A Window into the wonderful world of online business, and the opportunities it creates for women

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A W INDOW I NTO T HE W ONDERFUL W ORLD O F O NLINE B USINESS, A ND T HE O PPORTUNITIES I T C REATES F OR W OMEN GIACOMO ‘ PELDI’ GUILIZZONI FOR IWF - 23 JAN 2014

Transcript of A Window into the wonderful world of online business, and the opportunities it creates for women

A W I N D O W I N T O T H E W O N D E R F U L W O R L D O F O N L I N E B U S I N E S S , A N D T H E O P P O R T U N I T I E S I T C R E AT E S F O R W O M E N

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W H Y I ’ M H E R E T O D AY

1. Give you a glimpse of the World I live in - and how surprisingly friendly it is to work-at-home women!

2. (perhaps) inspire you to consider a career in tech

AT H O M E

AT W O R K

S O FA R , S O G O O D …

R E M O T E W O R K I S

R E A L

R E M O T E W O R K I S

G R O W I N G

R E M O T E W O R K I S

E A S Y

R E M O T E W O R K I S

A W E S O M E !

T O N S O F O P P O R T U N I T I E S

• Programming

• Tech and Sales support

• Design

• Copywriting

• Recruiting

• Business Analyst

• Marketing Research

• Virtual Assistant

• Community Manager

• Teaching

• Project Management

• Payroll / Accounting / HR

• Health-related

• CFO, CEO, you name it!

W H E R E T O F I N D W O R K

S TA R T

Y O U R O W N T H I N G !

I C O U L D G O O N A N D O N …

C O N S I D E R T E C H ! ! !

– D E L O I T T E S T U D Y

“Research shows that [women’s] choices impact up to 85 percent of purchasing decisions.

According to a report by Parks Associates, more women than men are downloading movies and music; women do the majority of game-playing across some platforms; and women have higher

“purchase intentions” than men do when it comes to some electronics.”

– W A L M A R T S T U D Y

“Diverse teams often outperform teams composed of the very best individuals, because this diversity

of perspective and problem-solving approach trumps individual ability.”

– T H E AT L A N T I C

“While 57 percent of occupations in the workforce are held by women, in computing occupations that

figure is only 25 percent.”

– T H E N E W Y O R K T I M E S

“Incredibly, just 0.4 percent of female college freshmen say they intend to major in computer

science—an astoundingly low number.”

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