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Happy Monday everyone!
If you, like our team, have been working from home over the last few months, you might have got used to it by now. That doesn’t mean that we are not craving personal contact with our colleagues, peers and community members. We would SO love to see some of you in real life, but it is what it is, and we’ll have to wait for it for… how long actually? No one knows, but what we do know is that remote work is here to stay!
Once people try working remotely, up to 99% want to continue, while 95% would recommend the practice to others. But that’s not all. A Zapier survey revealed that 74% of workers would quit their jobs for the ability to work from anywhere. Two in three believe that the traditional workplace will be obsolete within the next decade.
Whether people become remote employees, online entrepreneurs, freelancers, or other gig workers — one thing’s for sure — life will be nothing like the current 9–5. The world will change and reflect this new reality. Read more about the future of work in a fascinating article by Kristin Wilson on Medium ‘12 Ways the World Will Change When Everyone Works Remotely’.
Thank you for tuning in this Monday, happy reading! :)
As most of you probably know by now, we have been very busy last few months preparing our virtual global conference about FemTech, taking place via Zoom on June 25. This wouldn’t be such a success if we didn’t have amazing sponsors and community partners supporting us on this journey, promoting the conference among their communities and shouting about it wide and long on social media!
From next week we will be announcing more exciting news about our FemTech conference including very cool giveaway, virtual goodie bags for attendees + more! Make sure to follow us on Twitter / Facebook / LinkedIn / Instagram or keep your eyes peeled to this newsletter on Monday 1st of June for more updates! :)
Upcoming WoW monthly webinars
WEBINAR - Investing in Sustainability & CleanTech, 27 May 6:30pm BST / 1:30pm ET / 10:30am PT
WoW members monthly gathering, 3 June / 6pm BST / 1pm ET / 10am PT
Premium WoW members get FREE access to all our paid webinars + recorded sessions and resources lists from previous and future webinars, more info here.
#GIVEAWAY alert
We hope to make a positive difference with every webinar by providing opportunities to learn and hear inspiring stories from awesome people in our community! Ultimately each webinar - and its content - is designed to have an impact on you and your career, so we love to hear from YOU!
We are currently planning activities for the rest of this year, so please fill out our short 1-min survey to help us create content for future webinars! We appreciate your feedback! :) Three lucky winners who submit their answers will get a free ticket for our FemTech conference in June! Winners will be announced via this newsletter on the 1st of June and we will contact them directly via email to send them code for their complimentary ticket!
WoW community events, news and updates
WoW Ambassador in Sydney Ima Miri invites you to join her on June 24 for another virtual AMA session on her platform Taikera, where she will discuss Outstaffing and Outsourcing tips and tricks! Register here!
Our friends from Neat invite you to join them on May 28 for another webinar, this time topic is ‘From Local to Global: Exporting for Small Businesses’. Register via Eventbrite!
RE-DEFINED virtual conference on 29 May is celebrating the successes and endurance of female founders and women in business. Join carefully curated talks, practical workshops and panel sessions led by a diverse range of female founders and women in business. As a WoW member you can use code REDEFINEDSPECIAL20 for 20% off tickets!
WeAreTechWomen virtual conference, June 26 (first 10 lucky WoW readers can grab their free ticket using the code WOWFREE)
The OPTions Initiative is awarding grant in the amount of CAD 250,000 for next generation methods of pregnancy termination. OPTions is hosting a free, virtual Hackathon from June 15 – 17 for individual innovators or groups of innovators who want to develop ideas and submit applications for funding. Ideas at all stages are welcome – including very early stage – and innovators from all fields are encouraged to participate.
The ScaleUp Accelerator helps scaling UK tech companies, often B2B SaaS, prepare for Series A funding via 6 weekly half day sprints followed by up to 12 months of support with June programme welcoming applications now. Find out more!
Sensate team have launched their crowdfunding campaign and have reached 5x of their goal within two weeks! Congrats Sensate team! :) WoW members can purchase this unique stress-busting wearable that boosts resilience and wellbeing at a special price via this link!
WoW partner company Seedrs have announced that Seedrs will be able to help companies raise via the private match funding option - a raise via a Convertible Loan Note, through the government’s Future Fund for startups. You can submit your application through this form!
Have an interesting event, news or update that you want to share with our community? Drop us a line via email and we’ll do our best to include it in our next newsletter!
Industry news and updates
Brainwave-reading temporary tattoos could take wearable tech to the next level / via Digital Trends
Fitbit's in-app study will determine if wearables can detect COVID-19 / via Engadget
Google’s new smart textile tech lets you control music by pinching a cord / via Digital Trends
Textile pressure sensors can be washed / via Electronics Weekly
As fashion has its metaverse moment, one app looks to bridge real and virtual worlds for sneakerheads / via TechCrunch
Leather made of peas and mushrooms: How Escaro Royale is using tech to redefine high fashion / via YourStory
Regenerative Agriculture Can Change the Fashion Industry—And the World. But What Is It? / via Vogue
18 Fashion People Recommend Their Sustainability Must-Reads / via Fashionista
Condé Nast Will Be Carbon Neutral By 2030 (And It’s Launching A New Sustainable Fashion Glossary) / via Vogue
Investments in the Early-Stage Femtech Ecosystem in Times of COVID-19 / via Femtech Insider
Madrid-based WOOM lands €2 million to boost its femtech health solutions / via EU-Startups
Femtech in Japan / via Femtech Focus podcast
Covid-19 Will Accelerate the AI Health Care Revolution / via Wired
What Hospitals Overwhelmed by Covid-19 Can Learn From Startups / via HBR
From now on, every company must become a digital health company / via Fast Company
With an ex-Uber exec as its new CEO, digital mental health service Mindstrong raises $100 million / via TechCrunch
Telehealth’s future is bright. Here’s what it’ll look like in 2025 / via Fast Company
Is the Brain a Useful Model for Artificial Intelligence? / via Wired
Chief, the leadership network for women, raises $15 million in funding / via TechCrunch
Intel's new diversity goals: Put women in 40% of technical posts by 2030 / via CNet
10 Successful Women in STEM & Tech Share How They Are Balancing Life and Work During Covid-19 / via Entrepreneur
YouTube Removed a Sex Tech Conference for No Reason / via Vice
It’s lonely being a female engineer — here’s how we fix it / via The Next Web
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