Episode 11 - Supporting Female Technologists and Founders with Helen Tabunshchyk and Zoe Evans

The Defender's Journal

Helen Tabunshchyk, Director at Women Who Code London, and Zoe Evans, Founder of Female Founder Squad, join us to discuss how their global organisations support female technologists and business leaders. We discuss the cultural challenges women face from an early age, the professional barriers for those even in positions of leadership, and the stark truth about the lack of funding for female-lead businesses.
Learn more:
https://www.womenwhocode.com
https://www.femalefoundersquad.com

Chapters

1. Episode 11 - Supporting Female Technologists and Founders with Helen Tabunshchyk and Zoe Evans (00:00:00)

2. Introducing Helen and Zoe (00:00:34)

3. Who are Women Who Code and what is their mission (00:00:52)

4. The lack of opportunities for women in senior positions (00:01:31)

5. As London Director, what is Helen's role at WWC (00:02:20)

6. What inspired Zoe to create Female Founder Squad (00:03:13)

7. The facts about male vs female-lead businesses funding inequalities (00:06:43)

8. Tackling biases and the restrictions they create (00:10:20)

9. Better educating people and changing perceptions in society, not exclusive to technology (00:13:21)

10. Common themes from the WWC community (00:15:00)

11. The differing perceptions of female engineers (00:18:49)

12. How do we encourage women into STEM from an early age (00:23:15)

13. The importance of male allies for professional women (00:24:43)

14. What is the WWC mentor program (00:29:24)

15. The FFS platform launch, its membership and community, and investor matching tool (00:30:27)

16. Venture capital funding for female founders (00:32:44)