There’s Something About Mary
March 20, 2010 11:31 am Locations, ScotlandHigh profile entrepreneur visits Glasgow and Aberdeen to encourage more Scottish women to create technology-related businesses
Serial entrepreneur Mary Vincent is crossing the Atlantic to speak at a Girl Geeks dinner in Glasgow on Tuesday 13th April and give two talks at Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen. Vincent, who’s based in San Francisco, and has an impressive track record of software product innovation, is now an ambassador and evangelist for green software solutions.
The title of Vincent’s talk is “Creativity, Computing and Entrepreneurialism within Global and Small Business Environments” and she’ll be addressing over 100 women working in technology, engineering and computing in her visit to Scotland. In addition to some local sightseeing, Vincent acknowledges the importance of meeting local people to gauge the character of a place “I visited Edinburgh and Inverness many years ago, enjoying Edinburgh Castle, the beauty of Inverness, Loch Ness and talking with everyone I could. For me, visiting a place is not only about the places to see, but the people to meet.”
A report by SMEWeb.com conducted only a year ago showed that women in the US are twice as likely as British women to be entrepreneurially active and that if the UK matched US activity in this area, there would be 900,000 more businesses in this country. Although Vincent is a keen advocate of of networks with both women and men, she stresses the importance of the global Girl Geek dinners, mentioning that the “[San Francisco] Bay Area Girl Geeks have sponsored a variety of thought-provoking events with great speakers and start-up competitions.”
Girl Geek Scotland is a community for women of all ages interested in technology, creativity and computing. We welcome ladies from all walks of life, whether they work in business or research, are studying at university or simply have geeky aspirations. Ticket information for all events will be updated on the Girl Geeks Scotland website.
