Girls Who Code: Be Brave Not Perfect

A mission to close the gender gap in tech.

An episode of the The Venture podcast, hosted by Virgin Atlantic / Gimlet Creative, titled "Girls Who Code: Be Brave Not Perfect" was published on June 13, 2017 and runs 26 minutes.

June 13, 2017 ·26m · The Venture

Summary

She’d never written a line of code in her life -- but she had the guts to take on one of tech’s biggest problems. Meet Reshman Saujani: a daughter of refugees, a Yale Law graduate, a former Wall Street lawyer, and an ex-candidate for Congress. Today, she runs Girls Who Code, an organization she founded to disrupt the tech talent pipeline, by closing the gender gap. Through all of it, she’s learned that sometimes the best way to succeed is to fail. The Venture is hosted by Ashley Milne-Tyte. This episode features: Reshma Saujani, Founder of Girls Who Code and author of Women Who Don’t Wait in Line  Beth Comstock, Vice Chair at GE Andy Gonzalez and Sophie Houser, Co-creators of Tampon Run Trina DasGupta, Founder & CEO of Single Palm Tree Productions and founding board member of Girls Who Code Nihal Mehta, Founding General Partner at Eniac Ventures To learn more about The Venture, go to virginatlantic.com/theventure Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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