Get your WIT together

Episodes

1. 9

   Episode 9 - The secret to hiring WITs with Andi Vanetta Smith

   One spring day in 2017, Vanetta Partners' founder and CEO, Andi Vanetta Smith, woke up to a sea of frantic texts from her clients begging her to hire more women. There was a new buzz in the air. The paradigm shift had begun. Join us to hear this expert Silicon Valley recruiter walk us through her...

   Nov 12, 2019

   52m
2. 8

   Episode 8 - Jackie Luo knows the salaries of thousands of tech employees

   This episode we talk to blogger, software engineer and our favorite burner (yes, we're talking about Burning Man), Jackie Luo, about radical pay transparency. When we don't know how much our peers are making, it disproportionally impacts minorities like women and people of color. On the contrary,...

   Aug 24, 2019

   33m
3. 7

   Episode 7 - Fake it til you make it, and other insights with Edsights

   Tech Stars Claudia and Carolina Recchi take us to school - first time founder school. These superstar sisters run through the trials and tribulations of founding Edsights together and confirm/deny some age old myths: 1. Fake it till you make it? (Yes.) 2. Ask for money and get advice, ask for...

   May 30, 2019

   35m
4. 6

   Episode 6 - Carolyn Witte talks Tia, the love child of your Gyno and Soul Cycle

   What would women's healthcare look like if it were imagined and executed by women for women? This week, we sit down with Carolyn Witte, founder of Tia, to find out. From cycle tracking on your smartphone to an appointment booking UX and waiting room that feels like Soul Cycle, Tia is taking a new...

   Apr 22, 2019

   25m
5. 6

   GYWT BOOK CLUB: Bad Blood by John Carreyrou

   For GYWT's very first book club, Hilary, Julia, and returning guest, Steffi (catch her on episode 3) get real about Silicon Valley's infamous WIT, Elizabeth Holmes, and John Carreyrou's national bestseller, Bad Blood. If you've read the book or you're as obsessed with Elizabeth Holmes as we are,...

   Feb 15, 2019

   32m
6. 5

   Episode 5 - Vocal Fry with THE Vocal Fries

   Like this week we like sat down with linguistic experts Carrie Gillon and like Megan Figueroa, hosts of the Vocal Fries Podcast. We like talked about like why vocal fry is totally important and how like valley girls like Kim Kardashian are like seriously impacting the way women like speak! But...

   Jan 28, 2019

   37m
7. 4

   Episode 4 - We hate tech T-shirts.

   Our first ~famous~ guest, Claire Drumond, T-shirt blogger extraordinaire, gets real about the Silicon Valley uniform. Be honest ladies, when was the last time you actually felt good about wearing one of your weirdly "women's fit" company T-shirts? Like the word fetch, we WITs need to stop trying…

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   Dec 18, 2018

   33m
8. 3

   Episode 3 - Lady 2 Lady

   GYWT gets real about women to women dynamics at work. Is it fair for women to be tougher on each other? Do people expect you to be friends with the other female on your team JUST because she also doesn't have a Y chromosome? Do we have a responsibility to sponsor other women and help raise each...

   Dec 10, 2018

   36m
9. 2

   Episode 2 - !!!!!!

   Do you use exclamation points in your emails? What about your Slack channel??!?!!!!!! Are emojis fun or unprofessional 😉😋🙌🔥⁉️

   Dec 10, 2018

   34m
10. 1

    Episode 1 - Crying at work

    Have you ever cried in your office? We have. Ain't no shame in some tears here and there (at least in theory) but why then do we have the urge to hide in the bathroom? GYWT discusses the ins and outs of the inevitable reality that is getting emotional at work.

    Dec 9, 2018

    27m