Empowering Girls with STEM [Entire Talk]
Startups
With a strong social mission, you can persevere through pivots and setbacks with confidence.
Duration
45:42
Part of Series
Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders
Season
Season 15
Episode
30
Debbie Sterling is the founder and CEO of GoldieBlox, an award-winning children’s multimedia company known for disrupting the “pink aisle” in toy stores around the world, and challenging gender stereotypes with a girl engineer character. In 2015, Sterling was inducted as a Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship under the Obama administration and honored by the National Women’s History Museum with a “Living Legacy” Award for her work to empower girls around the world. Here, she explores the strategies, pivots, and mission-driven commitments that have helped GoldieBlox thrive.
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