Heather Cabot. (2017). Geek Girl Rising: Inside the Sisterhood Shaking Up Tech. St. Martin's Publishing Group.

Heather Cabot. 2017. Geek Girl Rising: Inside the Sisterhood Shaking Up Tech. St. Martin's Publishing Group.

Heather Cabot, Geek Girl Rising: Inside the Sisterhood Shaking Up Tech. St. Martin's Publishing Group, 2017.

Heather Cabot. Geek Girl Rising: Inside the Sisterhood Shaking Up Tech. St. Martin's Publishing Group, 2017.

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   • bioText: HEATHER CABOT is an award-winning journalist, adjunct professor at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, angel investor and contributor to Women@Forbes. She is a former ABC News correspondent and anchor of World News Now/World News This Morning. Cabot jumped into the digital revolution when she was hired to serve as the Web Life Editor for Yahoo! in 2007. During her tenure, she reported on how the Internet was transforming everyday lives as a regular guest on Today, GMA, CNN, MSNBC, Fox, nationally syndicated talk shows and dozens of local TV and radio stations across the U.S. and Canada. She advises several women-led startups and is a managing director of Golden Seeds and member of Pipeline Angels and Plum Alley. Cabot first started investigating the gender gap in tech as a researcher on the 1995 PBS documentary "Minerva's Machine: Women and Computing," which profiled female tech pioneers, including U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Grace Hopper. Cabot resides in the New York City area with her husband, tween twins and their goldendoodle named Midnight.
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   • bioText: SAMANTHA WALRAVENS is an award-winning journalist, work-life expert and author/editor of the best-selling anthology, TORN: True Stories of Kids, Career & the Conflict of Modern Motherhood, lauded by the New York Times as a book "filled with the voices of women trying to solve an impossible equation, all doing the best they can" and hailed by the Los Angeles Times as "a welcome addition to the body of work of books about the work/life balance." Samantha writes for Women@Forbes, the Huffington Post, Disney Interactive and Modern Mom, and is a sought-after speaker on the topic of women, career and work-life success. She has spoken nationwide at organizations including Google, Goldman Sachs, UBS, Deloitte, Princeton University and the Society of Women Engineers, has been interviewed on Today, Good Morning America and NPR. Samantha began her career as a technology reporter for PC World magazine and led marketing communications for Tumbleweed Software, a Silicon Valley software security company. She is a member of Pipeline Angels, an angel network that invests in early-stage, women-led startups, and serves on the Alumni Schools Committee for Princeton University. Samantha resides in Marin County, California with her husband and four children.
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"I don't 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." - Kelly Ripa
Meet the women who aren't asking permission from Silicon Valley to chase their dreams. They are going for it—building cutting-edge tech startups, investing in each other's 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 that's 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 YouTube sensation Michelle Phan's ipsy studios, where she is grooming the next generation of digital video stars while leading her own mega e-commerce beauty business; and tour the headquarters of The Muse, the hottest career site for millennials, and meet its intrepid CEO, Kathryn Minshew, who stared down sexism while raising millions of dollars to fund the company she co-founded. These women are the rebels proving that a female point of view matters in the age of technology and can rock big returns if you have a big idea and the passion to build it.

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     "[One of] three books every geek should read this spring... This inspiring collection of success stories gives all the dish on the rise of under-the-radar women in the tech world."

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   • source: MIT Technology Review (Best Books of 2017)
   • content: "While the diversity statistics often show a grim image of women's experience in technology and entrepreneurship, Geek Girl Rising paints a brighter picture of the women who are rallying to start companies, investing in each other, and pulling up those coming behind them."
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   • content: "Journalists Cabot and Walravens tell the stories of dozens of women who are working in or leading tech companies... A well-organized survey of the successes and occasional failures of women working in what has traditionally been a male-dominated field."
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   • source: The Women's CLUB of Silicon Valley
   • content: "Geek Girl Rising is a collection of powerful stories about the current and next generation of women technologists and leaders. Heather Cabot and Samantha Walravens show how these women are changing the rules, building better products for men AND women, and lessons learned from the 'sister network'. This book is full of inspiring, real-life stories about women technologists and leaders who are determined to see the next generation succeed by building new communities and opportunities. It's an ideal book for all up-and-coming tech leaders, whether you are a student, in the ideation phase or a female entrepreneur trying to get a seat at the big table. Learn what's changed and what hasn't – and how to navigate successfully."
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     March 15, 2017
     Concentrating on the years 2014 through 2016, journalists Cabot and Walravens (editor: Torn: True Stories of Kids, Career & the Conflict of Modern Motherhood, 2011) tell the stories of dozens of women who are working in or leading tech companies.With considered optimism, the authors relate a few accounts of failed companies led by women and present statistics indicating how small a percentage of women are involved in tech jobs, but they keep most of their attention on those who have managed to break through and thrive in a tough business environment. Some of these leaders took off from relatively small internet niches and parlayed them into much larger presences, such as YouTube star Michelle Phan, creator of the e-commerce cosmetics company Ipsy. Others found areas that their male counterparts ignored: Sheila Lirio Marcelo, for example, was motivated to form a site for seekers and purveyors of domestic help by her own -struggles with balancing babies and aging parents.- In addition to tech leaders, the authors consider female -angel investors- like Joanne Wilson, who invests in female startups, or the group of Chattanooga female movers and shakers who invest their collective cash in businesses run by women. Cabot and Walravens make a point of seeking out minority women, whether women of color or lesbians, to include in their account. While a majority of the book covers high earners, one chapter follows women who have pieced together tech work at home following the births of their children and suggests that such work will be increasing in the future. Using evidence of colleges where computer science departments have managed to maintain female students, the authors argue that environments where women support other women offer the most hope of success and that tech companies must reach a tipping point where women will be encouraging the growth of other women. A well-organized if sometimes-superficial survey of the successes and occasional failures of women working in what has traditionally been a male-dominated field.

     COPYRIGHT(2017) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

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     April 1, 2017
     Despite increasing jobs in the tech industry, the number of women pursuing these careers is in decline. However, Cabot and Walravens admirably show that though women are a minority in this historically white, male industry, they are an inspirational force to be reckoned with. This book dismantles stereotypes surrounding women's capabilities, highlights obstacles impeding their entry into the tech boys club, and encourages women of all ages to persevere and follow their passions. Cabot and Walravens accomplish this task by profiling a wonderfully diverse range of female entrepreneurs, financiers, company founders, and mentorsall of them intelligent, driven, and committed to creating a supportive community for women in (or trying to break into) tech. Included are such figures as Debbie Sterling, creator of GoldieBlox engineering dolls; Sheila Marcelo, founder of Care.com; and Michelle Phan, YouTube celebrity and Ipsy cosmetics company founder. This enlightening read reveals many problems embedded in start-up culture, but, more importantly, it is an invigorating call to action and testament to the wide-ranging successes of women in this field.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2017, American Library Association.)

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