PEAC LSS Panel 5 | Ashley Jennings + Lesley Robinson | Innovation and Women in Entrepreneurship PEAC

The following is the full discussion with the esteemed members of the University of Texas at Austin Community on topics ranging from their career, to innovation and women entrepreneurs. Our speakers touched on how their careers, as women in entrepreneurship, can be used as a lesson to make meaningful reform aiming at gender equality in the workforce as well as how the pandemic has impacted the Austin community. Enjoy their engaging dialogue about these topics and more. Share with fellow high school and college students if you feel content was useful. Feel free to comment about what your favorite section was.



Speakers: 

1. Ashley Jennings - Managing Director of the Texas Innovation Center 

2. Lesley Robinson - Program Manager at Kendra Scott Women's Entrepreneurial Leadership Institute



Outline: 

0:00 - Introduction 

2:57 - Share a little about your industry and your job 

13:17 - How has the pandemic changed the landscape and needs of your industry? 

23:14 - What drives innovation in your opinion? 

28:14 - How can we, as the leaders of tomorrow, ensure gender equality and support women in entrepreneurship? 

38:20 - Can you speak about what next for Austin’s entrepreneurship/tech ecosystem? 

47:08 - Q&A



PEAC Website: https://www.peacusa.org/

Kendra Scott WEL Institute: https://ksinstitute.utexas.edu/

Texas Innovation Center: https://texasinnovationcenter.utexas.edu/