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Aug 2018
52m 16s

Women Who Code: Inspiring Women to Excel...

WHARTON BUSINESS DAILY
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Host Laura Zarrow talks with Alaina Percival, the CEO of Women Who Code, a global nonprofit dedicated to inspiring women to excel in technology careers offering more than 1,500 free technical and leadership events per year on Women@Work.

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