When Your Dream Job Becomes a Nightmare - What April Christina Curley Learned From Being Let Go
In 2014, former teacher turned recruiter, April Christina Curley, got offered her dream job - a major tech company asked her to come on board specifically to create a talent pipeline for overlooked tech talent at historically black colleges and universities. Without hesitation, April said yes, pack…
Not Everyone Gets a Seat at Your Table - How Dr. Rebecca Andersen Said Goodbye to Imposter Syndrome
Today, as leader of the Talent Strategies program at the Berkeley lab, Dr. Rebecca Andersen has a thriving career in professional development. But back when she was in the middle stages of her career, a toxic work environment, and its effects on her, nearly derailed it all.
On the one hand, from…
Do We Fold or Do We Fight - A CEO’s Lessons from One of Her Earliest Setbacks
At 16, Shellye Archambeau already knew she wanted to be a CEO. And early in her career at IBM, after closing a massive deal with RiteAid, it felt like she was well on her way. But then, at the last minute, the deal fell through. Shellye felt utterly defeated - until a conversation with her husband …
“It’s All Marketing” - Dr. Timnit Gebru on the Smoke and Mirrors of AI Hype - Part I
Welcome to B The Way Forward Interludes - a series of conversations that don’t necessarily fit in our regular season, but are just too good to not share.
Heard something about AI Lately? Have those two letters shown up in just about every app you use - whether you want them to or not? Yeah. Same…
From Micro Failures to Success - McKinsey & Co’s Lareina Yee on Succeeding After Setback
Lately, we’ve been talking to some of the most incredible women in Tech about some of the most non-incredible moments in their careers - stories of setbacks, mistakes that felt unrecoverable, and outcomes that seemed like failures. We’ve been doing this because we want all of you in our community …
Fear is Just an Emotion - Betsy Tong on Resilience, Reinvention and Finding Your Voice
Disclaimer: This episode includes brief use of strong language. As part of our mission to support real, lived experiences in tech, we’ve chosen to preserve the authenticity of this conversation.
2023 was not a great year for Betsy Tong. Only three years after losing her mother to cancer, Betsy fou…
The 24 Year Overnight Success - Lisa Gelobter on Delayed Degrees and Disrupting Systems
Silicon Valley loves the story of a College Dropout Founder - the genius who was just too brilliant for school. The implication of these stories is that of course they could graduate if they wanted to… it just wouldn’t be worth their time. But for every one of those, there are countless others who …
It’s Not the End - How Nina Sossamon-Pogue Turned Life’s Worst Chapters Into a Playbook for Success
Nina Sossamon-Pogue was a member of the US National Gymnastics Team, an Emmy-winning news anchor, and a tech executive who helped guide a startup to a successful IPO.But Nina’s incredible career wasn’t a straight line - it was a series of reinventions born from a series of devastating setbacks.
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“We Have to Help Them” - Anu Bhardwaj on How Her Daughter Sparked a Global Movement
In 2018, serial entrepreneur Anu Bhardwaj launched a project inspired by a simple, brilliant insight from her 7-year-old daughter, Arya: if you want adults to understand cryptocurrency, teach their kids first. And so, Krypto 4 Kids (K4K) was born.
What began as a two-day event quickly evolved in…
Build Your Own Powerful Brand
The theme song from the TV show CHEERS states: You want to go where everybody knows your name. Being your own personal brand gets you there. Deandra Coleman, a personal branding and reinvention consultant for Black Women, is dedicated to promoting equity and inclusion for Black women. She specializ…
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