I have often joked that TechPixies is my third child. Much like motherhood, entrepreneurship doesn’t have an on/off button. June and July were busy months for TechPixies. After preparing to pitch to twelve potential investors in June, we closed on our first round of investment in July… £91.8k from four formidable female investors. The process…
Many women who are looking to return to work, change careers or start a business need resilience. Rejection from that job you really wanted hurts, but not applying for it out of fear that you won’t get it means you’ll never have a chance at the job in the first place. Taking a step to…
Where best to start a new chapter in the TechPixies story than The Story Cafe at The Story Museum! And what a marvellous venue for the launch of the new TechPixies platform, with four new self-paced online courses. Located in a brick stable yard that feels rather like something from a Charles Dickens’ tale, two…
Recently TechPixies founder, Joy Foster, was invited to speak at a ladies lunch benefiting the charity Children Today which was held at the Chester Grosvenor Hotel. It turns out, the lunch was the inaugural event – and equally for Joy, it was her very first keynote speaking engagement. It was an easy event to say yes to because…
Having read Hilly Jane’s article ‘Meet the women who want to crack the return-to-work problem – starting with telling you to ‘toughen up’’ in the Telegraph, about Lisa Unwin and Deb Khan’s organisation and a book of the same name, She’s Back – we were intrigued to know more. TechPixies founder Joy Foster is reading…
Winning always feels good. TechPixies has been championing women since our inception and while that is and always has been our primary focus, winning a few awards along the way helps too! Naga Munchetty from BBC Breakfast hosted the event and read the judges’ statement before presenting Joy with the award: “Joy Foster has amazing…