Osi Imeokparia (Kode with Klossy) - Training Tech’s Next Gen [Entire Talk]

Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders (ETL)

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Journey, Startups, Education, Stanford, Culture, Strategy, Stanford University, Entrepreneurship, Business, Life Lessons, Thought Leadership, Creativity, Etl, Challenges, Leadership, Innovation, Founders

4.4 • 739 Ratings

🗓️ 25 June 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Founded by supermodel Karlie Kloss, Kode With Klossy teaches young women and gender expansive youth how to code. The organization supports a community of 11,000 from 100-plus countries over more than a decade to ensure their education is effective. CEO Osi Imeokparia shares how long-term support and mentorship for diverse young coders can lead to success in computer science majors and careers in technology. She and Dani Lucas of McKinsey & Company also address the need for shifts in the industry to tackle the "broken rung" of the tech career ladder, which results in women and underrepresented workers facing challenges in promotions and upward advancement.

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0:00.0	Good afternoon.
0:16.0	Welcome to entrepreneurial thought leaders, the Stanford Seminar for Aspiring Entrepreneurs.
0:22.6	ETL is presented by STVP, the Stanford Technology Ventures Program, and by BASIS,
0:29.6	the Business Association of Stanford Entrepreneurial Students.
0:33.6	So for those of you who don't know me, I'm Mike Lebeck. I'm a faculty member in engineering and in the School of Sustainability.
0:40.6	And I am the current faculty director for STVP.
0:44.6	So don't feel shy at all about coming over and visiting us across the hall if you're not familiar with STVP.
0:54.0	So today we are thrilled to welcome
0:58.0	a couple of wonderful speakers.
1:02.0	Osi Emil Pari.
1:05.0	You nailed it.
1:07.0	Nailed it.
1:08.0	And Danny Lucas, nailed that one too.
1:13.6	The first thing I'll say is they are both Stanford alums.
1:17.6	Woo!
1:18.6	Get excited, people.
1:21.6	And so when it comes to questions about you, about what you're doing, and what you're thinking about,
1:30.3	they totally want to interact on that.
1:33.3	So OSI has spent her career working to support for-profit, nonprofit,
1:38.3	nonprofit, philanthropic, and political organizations.
1:41.3	Despite these very different paths, the North Star of her career has always been
1:46.0	transformative power of technology. In every role she's held, creative problem solving has been the primary
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