ABC aspects of thinking, 12–13
Accelerator, 27, 50–52
Action–inaction, 9
American clients, 67
American dream, 59
Amicus start-up, 31–32
Balkonetka.pl community, 48–49
Beauty standards, 69–70
Blackbox start-up, 50
Bootstrapping, 66
Bra community, 65–66, 68–69
Breakthrough moments, 70–73
Bro culture, 6
Cease and Desist letter, 90–92
Competence, 56–57
Competition, 68
Contact IQ start-up (Scisel, Kate), 83–102
Corporate rolodex, 92
Crowdfunding, 108
Crowd thinking, 38
Culture of defeat, 114
DailyArt (Stańska), 103–125
Direct sale, 82
Diversity, 17
EFF. See Electronic Frontier Foundation
Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), 91–92
Embodiment phenomenon, 3
Erlang programming language, 85
European prejudices, 63–64
Events for women, 98
Failures, 54–55
False beliefs, 10–11
Family inspirations, 146
Feedbacks, 99
Feedingforward.com, 101–102
Feeling of shame in women
body, 8
motherhood, 8
Female founders program, 118
Females Only program, 119
Femininity, 16
Fifty Years (Madej, Ela), 23–45
Financial security, 65
Founders Den, 100
Freedom of action, 138
Geek Girls Carrots (Sidor, Kamila), 127–148
Global product, 100
Global thinking, 51, 55–56, 62–63
Goodness, spreading, 60
Hive53 start-up community, 25
Idealism, 67
Impostor syndrome, 7
Industry meetings, 96
Innovation Nest Fund, 31
Inspiration, 58
Investor viewpoints, 32–33
Kraków start-up ecosystem, 84–87
Krysztofiak, Amelia, 47–82
Krysztofiak-Szopa, Julia, 47–82
Leader, 138
Madej, Ela, 23–45
Male vs. female start-ups, 18
Maternity leave, 19
Measure of success, 69
Mental–financial barrier, 59
Mental hygiene, 57–58
Mentoring, 120–122, 137
Merits of enterprise, 64
Metamuzeum, 109–110
Mindfulness in organizations, 35
Moiseum (Stańska), 103–125
Motivations, 81
Multitasking, 78–79
New York vs. Silicon Valley, 28–30
Paternal leave, 77
Polish generation gap, 64–65
Polish tech competence, 55
Power couples, 20
Presentations, 135–136
Professional fulfillment, 71
Professional mother, 18–19
Programming elements
environment, 14–15
heart, 13–14
thoughts, 10–13
Public Speakers’ Club, 147–148
Public speaking, 16–17
Questions, 97
Role models, 145–146
Scisel, Kate, 83–102
Self-aggression, 5–6
SelfHackathon (Slawuta, Patrycja), 1–21
Self-promotion, 74
Self-sabotage, 5–6
Sidor, Kamila, 127–148
Slawuta, Patrycja, 1–21
Slow Art Day, 108–109
Social perfectionism, 9
Social support, 14–15
Start-up experiences
competition, 113
culture of defeat, 114
financing, 112
principle of global scope, 115
sources of knowledge, 114–115
stressful and hardest part, 113–114
Start-ups
mentoring, 120–122
prerequisites for, 62
running, 112–115
work attractive, 57
Stańska, Zuzanna, 103–125
Supporting socially responsible companies, 40
Surplus of demand over supply, 75
Talent honing, 98–100
TEDxKraków meeting, 86
Tolerance, 97
Unlimited exchanges, 68
Wellfitting (Krysztofiak-Szopa and Krysztofiak), 47–82
WhatsApp, 85–86
Wired magazine, 91
Woman/man, meaning of, 20
Women in IT, 41–44
bro culture, 42
education, 143
meetups, 44, 76
mom/career woman, 143
pattern recognition, 42–43
positive reality filter, 41
qualifications, 142–143
self-promotion, 74
stand on own feet, 141
success/team success, 43–44
surplus of demand over supply, 75
Women in start-up industry, 122–124
Work–life balance, 115–118
Y Combinator, 26–28