#740 WP-Tonic This Week in WordPress & SaaS Special Guest Heather Wilde Renze

<p>#740 WP-Tonic This Week in WordPress &amp; SaaS Special Guest Heather Wilde Renze</p> <p><br />How to Close the Diversity Gap in WordPress &amp; Tech?</p> <p><br />Heather Wilde is the Digital Solutions Lead of theDifference Consulting and is also known as the &ldquo;Unicorn Whisperer&rdquo; due to her particular focus on entrepreneurs. She is a personal and professional growth expert, executive coach, author, and speaker. She is also the author of the Award-Winning book, &ldquo;Birth of a Unicorn: Six Basic Steps to Success.&rdquo;<br />She was one of the only women to have programmed, designed, produced, and published a game at the company THQ.</p> <p>Wilde&rsquo;s writing and speaking span social media, entrepreneurialism, startups, leadership, cybersecurity, customer experience, fundraising, and diversity issues. She writes for Forbes and hosts the &ldquo;Entrepreneurial Revolution&rdquo; column for Inc Magazine.</p> <p>Her annual exploits at San Diego Comic-Con are both legendary and totally embarrassing.</p> <p>She currently lives in Las Vegas, NV.</p> <p><br />https://heathriel.com/about/</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Main Questions For Interview</p> <p><br />#1 - Heather, can you give some insights on your background and why you are passionate about promoting diversity in tech?</p> <p><br />#2 - Do you see some clear "bottom line" benefits for companies connected to encouraging and promoting diversity inside the culture of a company?</p> <p><br />#3 - I feel that many tech companies have a "check box" outlook on diversity. Would you agree with this statement, and how can this situation be improved?</p> <p><br />#4 - What are a couple of quick things a company can do to improve diversity inside a company in difficult financial times for VC or bootstrap startup companies?</p> <p><br />#5 - If you go back to a time machine at the beginning of your career, what advice would you give yourself?</p> <p><br />#6 - Are there any books, websites, or online recourses that have helped you in your business dev