Dec 9 2015 EU Parliament speech on women entrepreneurs in Europe by Monique Morrow, CTO –Evangelist-New Frontiers-Engineering

1. Women Entrepreneurs and Digital Networking
Monique Jeanne Morrow, mmorrow@cisco.com, Twitter: @mjmorrow
• CTO –Evangelist-New Frontiers-Engineering
December 9 2015

2. 1.Observations
2.Call to Action

3. OBSERVATIONS

4. L'entreprenariat
tech se féminise!

5. The United States ranks first in the world again at 82.9,
eight points ahead of 2nd
-ranked Australia (74.8).
This year, the UK, Denmark, and the Netherlands climbed
into the top five, displacing Sweden, France, and
Germany.
All six of these European countries have strong ecosystems for female
entrepreneurs, so even small changes can result in year-to-year rank shifts.
47 of 77 nations still score below 50 points – an indication that these
countries must pursue significant changes in order to reduce barriers for female
entrepreneurs.
Chile outperforms the rest of Latin America and ranks #15 – among the
top nations in the world for female entrepreneurship.
Many Latin American countries saw large declines over last year;
Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, and Panama all dropped by at least 5 ranks.
Female Entrepreneur Index

6. What works is the
power
of the AND men,
millenials….
To encourage more women to become
leaders in the technology sector
Inspiring Fifty which showcases
female role models.

7. Call to Action

8. If you don't like the way the world
is, you change it. You have an
obligation to change it. You just do
it one step at a time.
– Marian Wright Edelman

9. Aspiring for A Supercritical Human Elevated Economy
[SHE] integrating human values is an opportunity to
innovate for jobs. This will mean more flow of ideas, more
flow of innovation, and much more possibilities of
expansion.
SuperCritical Human Elevated [SHE] Economy

10. A CELEBRATION OF
ENTREPRENEURSHIP,
TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION,
DIVERSITY & INCLUSION

11. TWO ORGANIZATIONS … ONE MISSION
11
Empowering Women In
Technology & Entrepreneurship Through
Increased Visibility, Community, and
Resources
YOUR
BRAND

12. A MESSAGE FROM SHERYL
SANDBERG
Chief Operating Officer,
FacebookThis event brings together two things I’m really passionate about -
Women And Entrepreneurship.
I wrote “Lean In” and founded Lean In(dot) org because I believe that
the world will be a better place when half our countries and half our
companies are run by women.
And the women that will be celebrated (at Lady Pitch Night) are
helping us get closer to that goal. They’re also helping to build the
economy, since entrepreneurship is the best driver of economic
growth everywhere around the world.
We need more entrepreneurs and I believe that we need more women entrepreneurs to continue this kind of growth. Having
organizations like Girls in Tech and role models like the women participating in Lady Pitch Night will help us get closer to a stronger
economy and a more equal and just world. A world in which more young girls grow up believing that they too can turn their ideas
into prosperous companies and create a world in which they will be celebrated for doing so.
Thank you to Girls in Tech and the amazing work you do to foster female entrepreneurship around the world.
4

13. LADY PITCH NIGHT HISTORY
It Started With Paris
• Launched in 2011 as an event for France’s female-led
startups.
• Has evolved into “Girls in Tech European Lady Pitch Night,”
open to candidates from across Europe.
• Last year (2014) the event received 178 applications from
22 different countries, including France, the UK, Ireland,
Luxemburg, Spain, Italy, Croatia, Turkey, Israel, Finland,
Bulgaria, Latvia, Denmark, Armenia and many more.
• Girls in Tech “European Lady Pitch Night” is now the biggest
pan-European competition for female-founded startups.
• With its success in Europe, the seeds have been planted to
hold a high-profile “Lady Pitch Night (COUNTRY)” in (CITY)
… and provide a tremendous platform for hundreds of
talented women to showcase their innovation skills,
creativity and entrepreneurial spirit.
6

14. ABOUT GIRLS IN
TECHFounded in 2007, Girls in Tech (GIT) is a global organization focused on the Engagement, Education and
Empowerment of influential women in technology. As women with the capacity to inspire and lead, it’s the
organization’s desire to sustain an institution that focuses on the promotion, growth and success of entrepreneurial and
innovative women in the technology space.
Headquartered in San Francisco, California USA, Girls in Tech currently has 50 chapters around the world and over
25,000 members.
GIRLS IN TECH PROGRAMS AND KEY INITIATIVES:
▪Catalyst Conference
▪Lady Pitch Night
▪Bootcamps
▪Hackathons
▪XChange
▪GIT Work
▪GIT M (Mentorship Programs)
▪ GIT W: Professional Women
▪ GIT U: University-Aged Women
▪ GIT NX: Next Generation Girls
▪Global Classroom (Education & Mentorship of Women & Girls in Tech, Entrepreneurship & STEM)
▪GIT UP (Targets Underserved Populations Around the World by Offering Training & Career Opportunities).
25

15. ADRIANA GASCOIGNE
GIRLS IN TECH FOUNDER & CEO
No stranger to growing brands and building amazing companies, Adriana has also served in Executive
roles at RxMatch, (VP of Product Marketing) and QwikCart SPI, (CMO), Ogilvy & Mather (VP of
Digital – Intel), and SecondMarket (VP of Marketing), the largest secondary trading platform, where
she was responsible for branding strategy, event production and digital media efforts.
Adriana has not only worked in the technology start-up space for companies like, Indiegogo, Roost,
Algentis, Democracy.com, Swyft, Vitagene, ImpulseFlyer, Poliwogg, hi5 (Tagged),
SocialGamingNetwork (SGN), Jambool’s SocialGold (Google), PressFriendly, and GUBA, but also
serves as a Strategic Advisor. NexTravel, StartupStockExchange, Involver (Oracle), Numiyo
Technologies, Palindrome Advisors, CharityBlossom, DooChoo, and Change.org are some of the
organizations she has had her hand in.
In 2009, Adriana launched SmittenWithMittens, which is now The YOUniform Project, a
philanthropic program providing fair trade uniforms and educational resources to children in
developing countries. She is also the founder of HelpLearn.Asia, an eLearning platform for small
and medium-sized businesses in Singapore.
Adriana holds a bachelor’s degree in Sociology and Economics from the University of California at
Davis, received a certification from El Tecnologico de Monterrey in Aguascalientes, Mexico, and
participated in Semester at Sea, University of Pittsburgh in 1997.
Adriana is also fluent in Spanish.
Photo courtesy of:
Ziv Gillat
26

16. GIRLS IN TECH BOARD OF
DIRECTORS
Elizabeth Davidson
Co-Founder,
Diamius Multinational
Monique Morrow
CTO, Evangelist New Frontiers
Development and Engineering at Cisco
Sandy Carter
General Manager, IBM Ecosystems
And Social Business Evangelism
Fran Maier
Board Director of GE Capital Bank,
Founder of TRUSTe and
Co-Founder of Match.com
Darrell Mockus
CTO, CPP Innovation Labs
Bev Crair
VP and General Manager
Storage Group, Intel
Lawdan Shojaee
CEO, Axosoft
Lori McLeese
VP of Human Resources, Automattic
Donna Boyer
Chief Product Officer, Blurb
Denise Terry
CEO and Co-Founder EmbraceHer Health
Adriana Gascoigne
Founder & CEO, Girls in Tech
Jonathan Abrams
Founder & CEO, Nuzzel
27

17. THANK YOU!
WE LOOK FORWARD TO DISCUSSING A HIGH-
IMPACT
LADY PITCH NIGHT SPONSORSHIP WITH YOU …
AND WELCOME YOU TO THE GIRLS IN TECH
FAMILY!
28

18. Simply put, once women
connect, they engage; once
then engage, they embrace;
once they embrace, they
drive.
And that’s the future.
It is the Internet of Women!