Geek Girl Rising: Inside the Sisterhood Shaking Up Tech

Geek Girl Rising invites women everywhere to join the digital revolution and create the future! "I donÆt know much about tech, but I do know that these pioneer women are pretty dope. Geek Girl Rising gives a much needed voice to the fearless women paving an important path in the tech world, while forming a lasting sisterhood along the way.ö - Kelly Ripa Meet the women who arenÆt asking permission from Silicon Valley to chase their dreams. They are going for itùbuilding cutting-edge tech startups, investing in each otherÆs ventures, crushing male hacker stereotypes and rallying the next generation of women in tech. With a nod to tech trailblazers like Sheryl Sandberg and Marissa Mayer, Geek Girl Rising introduces readers to the fearless female founders, technologists, and innovators fighting at a grassroots level for an ownership stake in the revolution thatÆs changing the way we live, work and connect. Readers will meet Debbie Sterling, inventor of GoldieBlox, the first engineering toy for girls, which topples the notion that only boys can build; peek inside the glamorous world of YouTube pioneer Michelle Phan; and tour the headquarters of The Muse, the hottest career site for millennials, led by intrepid co-founder and CEO, Kathryn Minshew. Amid the rising chorus of women speaking out against sexism in technology, media, entertainment and politics, Geek Girl RisingÆs message of female solidarity and empowerment is more urgent than ever. Now in paperback, with a new afterword that takes readers inside 2017Æs national conversation on sexual harassment, the #MeToo movement, and whatÆs ahead for women in tech.

• | Author: Heather Cabot, Samantha Walravens
• | Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
• | Publication Date: May 01, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 288 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/Business & Economics
• | ISBN-10: 125018200X
• | ISBN-13: 9781250182005