Gal lost in Technology

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I came to the technology world late in life but it has not diluted my passion for it.  I had a thriving coaching business in Dublin, Ireland after getting a business visa for many years through my business plan.  I worked hard to keep the business going along with doing a lot of voluntary work for the International Coach Federation in Ireland.  (I was the founding President of the Ireland ICF chapter.)  I worked 24×7 and when I took a weekend off to visit friends in Paris, I often fell ill.  I met an Irish man who had been involved in Internet Marketing in the early days when it was multimillion dollar business.  We had a couple of brainstorming sessions about online business in particular online matchmaking & internet dating.  It planted a seed in my mind, online business could be the way to go.  As I was a mature woman 24×7 working one to one with people was exhausting and I imagined making money while I slept- mmm!   This was the beginning of my entry into the technology world.  This is my post for Ada Lovelace Day.

That was 5 years ago at the end of this month & I have followed this dream since.  I moved to London and set up a business.  I worked hard during the week days for others to pay to start my own online business.  The learning curve was often steep but I love learning.  I got up at 4am some mornings to work on my own server and came home in the evening to answer emails.  Weekends I worked on the server & business accounts.  I learnt to work with programmers who were often relating-challenged.  I mainly learnt the hard way.

I started writing a blog and using Twitter early 2007 and found a great passion arise through writing and technology.  I remember pitching to an Women’s Angel group.  There was only one woman present and I gathered that she was the token woman.  The man in charge said to come back once the business was making money.  I was confused – I thought that you went to Angels before your business was making money.  When the token woman walked me to the door at the end of the pitch, I asked whether she had many women come with technology business.  She said no – that they mainly saw women in fashion or baby clothes?????

I have never learnt code officially but have garnered a lot of information from the web and from programmers who were willing to educate me.  I still work 24×7 but not at the people coal face, now at the web coal face.  I still dream of the day when I can cut back & have a life again like others & am sure that that day is not too far away.  The foundation of hard work & focus on an online business have changed me in so many great ways. I am grateful to be a part of the technology community

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Pemo Theodore

Pemo Theodore is a Media Publisher and a great people connector. She was Founder Silicon Valley TV which served the San Francisco Bay Area for 10 years! She has produced Silicon Valley Events for Investors & Startups for 10 years. Pemo loves to video interview venture capitalists & founders to engage the human behind the success stories.. She has been Executive Producer of FinTech Silicon Valley for 6 years, organizing twice monthly FinTech talks & panels in San Francisco & Palo Alto and audio podcasts. She believes in learning through a great discussion with experts in the domains. Pemo has a talent to bring the right people together and is an incredible networker. Pemo's events have been seen as supporting Venture Capitalists & Angels in sourcing great deal flow from startups who attend her events. Many founders have received funding through meeting investors at her events. Her favored medium is audio & visual media and she has built up a great body of work of videos of panels & interviews and podcasts in Silicon Valley startup ecosystem. She has lived & worked in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, London, Northern Ireland & Silicon Valley. Bio https://pemo.one

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