#41 - Women in Tech Special #1: Naomi Timperley
The Tech Leaders Podcast
English - February 01, 2022 13:00 - 38 minutes - 26.2 MBEntrepreneurship Business Technology Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
On the first of our ‘Women in Tech’ Series Professor Kerensa Jennings and Gareth Davies are joined by an inspirational woman who’s been consistently listed as one of the 50 most influential women in Tech, Naomi Timperley.
Naomi talks to us about setting up and scaling Baby Loves Disco, an immensely popular children's disco service, and getting approached to pitch on the Dragons Den. Despite turning down an offer, Naomi still struck up a great relationship with Deborah Meadon and learned a huge amount from the experience. Naomi has also inspired and mentored hundreds of young entrepreneurs and also Inspired and launched Digital Enterprising Award as well as co-founding Tech North advocates and sitting on the board at Salford University.
They also discuss some of Naomi's challenges throughout her career and her observations about the next generation of female leaders along with much much more..
02:23 - Introductions to Naomi
03:40 - Baby Loves Disco
04:15 - Dragons Den
06:30 - Youth Entrepreneurship
07:45 - IDEA Inspiring Digital Enterprising Award
11:45 - Gender Challenges
13:00 - Inspiring with Confidence
17:30 - The Education System and opening opportunities
20:40 - Mentoring Others
25:00 - Generation Z’s Perceptions on careers
30:50 - Local Businesses and Schools Connecting
32:30 - Education and Gender Stereotyping Careers
34:00 - Naomi’s Advice to Business Leaders on gender balance
36:25 - Lockdown Inspiration
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How people can connect with Naomi
https://twitter.com/naomitimperley
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/naomitimperley