 From San Francisco, it's theCUBE. Covering Girls in Tech Catalyst Conference, brought to you by Girls in Tech. Hey, welcome back everybody. Jeff Frick here with theCUBE. We're downtown San Francisco at the Girls in Tech Catalyst event, about 700 professionals, mainly women, a few men, a busload of some kids came in to watch as well, and we're really excited to have the founder and CEO of Girls in Tech, Adriana Gascoigne. Adriana, first off, congratulations on another great event. Thanks so much, it's been awesome. I mean, all the energy, all the vibrancy in the room, everyone's here to learn and grow and listen to these amazingly accomplished speakers from astronauts to venture capitalists to serial entrepreneurs, it's really exciting. They're great, they're great stories. I mean, it's a really cool program, just a single track program, single room, and I think you have how many sessions altogether? Probably 30, like 15 a day? Lots. Yeah, no, I think it's about 20 per day. And then we also have some breakout sessions, like workshops. So it's a little more hands-on. We had a cocktail party last night, a lot of networking, a lot of connecting. So a lot of really productive ways of helping careers develop and also finding out about new and interesting opportunities and really connecting with other women in tech, both in the high tech sector as well as the startup sector. And just some really simple advice, right? Like raise your hand, take advantage of new opportunities. Go into areas that you don't have expertise in. Be authentic. Ask questions, be authentic, be curious. And that's what I really like. It's good, actionable, simple, straightforward things that you can do to advance your career. Exactly, exactly. You are everywhere. I mean, this organization has grown. I keep an eye on you and Twitter and stuff obviously and you are all over the world. So it was kind of an update as to where girls in tech is in terms of members and locations and kind of how it's grown. Over 11 years you've been at it. Yeah, over 11 years. And our international, our global footprint is something we're extremely proud of. We're in 60 chapters, so 60 cities around the world in 36 countries and in six continents. And now we have over 100,000 active members. By the end of 2020, we're increasing that to 200,000 active members approximately. And we're growing into 45 different cities. And hopefully knock on 100 chapters. So that's a pretty massive growth spurt that we're experiencing. And there's just huge demand. Right now we have a list of over 160 people who want to start chapters in their city, which is really telling about what people think about girls in tech, how our programs are impacting these tech communities, how we're empowering women to have a voice and really creating change within societies. So for us it's a pride thing, but it's also the impact that we're making and really encouraging women to excel in their careers in tech, whether it's become a manager at a startup or a high tech executive or start their own company. Everyone has a different path. We want people to find their passion and purpose in life and achieve that. Because if you do what you love, a lot of us do what we love, some of us don't. But if you do what you love, you can be way more productive and happier. And in the end of the day, isn't that our goal? Exactly. And so much, the corporate participation has just skyrocketed too. Since I think we first saw you a couple years ago in Phoenix, I mean, the number of corporate logos on the banner is fantastic. And really the messages from the people we've talked to today is they not only see the value, but want to get more involved and do more events with you guys. Because they see, and it's altruistic a little bit, but it's also a real basic business ROI. They need more good people, and this is an avenue to get more good people. Exactly. I think diversity and inclusion is no longer a buzzword. They're really seeing the ROI and creating diverse workforces. It helps with building revenue, right? So if you have a more diverse and innovative workforce, then you're able to create products and services that are more diverse, more comprehensive. You have more opportunities to problem solve in a creative way. So really there is a lot of different elements in addition to creating a company culture that's more conducive to creating safety and comfortable work environments for all employees, minority groups, people of different genders, et cetera. So I think that it's something that is not just, like I said, not just a buzzword. It's really important that they incorporate it into their strategy, overall business strategy, and recruiters are now flagging it as something that's extremely important because they are seeing how it really impacts the company and their business. Right, really interesting story on the GoDaddy side. We've interviewed GoDaddy a ton of times at Grace Hopper, and I remember like, GoDaddy, what are you doing at Grace Hopper, right? You guys were like, the not as Grace Hopper of all, but they changed the culture. And the interesting part of the story is that a lot of little small steps can actually have a really, really big impact. And they've completely turned it in. Oh, by the way, their financials are looking pretty good as well. It's amazing. Yeah, GoDaddy was actually my very first sponsor. Really? Yeah, and so it's really exciting to see that. And people actually asked me, I mean, they're so controversial, or they were in their Super Bowl ads, like, why would you go out on a limb and work with them? And I said, well, I talked to their whole executive team. They hired this amazing CTO, happens to be a woman. They had multiple discussions about them changing their brand around. And everyone deserves a second chance, I believe. And so they ended up supporting me, not only the organization, but me as their leader. And I owe them a lot for that because we were able to produce the first catalyst conference as a result and many other programs. And more importantly, start hiring a staff, have money to invest in operations, different resources for our chapters around the world, deploy more programs like our coding boot camps, our amplify business pitch competition, our global classroom, which is our e-learning platform, our hacking for humanity series. So GoDaddy has been really a strong partner to us, and we owe them a lot for our success. Right, well, it's funny too, because she said that they did the analysis on like 60% of their customers were women operating small businesses. And it's like, hello, maybe there's a good thing there. Yeah, that is the entrepreneurial sector, that is the target, yeah. Well, I know you're super, super busy. Give you the last word before you let you go. And again, thanks for having us, we're super excited to be back here again. And really you put on such a great program. Thanks so much, yeah. We always love working with theCUBE and we love that you guys having a presence here and capturing the amazing sound bites and stories from our very accomplished speakers to having to be amazingly passionate and amazingly altruistic. Yes, there's no shortage of energy in the room. Yes. Even though they're all a little tired, been a long week. All right, well, thanks again. Thank you. She's Adriana, I'm Jeff Frick. You're watching theCUBE from Girls in Tech Catalyst 2018. Thanks for watching.