Hosted by Dirkjan Hupkes · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 157 episodes
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Women Disrupting Tech features female founders, tech leaders, and women in tech building the next generation of technology companies. Each week, host Dirkjan Hupkes talks with a founder about how she's scaling a startup, navigating funding, building resilient teams, and tackling challenges from AI ethics to healthcare innovation to climate tech. Whether you're a female tech entrepreneur, aspiring founder, startup leader, or advocate for more women in technology, this show gives you actionable strategies and proven frameworks from women reshaping tech. New episodes every Thursday.
Dirkjan Hupkes hosts Women Disrupting Tech, a business show with 157 episodes published.
Most fitness apps are built to track everything. That's exactly why people stop using them. In this episode of Women Disrupting Tech, I talk with Zoe Pineau, co-founder of Fitly AI, about how she lost 150 pounds through
Most founders build their financial position in the wrong order. By the time the exit arrives, the decisions that mattered most have already been made under pressure. In this episode of Women Disrupting Tech, I talk with
Most brands are optimizing for search engines that fewer people are using. Rachel Gilley, CEO of Clarity Global, is tracking what happens when your customers stop Googling and start asking AI instead. In this episode, Ra
FemTech represents a trillion-dollar opportunity. So why do all-female teams receive just 2% of early-stage venture capital? Beata Wandachowicz-Krason has spent years researching what is holding FemTech back — the fundin
The solar panels going up on rooftops everywhere are solving one problem, and quietly creating another. This episode is for female founders, women in tech, and anyone building at the intersection of sustainability and de
Most fertility apps look at your past cycles and make a prediction. Sabrina Nowicki built something different. Sabrina is co-founder of Cyclisity, the digital companion to Taking Charge of Your Fertility — the bestsellin
“I don’t need to be an expert on any of these topics… that’s what I have my colleagues for.” — Izzy Sayers What if the real obstacle for female founders isn’t a lack of knowledge, but the idea that they have to know it a
How do you build the next generation of global gold standards in women’s health, and why is it one of the biggest economic opportunities of our time? In this episode, Carmen van Vilsteren — healthcare innovation leader,
What if three wall plugs could transform how night nurses care for an entire nursing home floor? Femke Delissen is the co-founder of PAVA, a Dutch startup using a combination of Wi-Fi sensing technology and AI to help nu
How do you build a tech company that prioritizes real human connection over the endless swipe? In this episode, female founder Marsha Goei, Head of Brand at Breeze Social, shares her journey of disrupting the dating indu
Every visionary founder needs a disciplined operator to translate "big ideas" into functional reality. In this episode, host Dirkjan Hupkes sits down with Eliza Moore, EVP of Client Experience & Operations at Prizeout, t
Whoever controls the narrative holds the power to influence others. But for female founders, storytelling isn't just about marketing — it's a leadership tool that can reshape how you're seen, heard, and followed. In this
What people lose first after a brain injury isn't intelligence. It's confidence, autonomy, and dignity. In this episode of Women Disrupting Tech, I talk with Faviola Dadis, CEO and co-founder of BrainBoostXR, about how s
Most startups hire fast. But is that the right hiring strategy? In this episode of Women Disrupting Tech, I talk with Relinde Boerman, lead recruiter at PolarSteps. This travel app startup scaled from 20 to nearly 100 em
Most people think technology is neutral. It’s not. In this episode of Women Disrupting Tech, I talk with Dr. Christine Miller, Professor of Design Management at the Savannah College of Art and Design, and author of “Tool
Burnout doesn't happen because people work too hard. It happens because half their work is invisible. In this episode of Women Disrupting Tech, I talk with Jamie Albaum, co-founder of Kellotime, a platform that helps org
Starting a tech company is hard. Starting one during a war requires a different kind of resilience. In this episode of Women Disrupting Tech, I talk with Oryna Starkina, founder and CEO of Starksoft, a mobile development
Burnout isn't about working too hard. It's about working against yourself. In this episode of Women Disrupting Tech, I talk with Alice Pavin, a Business and Life Coach for female founders navigating the gap between exter
What if women's health is not a niche, but infrastructure? In this episode of Women Disrupting Tech, I talk with Ida Tin, the woman who coined the term FemTech and co-founder of Clue, one of the world's leading women's h
Most AI companies are built to scale fast. Melissa Solis built hers to last. In this episode of Women Disrupting Tech, I talk with Melissa Solis, founder and CEO of Inbenta, about AI leadership, customer-centric AI, incl
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Women Disrupting Tech is hosted by Dirkjan Hupkes. The show is categorised under business (entrepreneurship) and has published 157 episodes.
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