Alese Stroud

Alese Stroud is a badass. She has been in the tech world for decades, starting when she decided to teach herself coding to be able to do what she wanted, the way she wanted. Because THAT'S WHAT WE DO. Alese and I met at Blue Sail Coffee at the Tech Park in Little Rock. There's a lot of background noise. Sorry. But you'll get used to it. This episode may be a little much for anyone not interested or somewhat well-versed in Startup World. But midway or so, we start to talk about women in this milieu and the challenges we face--from funding, to getting appropriate attention for our ideas, to creating a more equitable ecosystem. I hope you enjoy. #UppityWomenUnite Uppity Women is hosted by Stephanie Harris, founder of Women Lead Arkansas, a non-partisan nonprofit whose mission is to empower women and girls to engage in politics, policy, and leadership. This podcast is meant to showcase women (and men!) doing cool things; be a place for hard conversations we need to have before we can make progress (race, politics, feminism, etc.); bring people together to figure sh!t out and get stuff done; and generally thumb our noses at anyone who would tell us what we may or may not do as women. Women Lead Arkansas darylshawn.bandcamp.com/music Links: Blue Sail Coffee Venture Center Little Rock Tech Park Systematics led by Walter Smiley Alltel Amazon Web Services MVP =minimum viable product Financial synergies definition Gap analysis definition Corporate Insight Strategy “M&A space” = mergers and acquisitions Isaac.ai Geert Hofstede-elements of culture "the valley" = Silicon Valley Charles Morgan PitchBook Capital IQ Pitch deck definition Five types of startup investors Law to Go UALR Small Business and Technology Center Rockwater Marina and Rockwater Village, developed by Lisa Ferrell and Jim Jackson Heather Nelson of Seal Solar Meredith Lowery-Woman-Run