In this episode Heather interviews Annie Parker, Global Head Startup Audience Engagement at Microsoft.
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What am I going back too?: Quitting her job via text from the top of Mt. Kilimanjaro and how that led to her working in the corporate accelerator space.
Vulnerability is not a weakness: A key phrase from a business coach that helped inspire her career and work towards positive change in the tech industry.
Talent is equally distributed, but opportunity is not: Annie's work with Microsoft for Start-ups and supporting founders who are working towards opening doors.
That's a great piece of tech looking for a problem to solve: Why Annie thinks a successful startup needs to solve a problem rather than just make cool tech and tech's role in preserving and supporting indigenous cultures and our planet.
Connect with Annie:
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/annparker1/
Twitter - @annie_parker
Annie Parker
Annie is a startup community leader, advisor and angel investor. She has built multiple startup programs around the world for global brands like Microsoft, Telefonica and Telstra.
A firm believer in the importance of paying everything forward, Annie also supports programs that grow the broader startup community. In 2014 she co-founded Code Club Australia which teaches primary school kids coding skills. In 2015 she co-founded Techfugees Australia a program connecting the technology ecosystem together with newly arrived refugees to help solve problems they face.
Annie has been recognised by the Australian Financial Review as one of the 100 Women of Influence in Australia for 2018, and winner of Most Progressive Workplace leader by Talent Unleashed in 2017
Mavens Do It Better original theme music composed by Jesse Case with voice over by Julia Francis.