As proud co-founder of frestyl, I was pretty excited when the BG asked me to spend some (more) time with the techies of my team and investigate how this super power duo decided to work together. Breaking news, we’re now a 7-all women team. This is rare, we know, but as a woman you don’t realise how unique it is - except when people start staring at you with their eyes wide. So, please approach this article as it is: a story of talent, passion and (female) inspired minds.
Read moreSusanne, you are the CTO of JustSoftware. Please walk me through your day, what does a CTO of a software company do?
One thing you can rely on is, that every day is different - aside from that every day needs to start with a indispensable-to-life-coffee followed by a standup-meeting with my colleagues to catch up with the current development status. Everything beyond is pretty dynamic and varies from day to day.
Read moreYou’re reading this blog post, so I obviously did sign up in the end, and was matched to my wonderful mentee in the area of Product Management, Emmi. Our first Skype chat already boded well - we clicked and her expectations of what she wanted to get out of the program seemed like something I could help with. We ended up meeting every other week, very consistently for the first few months and I can tell you that this mentoring has been more valuable and rewarding to me than I expected in my wildest dream. I knew it’d be awesome but I had no idea it would give me so much insight into myself, a much clearer view of where I want to be in my life, and be so, so much fun at the same time.
Read moreBy Michele Guido
Photos taken by Dan Taylor
The size of the space was overwhelming and I had no idea where to start among the 100+ of booths representing different companies when I arrived. I was at TechCrunch Disrupt Europe in Berlin, lucky enough to score a last minute ticket. I began weaving the aisles on the showroom floor, looking for women who were showcasing interesting products and could share some knowledge they’d picked up along the way for those of us looking to jump into the tech/startup scene (like me!).
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