery Manager, working hard and creatively to bring digital solutions an…
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New Girl Crush Alert! GeekGirl met with Nathalie Nahai, web psychologist, international speaker and author of the best-selling book, Webs of Influence: The Psychology of Online Persuasion (Pearson). Nathalie found a way to combine multiple passions, after studying psychology, fine art and pursuing a music career(oh yes, she's recorded albums!)and i…
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After a small break, GeekGirl is back interviewing another amazing lady in tech. This time, GeekGirl sat down with Amali de Alwis, an amazing woman with another non-linear career, now leading an organisation to help women learn to code. If you want to feel inspired (and possibly learn something new) head to www.codefirstgirls.org.uk. From initially…
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GeekGirl headed to San Francisco - tech capital of the world - and caught up with the original UK GeekGirl and Founder of Her, the Lesbian & Bisexual dating app for women, Robyn Exton. In this chat, we talk through Robyn's inspiration for starting Her, how she went from idea to Silicon Valley, AND, how GeekGirl Meetup got going in the UK. This is a…
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Following our recent #SexTech Meetup in London, we brought in Mystery Vibe Co-Founder and Chief Pleasure Officer, Stephanie Alys, to meet GeekGirl. In this episode, Stephanie talks us through her career starting out as a Management Consultant to where she is today, launching sextech startup Mystery Vibe's first product, Crescendo. This product has …
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Well. GeekGirl felt totally inspired after speaking with Sharon Kean, Bloom & Wild's Head of Product. From wishing she could be He-Man as a child, to then being a journalist, working for Government, and then discovering her love of digital and product, resulting in roles for Cancer Research, Zopa and now Bloom & Wild, there is a lot to be learnt fr…
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This. Lady. Is. Awesome. GeekGirl Meets Holly Brockwell this week, Founder and Editor of Gadgette! We manage to cover everything from Holly's career and setting up her own tech publications for women, to Virtual Reality and our mutual love of Cindy Gallop and Sex-Tech, Holly is the founder and editor of Gadgette, an online technology magazine writt…
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GeekGirl sits down with Alice Tyler in the latest GeekGirl Meets podcast, this time hearing all about product design. Alice joined Open Utility in a co­founder role in 2013, bringing the user to the centre of the company’s products and approach. Alice has a particular passion for turning complicated scenarios into simple user interactions. She brin…
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GeekGirl sat down with Reshma Sohoni, Founding Partner at Seedcamp, an early-stage investor in tech startups, to find out more about the world of Venture Capital, finance and what it takes to be a tech investor. Reshma has always combined technology and business from university to today. Getting degrees in both Engineering and Business (UPenn M&T) …
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This lady is amazing! GeekGirl sat down with Kim Pham of Frontline Ventures, an early-stage VC based in Dublin. Listen to find out more about her role as Head of Platform, why she made the move from New York to Ireland and more about the Dublin startup scene. Bio and key links, below. Kim is currently the Head of Platform at Frontline Ventures. She…
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GeekGirl was excited to sit down with Rosario, CTO and Co-Founder of Headliner, in the third episode of GeekGirl Meets. See her bio below!Rosario is the co-founder and CTO of Headliner.io, a marketplace connecting live musicians, bands and DJs with amateur and professional bookers in the private events space. Headliner just graduated from the Techs…
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In our second GeekGirl Meets podcast, we had the pleasure of being joined by Sarah Drinkwater, Head of Campus London. Sarah heads up Google’s first physical startup hub, providing early stage founders with work and event space, mentorship and educational programs as well as access to a vibrant startup community. Since launch in 2012, Campus has bui…
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GeekGirl Meetup is very excited to bring you our first ever podcast, a new series called 'GeekGirl Meets', where we sit down with amazing women in tech to find out more about their careers, how they got to where they are and what inspires them. In our first episode, we were joined by Gemma Milne, Creative Lab Technologist for Ogilvy & Mather. Origi…
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