Venturegirls: Raising Girls To Be Tomorrow's Leaders

  • Author: Cristal Glangchai
  • Narrator: Sandy Rustin
  • Publisher: HarperCollins USA
  • Duration: 9:01:14
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Synopsis

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.

Chapters

  • 001 VentureGirls

    Duration: 47s
  • 002 Introduction

    Duration: 19min
  • 003 Part One, Chapter 01

    Duration: 51min
  • 004 Part Two, Chapter 02

    Duration: 39min
  • 005 Chapter 03

    Duration: 27min
  • 006 Part Three, Chapter 04

    Duration: 38min
  • 007 Chapter 05

    Duration: 39min
  • 008 Chapter 06

    Duration: 52min
  • 009 Chapter 07

    Duration: 36min
  • 010 Chapter 08

    Duration: 48min
  • 011 Chapter 09

    Duration: 36min
  • 012 Chapter 10

    Duration: 38min
  • 013 Chapter 11

    Duration: 31min
  • 014 Chapter 12

    Duration: 28min
  • 015 Conclusion

    Duration: 30min
  • 016 Acknowledgments

    Duration: 02min
  • 017 Appendix

    Duration: 15min
  • 018 Resources For Further Learning

    Duration: 17s
  • 019 Credits

    Duration: 58s