On this episode of the Tech Leaders Podcast - Women in Tech series, we are joined by the inspirational Alice Bentinck; co-founder of Entrepreneur First and Code First Girls - where she’s worked tirelessly to give others opportunities that they otherwise wouldn’t have had to become entrepreneurs, as well as encouraging more women into the tech sector.
Alice opens up to discuss how she got to where she is today, what mistakes she made along the way, how she grew her business and what advice she’d give to others as well as why she thinks ambition is key to everything an entrepreneur can achieve and shouldn’t be seen as a bad word.
02:26 - Introduction to Alice & Entrepreneur First
04:20 - Giving permission to be ambitious
07:20 - Alice’s First Startup Process
10:25 - How Networking attracted the head of LinkedIn
12:31 - The Story of Code First Girls
16:34 - Alice’s Advice on growing your network
18:15 - Gender Diversity in the Tech and entrepreneurship sectors
22:27 - Alice’s Journey into Coding
24:46 - How to stay resilient
26:30 - How Business owners can create a culture encouraging female ambition
30:42 - What is Web 3.0?