Part 4 of the TED Radio Hour episode The Meaning Of Work .
About Dame Stephanie Shirley's TED Talk
What's in a name? For tech entrepreneur Dame Stephanie Shirley , bidding contracts under the name "Steve" enabled her to launch and grow a freelance software company with a virtually all-female staff.
About Dame Stephanie Shirley
In 1962, Dame Stephanie "Steve" Shirley founded Freelance Programmers, an innovative software firm that initially only hired women, a rarity in the male-dominated industry.
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