GeekGirl Meets Samantha Kingston, Founder & Client Director of Virtual Umbrella

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This week, in what might be the funniest episode yet, Molly and Emese are joined by co-stars Amy Schumer and Brianne Howey. They get candid about motherhood, career evolution, and their new film, Kinda Pregnant —which unexpectedly led to Amy’s latest health discovery. Amy opens up about how public criticism led her to uncover her Cushing syndrome diagnosis, what it’s like to navigate comedy and Hollywood as a mom, and the importance of sharing birth stories without shame. Brianne shares how becoming a mother has shifted her perspective on work, how Ginny & Georgia ’s Georgia Miller compares to real-life parenting, and the power of female friendships in the industry. We also go behind the scenes of their new Netflix film, Kinda Pregnant —how Molly first got the script, why Amy and Brianne were drawn to the project, and what it means for women today. Plus, they reflect on their early career struggles, the moment they knew they “made it,” and how motherhood has reshaped their ambitions. From career highs to personal challenges, this episode is raw, funny, and packed with insights. Mentioned in the Episode: Kinda Pregnant Ginny & Georgia Meerkat 30 Rock Last Comic Standing Charlie Sheen Roast Inside Amy Schumer Amy Schumer on the Howard Stern Show Trainwreck Life & Beth Expecting Amy 45RPM Clothing Brand A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us at @sonypodcasts To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

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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 Virtual Umbrella. Building on the current buzzing Virtual Reality community through projects and events. They provide marketing to developers and growing companies in the industry. Virtual Umbrella is not your traditional company: it has a fresh style and can't wait to help grow this amazing industry. Samantha won the New Business Award at the Southampton Venus Awards 2016. She is also apart of the BIMA100 and was nominated for Unsung Hero in MCV Women in Game Awards 2016.

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GeekGirl Meets Samantha Kingston, Founder & Client Director of Virtual Umbrella

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GeekGirl Meets Lauren Ingram, Marketing Manager at 360i Europe 43:00

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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 SheSays, as well as an active member of the DevelopHer community for women in tech, and a member of and mentor for ONE! She’s a winner of awards such as: “2017 The Drum 50 Under 30 women in digital” and “2018 Pitch 100 Superwomen in the creative industries”.…

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GeekGirl Meets Nicole Yershon, Founder of NY Collective & LabForHire&Co. 39:52

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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 and her business at https://www.nicoleyershon.com/…

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GeekGirl Meets Ellie Budd, Product Manager at William Joseph 36:26

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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 Joseph Ellie is putting this to use in creating great experiences for her clients users.…

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GeekGirl Meets Ina Yulo, FinTech Team Lead at BrightTALK 36:25

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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 online and physical events. This inspiring woman has been listed on the Women in FinTech Power List for two years in a row and have been a speaker and moderator for conferences on Blockchain, FinTech, Payments, Women in Tech, and Marketing. She is also a mentor at The Factory in Oslo, SuperCharger in Kuala Lumpur, and the European Women in Payments Network. Listen and get inspired by her incredible story!…

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GeekGirl Meets Abi Mohamed, Tech Director, CGVentures 34:06

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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 Information Systems Management instead. Now she’s changing investment for underrepresented founders at CGVentures.…

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GeekGirl Meets Katerina Pascoulis, CEO & Co-Founder at Personably 36:27

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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 then she’d been helping teams onboard their new hires and enable them to get up to speed quickly.…

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GeekGirl Meets Lauren Maffeo, Senior Content Analyst at GetApp 33:57

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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 impressed! Her career and studies have taken her around the world, and she has a clear love of travel. She started her career as a freelance reporter covering tech trends in London for The Next Web and The Guardian, and now covers the impact of tech trends like AI on small business owners for GetApp, a Gartner company. In 2017 she helped organize Women Startup Challenge - Europe's largest venture capital competition for women-led startups, and was named to The Drum's 50 Under 30 list of women worth watching in digital in 2017. She's also spoken at events and venues on three continents, including the British Embassy in Washington, DC, and The Global Talent Summit at ETH Zurich in Switzerland. We get her top tips for putting yourself forward and chasing the opportunities ahead of you! There's a load of great advice in here from Lauren and you can reach her on Twitter @laurenmaffeo.…

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GeekGirl Meets Silja Litvin, Psychologist and Founder of PsychApps 30:14

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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 to Old Street, Silja is building her business in London and has definitely felt a culture change, but even sees similarities between the fashion and tech world. A fantastic chat with a true wonder woman! You can find out more about Silja at http://www.siljalitvin.com/ AND back her latest game on Indiegogo! Go check out eQuoo, the emotional fitness game: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/equoo-the-emotional-fitness-game#/…

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GeekGirl Meets Vivian Tong, Post-Doc Researcher in Nuclear Materials 32:38

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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, and a career is absolutely achievable! Vivian graduated with a Materials Science Degree in 2013 and went on to finish her Ph.D. in 2016, where she investigated metals used in nuclear reactors - specifically what happens on the microscopic structure when we heat and deform it. During her Ph.D. she went into schools to tell kids about science and engineering. She is currently studying the behaviour of metals for planes and nuclear reactors and use microscopes to link the behaviour of these metals to atomic-scale phenomena. She is one smart cookie, and her passion is incredibly obvious is this podcast. There is also a huge wealth of advice on mental health. You can find Vivian on Twitter, @vt_vivian1…

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GeekGirl Meets, Riya Grover & Lyz Swanton, Co-Founders of Feedr 36:50

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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 Lyz’s combination of incredible business experience from management consultancy and banking (Deutsche Bank, Oliver Wyman) and startup growth (Osper, Pashion) and their passion for giving access to healthy sustainable food means that Feedr is on the road to success. Both women are recognised for their success and passion for business, including recent nominations for Women of the Future awards and the 2018 Forbes 30 under 30. Customers include Nike, Etsy, Chanel, Eve Matresses, DHL and more! Find out more! And check out Feedr: https://teamfeedr.com/…

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GeekGirl Meets Lisa Williams, Co-Founder and Editor, TantrumXYZ 27:26

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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 this podcast. From taking the leap to start a company, to managing a startup and a baby at the same time, and shares her career history working at publications like Tatler, and for the Press Association. We also delve into her love of podcasts, with some fantastic recommendations for anyone who loves to learn on the go. You can find out more about TantrumXYZ and it's unique take on parenting at www.tantrum.xyz and you can reach Lisa on Twitter @LisaSWilliams.…

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LIVE GeekGirl Meets Eileen Burbidge, Partner at Passion Capital 1:00:38

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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. From Eileen's views on work-life balance, her career moving from engineering side to VC and her work with the UK government, we cover a lot in this interview, with loads of advice to you! Enjoy! Eileen Burbidge (@eileentso) is a Partner at Passion Capital, the pre-eminent early-stage VC fund based in London. She brings extensive operational experience to her investment activities gleaned from business and product roles at Yahoo!, Skype, Apple and elsewhere. In addition to Passion Capital, Eileen is also Chair of Tech City UK, the government-backed organisation supporting digital business across Britain. She also serves on the Prime Minister David Cameron’s Business Advisory Group; as HM Treasury’s Special Envoy for FinTech, appointed by the Chancellor George Osborne; and Tech Ambassador for the Mayor of London Boris Johnson. She was made an MBE for services to Business in June 2015 and holds a BSc Engineering degree in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.…

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GeekGirl Meets Tracey Jessup, Deputy Director, Parliamentary Digital Service 27:44

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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 actress and singer, to finding a career in Parliament, this is a great interview - with lots to learn about what the PDS is up to and what we can expect to see this year! This is a massive project and Tracey is a women in tech at the front. About Tracey Tracey is Deputy Director of the Parliamentary Digital Service. A joint department of both Houses of Parliament, the Digital Service is responsible for the strategic direction of Parliament’s digital offering, transforming ways in which the citizen can connect with Parliament including building a new website, the delivery and management of Parliamentary digital platforms, and providing technology services to members and staff in Westminster and throughout the UK. Tracey led the restructure which brought together the teams which managed the online and technology services into one digital team. Culture change has been a huge part of this, moving to an Agile culture and transforming and shaping the team which will develop and deliver excellent digital services for a modern Parliament and enable people to access Parliament in new and meaningful ways. Prior to joining the digital team Tracey had a long career as a House of Commons Clerk working in a variety of roles in the Committee Office, Public Bill Office, Overseas Office and finally the Table Office in the Department of Chamber and Committee Services (DCCS). From October 2005 to 2008 she was Private Secretary to the Clerk of the House and Chief Executive working directly with House of Commons Board members on delivery of the strategic priorities of the House of Commons. In the Table Office she led on the business change and digital transformation of Commons Business Papers ensuring that this was grounded in a high level vision of how users would engage with procedure, and what steps were needed to achieve that vision. This included transforming the presentation of the House of Commons key business papers enabling digital presentation and consumption through any device as well as improved intelligibility for core users, and working with ICT colleagues on the Parliamentary Business Programme, transforming critical services for the Chambers and Committees. You can connect with Tracey on LinkedIn or on Twitter at @traceyjessup.…

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GeekGirl Meets Nancy Fechnay, Founder of The Inspire Movement, at "The Way We're Wired" 17:32

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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 joined us for our Mental Health, Wellbeing and Our Devices panel and shared LOADS of useful insight. Enjoy! Nancy Fechnay is a founder, investor, mentor, and advisor for startups and accelerators. She is passionate about helping others find their purpose, achieve health of the mind and body, and – most of all – be happy! Nancy is the founder of The Inspire Movement, a new community of innovative thought leaders, who believe in the power of positive thinking and sharing personal stories of life's greatest challenges. She was previously Partner at Flight Ventures, the largest online group of investors in the world, brainchild of well-known angel investor Gil Penchina. Nancy oversaw their UK/EU operation focusing on large seed or Series A ($3M+) investments. As a mentor and advisor, Nancy's expertise span across innovation, strategy, business development, fundraising, and U.S. expansion. She currently advises several U.S. and UK early stage startups, and serves on the advisory board of a stealth wellness startup based in London. Nancy has worked for several U.S. based investment firms, including Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, GE Ventures, and Core Capital Partners. She is the co-founder of Duke Ventures, a venture capital educational and deal-sourcing engine that advises founders on business strategy and highlights the best Research Triangle Park startups to a network of active investors. Nancy has a Bachelor of Science degree in Systems Engineering (UVa), an MBA focused on entrepreneurship (Duke), and an MEM focused on energy (Duke). Website: http://www.theinspiremovement.com/#welcome Twitter: https://twitter.com/NancyFechnay…

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GeekGirl Meets Anna Leach, Web Developer, Zopa 31:32

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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 to code. In Anna's own words: I work on front-end and Ruby code for this peer-to-peer lending platform as a junior developer: taking data from APIs right up to the user interface. My Ruby expertise includes integrating internal and external APIs, writing a private gem, & working with Rails and Sinatra. I keep the code tested with Rspec and Cucumber. On the front-end, I make mobile-optimized web pages with the latest CSS and semantic HTML, using Javascript to create user interactions and work with UX to make prototypes and implement multipage AB tests.…

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GeekGirl Meets Samantha Kingston, Founder & Client Director of Virtual Umbrella 39:07

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GeekGirl Meets Cindy Gallop, Founder and CEO of MakeLoveNotPorn 33:38

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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. Cindy is real, authentic and holds no punches - with a great mix of class and humour. Some amazing lessons in here. You can follow Cindy @cindygallop and @makelovenotporn on Twitter. Cindy Gallop has turned an illustrious advertising career into a lifelong pursuit of changing the world, her way – one daring project after another. After all her success in the agency world, Cindy resigned as Chairman of BBH New York in 2005 in order to do something different. Today she continues to work in branding, marketing and business innovation as a consultant while also operating at the cutting edge of digital and the internet as a tech entrepreneur. She launched MakeLoveNotPorn at TED 2009 with this talk as an attempt to counterpoint the way in which hardcore porn has become default sex education, by encouraging an open healthy dialogue around how real people have sex, and will take this forwards in 2012 as MakeLoveNotPorn TV. In 2011 she published ‘Make Love Not Porn: Technology’s Hardcore Impact on Human Behavior’ as a short TED e-book available on Amazon and iTunes. As a highly action-oriented person, Cindy observed that the single biggest pool of untapped natural resource in this world, is good intentions – both human and corporate – that never translate into action. She launched IfWeRanTheWorld at TED 2010 as the marketing and business platform of the future, to turn human and corporate good intentions into collective action, one microaction at a time, to deliver– you are what you do – and build your Action Graph. Harvard Business School considers IfWeRanTheWorld such a ‘unique and innovative business model’ they wrote it up and taught it as a case study in March 2011 when it was only a year old in beta. Cindy has a significant reputation as a highly compelling and inspirational speaker at events and conferences all around the world. Cindy’s 30 years of experience in brandbuilding, marketing and entrepreneurialism, combined with a razor-sharp analytical mind, wide-ranging business experience, future-forward approach to technology, a compellingly charismatic presence and a uniquely inspirational approach, equip her perfectly to address the theme of leadership and inventing the future across a range of business sectors.…

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GeekGirl Meets Lu Li, Founder & CEO of Blooming Founders 32:30

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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 info on the book, go to www.bloomingfounders.com/book and check out @BloomingFoundrs. The inspiration for Blooming Founders came from Lu's own journey, from management consultant to entrepreneur - learning what her true passion was along the way. Great advice for anyone looking to find their calling. Lu Li is the founder of Blooming Founders, a London-based platform that supports and promotes female founders through events and a professional network. She is the UK ambassador of Women's Entrepreneurship Day, a judge at the MassChallenge accelerator, a mentor at the Google Launchpad accelerator and part of the Techstars community leadership team. In her previous corporate career, Lu has launched FMCG products for Procter & Gamble across Western Europe and has worked on several consulting projects for McKinsey, BMW and T-Mobile.…

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GeekGirl Meets Josefine Hedlund, Project Director at AnalogFolk & Co-Founder of GeekGirl Meetup UK 29:39

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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 interesting path that led her to discovering Production in the creative industries - leading her all the way to her new role in New York. Lots of great inspiration in this one for anyone looking to take a a big leap and move for work! And some lovely little stories about the origins of GeekGirl! Enjoy! Twitter: @josefinehedlund…

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GeekGirl Meets Ellie Hale, Associate, CAST 30:34

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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 of technology to transform lives, systems and mentality, and keen to promote those already doing it well. She is an Associate at CAST (the Centre for Acceleration of Social Technology), which helps social-impact organisations build scalable and sustainable digital tech. As well as running the PR, marketing and events for this small but powerful 'tech for good' org, Ellie co-ordinates its Digital Fellowship: inducting senior nonprofit leaders into the world of technology, and helping them better understand and develop effective digital products and services.…

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GeekGirl Meets Lizzie Barclay, Founder, Write Mynd 26:53

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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, this episode features loads of useful tips for aspiring entrepreneurs looking to manage their time and avoid burn out! Enjoy - and download Write Mynd on the App Store. Lizzie is the founder of mental well-being app Write Mynd, a self-reflection tool that gives you honest feedback to help you better understand your emotions. The app is run entirely by volunteers, working alongside their day jobs because they care about promoting and supporting better mental health for all. Lizzie is also Head of B2B Marketing for Yahoo UK, but built Write Mynd after her stint as a Samaritans volunteer where she saw first hand how many people were impacted by mental health issues. Write Mynd launched to the App Store in June 2016. Twitter: @writemyndapp @LizzieBarclay…

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GeekGirl Meets Alexa Shoen, User Experience Copywriter, Entrepreneur & Jazz Singer 39:34

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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 Shoen is a professional communicator. By day, the 27-year-old California native consults on user experience for Berlin's hottest tech companies like Rocket Internet, Zalando, GetYourGuide, and Ohlala. And also by day, but on other days, she is a critically-acclaimed jazz singer and the founder of #entrylevelboss, a career empowerment resource for anyone who's ready to start a future-forward, creative career. She doesn't do a lot by night aside from sometimes drink some wine. Find her hanging around Twitter and Instagram at @alexashoen.…

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GeekGirl Meets Girl on the Net 52:35

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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 for GeekGirl, she's also obsessed with sex tech. We discuss everything from anxiety to managing your work load, and writing to dick pics. Maybe ever so slightly NSFW... GOTN in her own words: I’m a girl. I’m on the internet. This is some stuff I do with my life. I’ve been blogging since 2011 – real life sex stories, dirty fantasies, fun rants about gender and sex, and other bits and pieces. My latest book – How A Bad Girl Fell In Love – is out now. I also write commissioned articles for other sites and publications, and I’m happy to do interviews and press as long as I can maintain the veneer of anonymity. Why am I doing this? The most obvious answer is ‘because I’m a pervert’ – I like sex; I like talking about it, reading about it, doing it, watching other people do it, and hearing other people’s stories. This is a place for me to talk about it. Sometimes well, sometimes badly. Mostly with an arrogant tone that’s sure to grate after a while. I’d like to add a teeny tiny extra voice to the horde of women screaming “WE ACTUALLY LIKE THIS.” Women have come pretty far in terms of sexual liberation, but it still seems far more acceptable for guys to moan about how little head they’re getting than for girls to wish they had a dick to suck. Girls can talk about sexual problems, techniques, or desires. But if they go too far and start speaking with the glazed-eyes, drooling lust that we’d expect from men at the end of a webcam, people shut off. If I try to do this in polite company, even if that company happens to be a crowd of guys explaining the filthy things they’d love their girlfriends to do, I’m usually met with disbelief or awkward banter: you don’t really mean that, do you? They think it’s weird. Women can have a healthy appetite for sex, but they can’t be perverts. I’d like to show you that they can. It’s not always pretty, but it is always true – spit in my mouth, pull down my knickers, drench me in vodka and throw me to the boys.…

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GeekGirl Meets Adizah Tejani, Head of Ecosystem Development, Level39 45:14

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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 understands how to create an environment for startups to grow. At Level39 her work ranges from building and connecting the 180+ community of startups to establishing key strategic partnerships with organisations that understand the Level39 ethos. She leads the curation of seven hours of content delivered weekly to startups, mentor engagement, membership growth and investor relations. Partnerships over the last two years include World Economic Forum, Paypal, Swift and many more. Her contribution to fintech in the UK is as part of the founding team of Level39 the first FinTech Accelerator in Europe - when Level39 opened there were 6 startups and now there are 180+ across three floors creating a thriving ecosystem for growth. Adizah was recently named in the City A.M Power 100 women 2016 and has spoken in USA, Europe and Asia about technology entrepreneurship, startups and digital driven change.…

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GeekGirl Meets Kylie & Kamala, Product & Delivery Managers for the Ministry Of Justice 24:32

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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 and services to the Ministry of Justice (MoJ). LOADS of inspiration in this interview - we cover everything from what they love about their jobs, the role models they have in women such as Jessica Ennis-Hill, and the initiatives they are a part of - big shout out for Lesbians Who Tech! The team at MoJ are hiring like crazy and you can find out more about their roles here: https://mojdigital.blog.gov.uk/working-at-moj-ds/ Oh - AND - there's a little GeekGirl announcement to be aware of, too.....…

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GeekGirl Meets Nathalie Nahai, Web Psychologist, Author and Speaker 29:09

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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 is now the foremost expert in web psychology. Oh, and she's lovely and welcomed GeekGirl in for a cuppa. A lot of wisdom and a wonderful career to date, this is a podcast to make you feel awesome! Bio below: Nathalie helps businesses apply scientific rigour to their website design, content marketing and products. She has worked with Fortune 500 companies, design agencies and SMEs, including Google, eBay, Unilever and Harvard Business Review, to name a few. Nathalie lectures internationally on the digital application of behavioural sciences, host podcasts (including The Guardian’s Tech Weekly), and contributes to national publications, TV and radio on the subject of online behaviour. She is also the founder of Humanise The Web (a conference that explores both how the internet influences our behaviours, and how businesses can harness persuasive technologies for good), and sits on the Social Media Week advisory board and Ogilvy Change experts’ panel. You can tweet to her @NathalieNahai and sign up to her newsletter at https://www.nathalienahai.com/…

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GeekGirl Meets Amali de Alwis, CEO of Code First: Girls 29:23

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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 wanting to be an Astronaut, to now empowering women in many ways, Amali is a personal GeekGirl heroine. Have a listen to the podcast and enjoy! Amali de Alwis is CEO of Code First: Girls, a social enterprise who work with companies and women to increase the proportions of women in tech and entrepreneurship. They do this by running free and paid coding courses for women and for companies, by advising companies on tech talent processes and policy, and by running a community of 3500+ women who are interested in tech. Over the past 3 years they’ve provided £1.5 million worth of free tech education, and taught 2500+ women how to code. They are the largest provider of free in person coding courses for women in the UK. ??Amali previously worked as a consultant at PwC, which included a secondment to the World Economic Forum. Prior to this she was a senior research and strategy consultant at TNS Global. Outside of the day job, she is a Commissioner on the Doncaster Skills and Education Commission, a small business mentor through Start-up direct and CommonwealthFirst, a Tech London Advocate, and a fellow at the RSA.? Follow Amali at @amali_d on Twitter and @codefirstgirls.…

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GeekGirl Meets Robyn Exton, Founder of HER and Co-Founder of GeekGirl Meetup UK 42:16

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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 great podcast for anyone thinking of starting a tech startup, and of course, for anyone who loves GeekGirl as much as we do! You can find Robyn on Twitter @robynexton @hersocialapp and find out more about Her, here: https://weareher.com/about…

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GeekGirl Meets Stephanie Alys, Co-Founder and Chief Pleasure Officer, Mystery Vibe 26:09

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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 a lot of press and GeekGirl HIGHLY recommends having a look at this vibrator and the company behind it! More to come this Summer. We also talk through making the leap to going full time as a Founder, what we can expect from the company down the line, and most importantly, how we can break down taboos surrounding sex! Get in touch with Stephanie on the below: - https://twitter.com/StephanieAlys/ - https://twitter.com/MysteryVibe/ - https://mysteryvibe.com/ Must read: Come as You Are: the surprising new science that will transform your sex life - Dr Emily Nagoski Girl On The Net: My Not-So-Shameful Sex Secrets…

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GeekGirl Meets Sharon Anne Kean, Head of Product at Bloom & Wild 30:17

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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 from Sharon's career journey. For anyone looking to know more about the role of product, what it's like to work in a startup, and how to find what you love doing, give this podcast a listen. Sharon is also looking for mentoring opportunities and shares her eclectic reading list on Twitter. Get in touch: https://twitter.com/SharonAnneKean If you know an awesome woman in tech GeekGirl should meet,, get in touch via https://twitter.com/GGMUK…

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GeekGirl Meets Holly Brockwell, Founder of Gadgette 32:50

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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 written by and for women. After noticing the glaring absence of diverse female voices in tech media, Holly founded the site to provide a platform for talented female journalists, and give geeky women a space to indulge their passions without condescension or harassment. Twitter: @Holly or @gadgette…

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GeekGirl Meets Alice Tyler, Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer at Open Utility 27:05

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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 brings this design thinking to all processes, from daily tasks to hiring and team happiness. To date, Alice and her cofounders have grown the team to 9 people, including developers, designers, sales and marketing members. They have secured £800K in funding, including a £310K grant from the Department of Energy and Climate Change’s Energy Entrepreneurs Fund. The startup has also gathered a number of accolades since inception. Open Utility has been named Startup of the Year in the Initiate Awards at European Utility Week 2015, and in 2014, announced as one of the 2014 Nominet Trust 100, Green Startup to Watch 2014 by Greenwise Business, and “Rising Star 2014” by Founders Forum for Good. At work, and at home, Alice is committed to reducing her own carbon footprint a theme that runs throughout Alice’s 7 years experience designing digital products, services and experiences. During her time at More Associates, Alice worked on a Carbon Culture usercentred behaviour change pilot, analysing how users of an office building could reduce energy consumption at work through fun and engaging methods. Longer term, Alice sees Open Utility playing an instrumental role in updating the energy industry. She is driven by empowering people to use their electricity more efficiently while improving how people interact with energy. Resources mentioned in Podcast: User Testing Rocket Surgery Made Easy: The Do-it-yourself Guide to Finding and Fixing Usability Problems by Steve Krug Designing a company Reinventing Organizations: A Guide to Creating Organizations Inspired by the Next Stage in Human Consciousness by Frederic UX process Lean UX: Applying Lean Principles to Improve User Experience by Jeff Gothelf The User Experience Team of One: A Research and Design Survival Guide by Leah Buley Understanding humans Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell Growing veg The New Kitchen Garden: How to Grow Some of What You Eat No Matter Where You Live by Mark Diacono RHS Grow for Flavour: Tips & tricks to supercharge the flavour of homegrown harvests by James Wong Twitter: https://twitter.com/altyler Website: https://www.openutility.com/…

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GeekGirl Meets Reshma Sohoni, Founding Partner of Seedcamp 20:38

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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) meant that from an early age she was cultivating a path that would always bring business and technology together. Early on in her career during the height of the dot-com boom, Reshma worked in M&A and venture capital across B2B Software and Internet services businesses in the US and India. She had a small helping hand in building MakeMyTrip (NASDAQ) in its formative days. Following on from this, Reshma went to INSEAD and earned her MBA, fell in love with Europe and stayed on to work in Commercial and Marketing Strategy at Vodafone. Starting Seedcamp in 2007 was a once in a lifetime opportunity and one that she jumped into with a strong desire to help the European founder realize global success. Links: Seedcamp - http://seedcamp.com/ Runway East - http://runwayea.st/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/rsohoni/…

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GeekGirl Meets Kim Pham, Head of Platform, Frontline Ventures 37:10

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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 graduated from New York University’s Stern School of Business, where she majored in Marketing and Computer Science. She has been working at early-stage startups in New York and Boston since she was 16, at companies like Blue Apron, Onswipe, and HowAboutWe. She led Tech@NYU, NYC’s largest developer and designer organization. Kim was also founding partner of Dorm Room Fund, a $.5M student-run venture fund investing in student startups throughout NYC. When she’s not supporting the Frontline portfolio, you can find Kim cooking without recipes or attempting to befriend strangers' dogs. She enthusiastically claims she is “made of the Internet.” Key Links: Twitter: http://twitter.com/kim617 Website: http://kimpham.org/ EU Internal Ecosystem Builders: http://euieb.com/ Frontline Ventures: http://www.frontline.vc/…

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GeekGirl Meets Rosario Garcia de Zuniga, CTO & Co-Founder of Headliner 34:00

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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 Techstars London 2015 cohort, where Rosario was the first female CTO to go through the London program. Deeply passionate about software architecture, testing, and design; building resilient, scalable systems is a skill which she’s honed from years of hands-on experience. Prior to embarking on her own venture, Rosario was working at Mendeley, a social network for researchers, which she helped growing from a very early stage right until after its acquisition in 2013. There she led the core API and Web development team and helped transition Mendeley to an open platform. In her free time she enjoys running, yoga, playing the piano and dancing. And she can’t wait until she has some time to go scuba diving. Links mentioned: https://www.codecademy.com/ http://stackoverflow.com/ http://twitter.com/phpeach Other links on where to learn how to code online: https://www.reddit.com/r/learnprogramming/comments/3k2ehq/codecademy_vs_free_code_camp_vs_code_school_vs/…

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GeekGirl Meets Sarah Drinkwater, Head of Campus London, Google 20:40

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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 built a community of over 50,000. Passionate about entrepreneurship and communities, Sarah’s previous role at Google was leading a global team of community managers around Google Maps, while also volunteering at Campus helping to run Campus for Mums. Before Google, she worked in content and community for startups, advised brands on their social media, and was a journalist. Sarah’s on the board of Code First: Girls which provides classes and a support network for young women keen to work in tech and combines her enthusiasms for education and diversity. Outside of work, Sarah loves travelling, cycling, cities and stories, and lives in East London with her soon-to-be husband. Links mentioned in the podcast: Code First Girls - http://www.codefirstgirls.org.uk/ Dot Everyone - https://dot-everyone.workable.com/jobs/180436 Twitter - https://twitter.com/sarahdrinkwater…

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GeekGirl Meets Gemma Milne, Creative Lab Technologist at Ogilvy & Mather 42:44

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