#41 - Women in Tech Special #1: Naomi Timperley

On the first of our ‘Women in Tech’ Series Professor Kerensa Jennings and Gareth Davies are joined by an inspirational woman who’s been consistently listed as one of the 50 most influential women in Tech, Naomi Timperley.  Naomi talks to us about setting up and scaling Baby Loves Disco, an immensely popular children's disco service, and getting approached to pitch on the Dragons Den. Despite turning down an offer, Naomi still struck up a great relationship with Deborah Meadon and learned a huge amount from the experience. Naomi has also inspired and mentored hundreds of young entrepreneurs and also Inspired and launched Digital Enterprising Award as well as co-founding Tech North advocates and sitting on the board at Salford University.   They also discuss some of Naomi's challenges throughout her career and her observations about the next generation of female leaders along with much much more..  02:23 - Introductions to Naomi 03:40 - Baby Loves Disco 04:15 - Dragons Den 06:30 - Youth Entrepreneurship 07:45 - IDEA Inspiring Digital Enterprising Award 11:45 - Gender Challenges 13:00 - Inspiring with Confidence 17:30 - The Education System and opening opportunities 20:40 - Mentoring Others 25:00 - Generation Z’s Perceptions on careers 30:50 - Local Businesses and Schools Connecting 32:30 - Education and Gender Stereotyping Careers 34:00 - Naomi’s Advice to Business Leaders on gender balance 36:25 - Lockdown Inspiration Naomi’s Quoted Books Via: https://www.strategyzer.com/ How people can connect with Naomi https://twitter.com/naomitimperley https://uk.linkedin.com/in/naomitimperley https://www.wearegsi.com https://www.bedigitaluk.com/