Tech shouldnt be a boys club

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The TEDx talk I did on why female students don't learn to code and what can be done about this

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Tech shouldn’t be a boys club

@AliceBentinck

Tech is changing everything

Who wouldn’t want to be part of this?

We built

11 startups

Valued at

£22m

Nilu. Zefi. Leo. Humphrey. Matt. Ewan. Adi. Laura. Andy. Felix. Vivian. Isaac. Zahid. Alex. Alex. Bryan. Leo. David. Elia. Rashid. Emily. George. Henry. James. Kit. Seb. Tim. Gareth. Conno. George. Pana

Nilu. Zefi. Leo. Humphrey. Matt. Ewan. Adi. Laura. Andy. Felix. Vivian. Isaac. Zahid. Alex. Alex. Bryan. Leo. David. Elia. Rashid. Emily. George. Henry. James. Kit. Seb. Tim. Gareth. Conno. George. Pana

Tech startup founders

This can’t be the norm

So why aren’t young women joining the tech

revolution?

1. Awareness2. Confidence

3. Skills

1. Awareness

“What’s programming?”

2. Confidence

What's the most impressive thing

you've ever founded, built, sold, hacked,

hustled or designed?

“Nothing yet”

3. Skills

What’s been the impact of ?

30% of the participants are now building their own startups

27% are now working in a startup

17% are now training to become junior software developers

What made these girls change their minds

about tech?

It was just for girls

It wasn’t just programming

It built a network

And now we’re going national…

Tech shouldn’t be a boys club

@AliceBentinck