Women in Tech: Rising Through Economic Chaos with Resilience, Networks and AI Savvy

About this episode

The episode discusses how women in tech are navigating economic challenges with resilience, networking, and AI skills.

This is your Women in Business podcast. Welcome to Women in Business, where we celebrate the unstoppable force of women shaping tomorrow's economy. I'm your host, diving straight into how we're navigating today's turbulent economic landscape in the tech industry—think layoffs at Google, funding crunches amid high interest rates, and AI shaking up everything. Despite women holding just 8.2 percent of CEO spots at big corporations, as noted by the University of Texas Permian Basin's business insights, we're rising with grit and innovation. First, embrace resilience like Reshma Saujani, founder of Girls Who Code. In this downturn, she's pushing women to pivot fast—retrain in AI ethics or cybersecurity, fields booming despite cutbacks. Tech giants like Microsoft are hiring for these roles, and her story shows single women entrepreneurs mastering stress through self-care routines that keep burnout at bay. Transitioning smoothly, let's talk funding fights. Venture capital for women-led startups dropped 27 percent last year, per PitchBook data, but powerhouses like Whitney Wolfe Herd of Bumble prove persistence pays. She built a billion-dollar dating app empire by networking fiercely at…

People in this episode

Host: Inception Point Ai

Topics covered

• women in tech
• economic challenges
• resilience
• networking
• AI
• entrepreneurship

Keywords

• women in business
• economic chaos
• AI ethics
• cybersecurity
• venture capital
• female entrepreneurs
• mentorship
• self-care
• funding

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Girls Who Code, Microsoft, Bumble, All Raise, Badass Women in Business, University of Texas Permian Basin, PitchBook

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