Category: STEM
Last week we read about girls and women who had learned to code and built some pretty amazing and inspiring apps. You can read about them here. Today I’ve got three easy ways for you to get the girl in your life learning to code. I researched and selected these because they are very accessible and great for beginners. Two of …
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Category: Girlpreneurs, STEM
Oct 28
Girls see the world in a unique and wonderful way. They are empathetic and they want to make their world better. Through my research to find stories about girls who are building apps I discovered that the vast majority of girls are using their coding powers for good. And I mean capital G-O-O-D. These girls (and women) have identified problems which they …
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Category: STEM
Why do girls ROCK at FIRST Lego League? Because there are so many different ways they can use their strengths to shine. One of my favorite volunteer activities is judging FIRST Lego League (FLL) competitions. This past weekend I judged a competition where the top trophy, the Champions Award, was awarded to an all-girls team, The Care Bears. These winning 9-12 year …
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Category: Girlpreneurs, STEM
**Exciting Update*** Kylie’s company has developed a very promising partnership with CJ Projects, the makers of the Pillow Pet which has sold hundreds of millions of dollars of their product in a single year. The CJ Projects designers are busy working on a prototype! We’ll keep tracking this to share updates.** When we think of new mobile devices, phones come to mind. But …
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***AWESOME UPDATE – May 14*** When I wrote this post exactly a month ago, Erica was working a full time job and doing her passion business in the evenings and weekends. I am excited to share she is now doing her entrepreneurial business full time! The success of her new product which is called AP Aquaculture Live Food on Tap, is …
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Category: Girlpreneurs, STEM
There’s a lot of work that goes into a successful Kickstarter campaign, but it all starts with a great idea. Yellow Scope, rigorous science kits for girls, was successfully funded on Kickstarter at the end of 2014. I spoke with co-founders and scientists Kelly McCollum and Marcie Colledge to get the origin story of their STEM business idea. BG: Your …
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Category: Girlpreneurs, STEM
Kelly McCollum and Marcie Colledge founders of Yellow Scope successfully funded their Kickstarter campaign to bring girls rigorous and creative science kits. That means these two scientists need to build a business and that might be more challenging than rounding up a dozen escaped lab rats! I spoke to them to learn more about how they were transforming themselves into girlpreneurs. BG: At …
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