Girls in Tech is live at Berkeley’s Caltopia, meeting the bright ladies and gents who are sure to become our future CEOs and entrepreneurs! Below you’ll find the details for our Caltopia Contest, ensuring that at least a few Cal Bear-GITers are well dressed for back to school. Find our Facebook Group here: http://bit.ly/1lgL3y
We can’t go back in time but we can look forward to words of wisdom from Tina Seelig, Executive Director of the Stanford Technology Ventures Program and Author of “What I Wish I Knew When I Was Twenty: A Crash Course on Making Your Place in the World”, to help us as we move forward toward our goals.
Seelig is co- recipient of the 2009 National Academy of Engineering’s Gordon Prize for her work with the Stanford Technology Ventures Program, which is the entrepreneurship center at Stanford’s Engineering school, as well as the author of over a dozen books and educational games. Of Seelig’s newest book, Publisher HarperCollins says:
…starting a new career can be daunting. It is scary to face a wall of choices, knowing that no one is going to tell us whether or not we are making the right decision. There is no clearly delineated path or recipe for success.
…Seelig throws out the old rules and provides a new model for reaching our highest potential. We discover how to have a healthy disregard for the impossible, how to recover from failure, and how most problems are remarkable opportunities in disguise…
Kindly hosted by Adaptive Path at their lovely, South of Market space in San Francisco, members of both Girls in Tech and Bay Area Women in Film and Media will be interested to hear Seelig discuss her new book and offer advice and perspective on entrepreneurship, creativity and how one goes about making lemonade from lemons! This event is scheduled for July 16th at 7pm with doors opening at 6:30pm. Books will be available for purchase at the event and light refreshments will be served.
Tickets available online through Eventbrite for $5: http://tinaseeligchat.eventbrite.com/
Girls in Tech headed to Palo Alto on Saturday to attend the Stanford Women in Business “Off the Street – A Woman’s Guide to Non- Traditional Careers” conference. This was such a great opportunity to introduce Girls in Tech to the next generation of women in technology and encourage women looking to pursue careers in technology, especially given the current economic times, to follow their heart. We went in thinking it would be a good experience for the young women of Stanford; it turned out to be a fantastic event for us as well.
Candace Nelson, founder of Sprinkles Cupcakes, keynoted the event and passed the audience the same, sage advice: do what you love. Cupcakes may not seem like high tech, but hey, a girl’s got to eat! (And, if you haven’t been fortunate enough to try one, do not pass go, go straight to a Sprinkles bakery near you. I recommend the Black and White. HEAVEN.)
During the address, Candace discussed her experience in founding and developing Sprinkles, which was the first-ever cupcake-only bakery. What we learned was that it’s not the industry that matters – her experience could have applied to a start-up anywhere. What was instrumental to her business was having a passion for what she was doing and putting a real stake in the ground for its success. At the end of the day, if you love what you do, success will come.
We are in many different industries and have different backgrounds, but, at Girls in Tech, we all love what we do. Many thanks to Stanford Women in Business for allowing us to share that passion with their members. Up next, Web 2.0!
