Gentlemen. Welcome to barnes and noble tribeca appeared to not have the pleasure of introducing Heather Cabot and Sam Walravens as they join us to discuss their new book, geek girl rising inside the sisterhood shaping up tech. Heather cabot is a former abc news correspondent. Investor, adjunct professor and a woman at forbes contributed. Sam walravens is an editor, recognize speaker on women, contributed to women at the Huffington Post and disney interactive. Please join me in welcoming Heather Cabot and Sam Walravens. You so much thank you [applause] we really appreciate coming out on a rating i like this. This is a super exciting moment for us because first of all we are in the same city. Which we really are because i live in new york and pam lives in San Francisco. This really is the evening before geek girl rising inside the sisterhood shaping up tech comes out. It is really a special moment for us and to kick things off, to give you a taste of what the book is about, will shave a
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Talk radio show host eric erickson. Liza randy and many others. For a complete schedule visit booktv. Org. We are Facebook Twitter and instagram. Were kicking off todays coverage on the life and politics of mohammed ali. This is live coverage on cspa cspan2. [inaudible] of money. Think you for coming and welcome to the 29th southern festival of books. It is my pleasure to have the opportunity to introduce our author. Another that i really admire and have been reading his work for years. Hes here to talk about his biography of mohammed ali. This is only his third stop so thats an honor for us. Before he speaks the book festival is free but if youd like to contribute to the cause you can do that at the headquarters for the book festival outsider online. Also remind you that after the remarks will be heading over to the signing tent seeking to have him cite your book over there. Is one of the typewriters of nonfiction a fantastic author in addition to writing for bestselling books jonatha
Discuss their book geek girl rising. Heather is a woman at forbes contributor. Samantha walraven is a recognized speaker on women and works, a contributor to women at forbes, huffington post. Thank you. Thank you. Well, we really appreciate you coming out on a rainy night like this. Thats superexciting moment for us because first of all were in the same city, which we rarely are because i live in new york and sam live inside san francisco, but this really is the evening before pea geek girl rising colorado. Outside. So its a special moment for us and to tick things off, we are show you a book trailer first. Lets roll the video. I think that women now understand we are not going to get ahead unless we help each other to get ahead. I have a female manager and she is the one who handpicked me anded a vow caughts for me and pushes me beyond my leadership role currently. So women i know may not be able to work the typical nine to five job but this gives them an opportunity to work at home,
Discuss their book geek girl rising. Heather is a woman at forbes contributor. Samantha walraven is a recognized speaker on women and works, a contributor to women at forbes, huffington post. Thank you. Thank you. Well, we really appreciate you coming out on a rainy night like this. Thats superexciting moment for us because first of all were in the same city, which we rarely are because i live in new york and sam live inside san francisco, but this really is the evening before pea geek girl rising colorado. Outside. So its a special moment for us and to tick things off, we are show you a book trailer first. Lets roll the video. I think that women now understand we are not going to get ahead unless we help each other to get ahead. I have a female manager and she is the one who handpicked me anded a vow caughts for me and pushes me beyond my leadership role currently. So women i know may not be able to work the typical nine to five job but this gives them an opportunity to work at home,