Power Up, Magdalena Yesil
Power Up, Magdalena Yesil
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Power Up
How Smart Women Win in the New Economy

Author: Magdalena Yesil, Sara Grace, Marc Benioff

Narrator: Magdalena Yesil, Troy Wickett

Unabridged: 7 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Seal Press

Published: 10/31/2017


Synopsis

With empowering insights to help women navigate the narrowest corridors of sexism, tech-industry pioneer Magdalena Yesil shares on-the-ground career advice that is as powerful as any MBA

Pioneering Silicon Valley entrepreneur and investor Magdalena Yesil came to the United States in 1976 with two suitcases and $43, blind to the challenges she would face as a woman and immigrant in Silicon Valley. Today, she is best known as the first investor and a founding board member of Salesforce, the now-multibillion dollar company that ushered in the era of cloud-based computing.

In Power Up: How Smart Women Win in the New Economy, Yesil urges women to look beyond the alarming gender statistics of the workplace and feel confident entering tech or any field-but also to be prepared to deal with the challenges. She shares what she experienced as a woman in Silicon Valley with surprising candor and heart, relying not just on her insight but that of more than a dozen top women entrepreneurs to offer pragmatic takeaways on topics such as:

· Owning career choices while managing risk
· Getting credit for your work
· Managing sexual dynamics
· Recruiting allies in the movement toward a supportive workplace for everyone

Pragmatic, incisive, and full of highly actionable advice, Yesil prepares ambitious women to break glass ceilings and rise to the top in the New Silicon Valley -- and beyond.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Lara

"Power Up: How Smart Women Win in the New Economy" is as enjoyable to read as it is needed today. Amidst the horrific stories about sexism and worse in Hollywood and Silicon Valley, Magdalena Yesil provides hope, inspiration and pragmatic advice to women seeking to build careers in and around techno......more

Goodreads review by Shaun

Really fast read, not a lot of revolutionary new information but it's great to have a very successful woman emphasize how gender equality in the workplace helps everyone, and that it's important to find a work culture that allows you to be yourself as a woman.......more

the main theme: you have more power to protect yourself than you think. while I think that's true I've also read enough about how our brains work in these situations to know having the wherewithal to protect yourself in an effective way is very difficult. These were the same stories from Alpha Girls.......more

Goodreads review by Khurram

A Must Buy for Men as well as Women and your Daughters as well as your Sons! Magdalena Yesil, has an incredible story and Power-Up takes her experiences and summarizes them into an easy to read guide for women to succeed and grow in the corporate world. The only issue I have is in the title, because......more

Goodreads review by Aurelle

Power UP was a very enjoyable, practical, actionable book for women in technology management. I appreciated the conversational, action-oriented, motivating, and approachable tone. That made it a pleasure to read, and easy to pick up even after a long day at work. The nuggets of wisdom in there defin......more