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Lucy Sanders: Hi, this is Lucy Sanders and I'm the CEO of the National Center for
Women and Information Technology or NCWIT and we're back with
another interview and a series of interviews that we've had with
just tremendous women who have started technology companies. With
me is Larry Nelson from w3w3.com. Hi Larry.
Larry Nelson: Hi, Lucy, it is really great to be here. A lot of people ask what
does w3w3 Business Stock radio do. Well we've been around for 14
years. So that was way back in the early days and we have partners
like NCWIT certainly one of our most popular and most important to
us. I must say that we're extremely proud to be able to help
promote young women in technology.
Lucy: Well we've got another great interview today as I've said. It's
with Hillary DeCesare, who is the founder of Everloop which we're
going to find out in a minute. It is just a terrific company for
kids. So she is a digital parenting expert and a mother herself.
She recognized the unmet need of a safe environment for children to
share, to talk, to chat on the Internet.
She came up with the idea of Everloop, an idea around privacy
protection and mentoring technologies to ensure the safety of
youngsters. This is a very comforting thought. I know Larry, you
and I are both parents.
So it's nice to know that something like Everloop is out there.
Perhaps Hillary will tell us some about their innovative technology
called loops, looping, how children join loops that they share
common interests. They talk to each other and of course that is all
with parental approval. So welcome Hillary. We are very happy to
talk with you today.
Hillary DeCesare: Thank you for having me.
Lucy: So tell us a little bit about what's going on at Everloop.
Hillary: Well as you mentioned, Everloop is a social media platform and it
is designed for kids under 13. There is a huge craze going on out
there where kids are using devices far earlier than even two year
older children of today.
So you've got kids as young as 5, 6, 7, going on their parents'
smartphone, the iPads, desktops. What we're trying to do is make
sure that when these kids finally go out into the wild wild
Internet and they are exposed to adults, that they're ready to
actually be there and that they're not making mistakes. So
Everloop's purpose is to really keep these kids safe across all
devices.
Larry: Well I love it.
Lucy: I know. It's great, isn't it? I'm sure that some of the companies'
strategies will emerge as we talk to Hillary in this interview. Why
don't you let our listeners know how you got first into technology?
Hillary: I started in technology at a company called Oracle. I was there for
10 years and really became passionate about different products that
are out on the market. I was hungry to learn about new things being
brought up and I thought of my own children and I do have three
kids.
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Download MP3Transcript:& Lucy Sanders: & Hi. This is Lucy Sanders. The CEO and co‑founder of NCWIT. The National Center for Women and Information Technology. With me is Larry Nelson, W3W3. Hi Larry.
Larry Nelson: & Hi. I'm happy to be here, of course. This...
Published 03/22/15
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Download MP3Transcript:& Lucy Sanders: & Hi this is Lucy Sanders, the CEO, co‑founder of NCWIT. The National Center for Women and Information Technology. We have another one of our really fabulous interviews today with women who have been very successful in the...
Published 03/22/15