Over the past five years, I’ve worked with thousands of women and among the many things I have learned, one major takeaway is that women don’t invest in themselves enough. As women, we spend a LOT of time investing in other people – our children, our families, our communities, our schools… but when it comes…
I was a stay at home Mum. For the majority of my children’s early childhood, they were an extension of me. When they weren’t with me, I felt like a limb was missing. My husband and I made an active and joint decision that while he was working I would stay home full time with…
We were super excited to be invited in to speak with Annie Othen on the Kat Orman show! We were super excited to be invited in to speak with Annie Othen on the Kat Orman show at BBC Radio Oxford to discuss upskilling and returning to work – the very core of what TechPixies is…
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…