Lessons learnt in pursuit of growth
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Five-week Silicon Valley mentorship includes visits to Google, Twitter, Facebook, NASA and Autodesk and a four-week placement at LinkedIn where three mentors guide technical and soft‑skill work; measurable outcomes: a hundred-woman cohort, a previous 13‑person dev team experience, and a winning seed grant from the US Embassy to launch Casamance to teach maths in underprivileged schools. Core claims: diversity without inclusion fails, mentorship accelerates growth, storytelling and networking increase funding and impact, and the nonprofit prototype secures funding to scale.
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chapters (19)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:15Chaplin Program
- 1:51About Ridhwana
- 3:12My Struggles
- 4:39Building meaningful relationships
- 5:15Feeling fulfillment
- 6:48Kimberly Bryan
- 12:35Diversity
- 13:25Mentorship
- 14:03Professional mentorship
- 15:17Importance of mentorship
- 16:23What is mentorship
- 17:06Improvements on entrepreneurial and interpersonal skills
- 18:00Networking skills
- 18:45Communication skills
- 20:01Social impact
- 21:31Tech Woman Program
- 22:33Cosima
- 23:09Conclusion
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