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In one of Time magazine's "Forty Most Influential Heads in Technology" comes an important assortment of candid, firsthand accounts of women in technology. Women in technology are increasing in both electricity and numbers, and now it's more important than ever before never to lose that momentum, to "trim in" and close the gender gap. Although they make up half of the populace, only 14 percent of designers in the United States are women. They take the seed products of technological progress and build something life changing, potentially life saving. The future of technology will depend on the full and active contribution of people working together, which is vital that women are both educated and encouraged to go in to the tech areas. Hailed by Foreign Insurance plan Journal as a "Top 100 Global Thinker", teacher, researcher, and businessman Vivek Wadhwa, alongside award-winning journalist Farai Chideya, attempt to accumulate anecdotes and essays from global leaders, sharing how their experience in innovative sectors frame the continuing future of entrepreneurship. With interviews and essays from a huge selection of women in STEM areas, including Anousheh Ansari, the first female private-sector space explorer; previous Google[X] VP and current CTO of the USA Megan Smith; Ory Okolloh of the Omidyar Network; project capitalist Heidi Roizen; and CEO of Nanobiosym, Dr. Anita Goel, MD, PhD, Innovating Women offers perspectives on the obstacles women face, the strategies they employ at work, and how an organization can succeed or are unsuccessful in its makes an attempt to support the a better job of women.