Venturegirls: Raising Girls To Be Tomorrow's Leaders

  • Autor: Cristal Glangchai
  • Narrador: Sandy Rustin
  • Editora: HarperCollins USA
  • Duração: 9:01:14
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Sinopse

From an engineer and entrepreneur, a conversation-changing parenting book about how to engage young women in science, technology, engineering, and math, filled with practical advice for both parents and educators.

VentureGirls is rich with inspiration and practical insights for parents, teachers, and everyone who cares about raising kids to be innovators and changemakers.”—Rod Arnold, founder, The Frontier Agency

As the female CEO of a tech startup, Dr. Cristal Glangchai was outnumbered twenty to one. At Google, Twitter, and Facebook, women currently fill just ten to twenty percent of technical jobs. While career opportunities in science, technology, engineering, and math have increased dramatically in the past twenty years, the achievement gap between men and women has only grown wider.

In VentureGirls, Glangchai offers a unique solution based on her own experience as an engineer and entrepreneur as well as the founder of the VentureLab, an academy of entrepreneurship and technology for girls. Practical, accessible, and filled with success stories, VentureGirls argues that a key part of raising strong, confident young women is giving them the tools of entrepreneurship to engage in STEM.

Entrepreneurship isn’t just about starting companies, Glangchai writes, it is a skillset and a way of thinking that is particularly useful in the fields of science, mathematics, engineering, and technology. Entrepreneurship involves identifying needs, brainstorming creative solutions, innovating, and taking calculated risks. In short, it’s about having a vision and making it a reality. The true value in learning and practicing entrepreneurship, Glangchai argues, lies in nurturing and growing an overall mindset—the ability to learn from failure and to work well with others to bring your ideas to life.

Deeply informative, warm, and grounded in real-world experience, VentureGirls includes a plethora of activities and lessons that focus on strengthening kids’ ingenuity and resilience. VentureGirls is essential reading for anyone who wants to raise girls and young women who realize their strength, engage in the world, and feel empowered to make a positive impact.

Capítulos

  • 001 VentureGirls

    Duração: 47s
  • 002 Introduction

    Duração: 19min
  • 003 Part One, Chapter 01

    Duração: 51min
  • 004 Part Two, Chapter 02

    Duração: 39min
  • 005 Chapter 03

    Duração: 27min
  • 006 Part Three, Chapter 04

    Duração: 38min
  • 007 Chapter 05

    Duração: 39min
  • 008 Chapter 06

    Duração: 52min
  • 009 Chapter 07

    Duração: 36min
  • 010 Chapter 08

    Duração: 48min
  • 011 Chapter 09

    Duração: 36min
  • 012 Chapter 10

    Duração: 38min
  • 013 Chapter 11

    Duração: 31min
  • 014 Chapter 12

    Duração: 28min
  • 015 Conclusion

    Duração: 30min
  • 016 Acknowledgments

    Duração: 02min
  • 017 Appendix

    Duração: 15min
  • 018 Resources For Further Learning

    Duração: 17s
  • 019 Credits

    Duração: 58s