“On August 8th, 2019, Global Digital Women nominated the VP of Human Resources of T-Systems North America, Montserrat Salvany Ferrer, for the 2019 Digital Female Leadership Award for the IT-Tech Category. The award recognizes outstanding and extraordinary women who are making strides in the current digital economy and fabric of today’s modernizing world. The IT-Tech...

Check out Women@Sprout Summer Speaker Series: Jessica Williams! “Work wives. Groupchat girlfriends. Career confidants. We might call them something different — but they’re the same in purpose. Women colleagues that we can count on for advice before 1:1’s, encouragement before those big presentations, venting sessions after tough meetings or someone we can count on for...

“Joshua Keller is an accomplished entrepreneur with more than 16 years of experience in the digital advertising and marketing technology space. In 2009, Keller founded Union Square Media Group, a full-service performance marketing agency. For the last decade, Keller’s focus has been growing the agency from a small team of 8 in New York City...

Self-care is an important aspect of life to maintain. Occasionally, life can become overwhelming, but with a good work-life balance, you can work through anything. 1. Turn your damn notifications off “No, seriously, turn them off. Now. You do not need a notification, a ping, a popup or a nudge every single time you get...

“Almost one in three women in the tech industry have been told that they only got the job because they are a woman. That’s according to a survey by UK-based jobs recruiter CWjobs, which also found that one in five women believe they have been overlooked for promotion because of their gender. One business analyst...

Check out Built by Women: Start-up Stories from Chicago Entrepreneurs “The number of women-owned businesses has increased by 114% over the past decade, however, they are still far less likely to receive funding than their male counterparts. Despite the challenges, women across Chicago are starting and running successful businesses. Built by Women will explore the...

“Adryenn Ashley, founder of new blockchain and AI-based dating app Loly is a serial entrepreneur and sought after startup advisor that was recently named as one of the Top 45 over 45 and she has no intention of slowing down. With Loly she’s now pioneering a blockchain and AI dating app that matches people by orgasmic compatibility...

“Annie Slattery, an entrepreneur originally from Clontarf in Dublin, launched ConX in 2014, to digitally transform how construction contractors find and win work. The top award was part of a pitch competition in the wake of the largest women technologists’ conference, the Grace Hopper Celebration, Hopper Down Under held in Australia for the first time...

1. Perfection is the enemy of profit “You can’t spend too much time fretting over the small details of launching your startup, because everything is going to constantly change. Don’t try to build everything at once up-front. ‘Perfection is the enemy of profit,’ she said. ‘The best way to innovate is to increase your speed...