Sparkle and Thrive
Joy Foster is an award-winning entrepreneur who helps women upskill with modern technology in order to return to work, change careers or start a business. Most recently she was recognised by Grant Thornton as one of the 100 Faces of the Vibrant Economy 2018, she was awarded Startup Director of the Year for London and the South by the Institute of Directors (May 2018). She was the only Startup female finalist in the national IoD awards (Oct 2018). Her business, TechPixies was named Women in Business Startup of the Year 2018 and Enterprise Nation Female Startup of the Year 2017. Joy and her company have recently been profiled in Forbes for raising £150,000 and Stella for breaking down barriers for women wanting to re-ignite their careers and in April 2019, TechNation has named TechPixies ‘one to watch’ in the EdTech space.
Sparkle and Thrive
Bonus 1: We talk about the importance of community with Ilaria, one of our beautiful Italian Superstars
Today we are chatting to TechPixies alumni, Ilaria! We’ll find out all about her story.
She started out in publishing and then moved to freelancing to be able to help with her family. After being made redundant, she found TechPixies. What happened next?... You’ll have to listen to the podcast!
What is Illaria's favourite thing about TechPixies? “What I really liked about TechPixies is the sense of community, working in the corporate world was quite a different thing!”
What advice would she give you if you're considering joining the course? "Go for it! You learn lots of things and there’s a team of people behind you who’ll always be there!"
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