Women in Tech podcast “The Other Half”
The Other Half is a podcast for women in tech. Speakers include founders, VCs, senior tech leaders and subject matter experts.
Season’s 1 episodes include a wide range of topics such as fundraising advice for startups, navigating pregnancy as a founder, lessons on being an engineering leader, and how to build confidence.
50% of women leave their careers in tech by the age of 35. The mission is to change that trend, inspiring and empowering the next wave of female entrepreneurs and business leaders. Each week, they’re joined by guests who share their experiences and provide practical advice to help ambitious women navigate their careers in tech.
As of today, the first of this season’s 10 episodes has been released. Listeners, potential guests and advocates for women in tech can contact the podcast team via the website.
We decided to start “The Other Half” as we found that over the years we worked in tech, we were spending countless hours messaging each other about the big and small challenges we faced as ambitious women in the workplace.
We realised that the things we were talking about with each other were being experienced by many women around us. Women who felt like they couldn’t get ahead and were thinking of leaving tech all together.
So we decided to do something about it and create a positive impact in this space.
Gerisha Nadaraju, Co-Host of The Other Half
We came across this stat that “~50% of women are abandoning careers in tech by the age of 35”. It was something I saw reflected in my own career. The more senior I became, the fewer women were at the table.
The podcast is born out of a desire to change that stat. We hope by sharing challenges and practical advice on how to overcome them, we’ll inspire more women to become founders, VCs and leaders.
Josephine Conneely, Co-Host of The Other Half
After selling PlanGrid to Autodesk and serving as a visiting partner at Y Combinator, I saw my role as a second-time founder as a form of activism.
With TigerEye, I aim to address the underrepresentation of women in entrepreneurship. Speaking on The Other Half aligns with their mission to offer practical guidance to female founders.
Tracy Young, Founder and CEO at TigerEye
Current listed speakers
- Marta Jasinka, VP Product Engineering at Bumble
- Lizzie Drake, Chief Compliance Officer at AliPay UK (listen episode)
- Tracy Young, founder and CEO at TigerEye
- Deepali Nangia, Partner at SpeedInvest
- Yvonne Bajela, Partner at Localglobe
- Jo Goodall, co-founder at luna
- Jas Schembri-Stothart, co founder at luna
- Phillipa Main, Lead Product Manager at Protex AI
- Will Ford, Director of Music at Wimbledon High School
- Clare Fowler, Senior Solicitor at Yesslaw
- Tiwalola Ogunlesi, Founder & Confidence Coach at Confident & Killing It
