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Alpha Girls

Through tales of perseverance and grit, Julian illustrates some of the greatest untold stories of our generation, Silicon Valley's women pioneers. Julian provides a unique perspective on how women can be successful in the workplace and the boardroom. The ethos of the workplace is changing along with how one motivates and inspires creative women within business. She uses the powerful stories of these women to demonstrate the infinite power of confidence, risk-taking and decision-making to provide you with usable takeaways for success Read less

Be a Hero in Your Own Life

The adventure of life is to keep looking forward. Bringing together lessons of a few of the world's leading innovators from her books Alpha Girls and How to Make a Spaceship, Julian explores how to find purpose, follow your passion (not the passion of others), ignore the naysayers, and subscribe to the belief "The day before something is a breakthrough, it's a crazy idea." Read less

How to Make a Spaceship: Lessons of the Unconventional

Bringing to life the stories of her New York Times best-selling book How to Make a Spaceship, Julian shares how failing forward, staying unwaveringly on course and unconventional collaborations have led to some of our world's most exciting innovations. On this journey, you will learn how to bring together characteristics you already possess to spark the innovator in all of us. Read less

The Power of Storytelling

The incredible power of story-telling can gain trust, build relationships and overcome hurdles. Building a great team lies on the foundation of the leader being able to construct the right story to build a resilient culture. As a company, a story is how we add value to our products and connect with our customers. Julian has been creating narratives from her days in journalism to telling the story of one of the world's leading billionaires. Learn how to build your story for maximum impact. Read less

Julian Guthrie

The award-winning journalist with a passion for underdog stories

Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Julian Guthrie is an award-winning journalist and best-selling author.

Having spent twenty years at the San Francisco Chronicle, Julian is deeply respected for her storytelling. She has been recognised with numerous awards, including the Best of the West Award and the Society of Professional Journalists' Public Service Award. She has also been nominated multiple times for the Pulitzer Prize.

Julian has also seen huge success with her non-fiction writing. She is passionate about underdog stories that focus on improbable dreams and powerful human drama, especially in areas of tech innovation. With critical research across multiple books, Julian helps audiences find their purpose, follow their passions, and reach innovative breakthroughs.

Her New York Times best-selling book ‘How to Make a Spaceship’ takes readers on an unforgettable journey of inspiration and innovation. She shares how failing forward, staying unwaveringly on course and unconventional collaborations have led to some of our world's most exciting innovations.

Her recent book, 'Alpha Girls: The Women Upstarts Who Took On Silicon Valley's Male Culture and Made the Deals of a Lifetime' follows the remarkable story of four leading women who became stars in the cut-throat, high-stakes, male dominated world of Silicon Valley. Julian continues to inspire women to be leaders with strategies for confidence, risk-taking and decision-making.

Having built her entire career around stories, Julian is no stranger to the incredible power of storytelling in gaining trust, building relationships and overcoming hurdles. Great stories are crucial in helping great leaders build effective teams, just as they are crucial in adding value to a company's products and services.

With a wealth of knowledge across a range of different subjects, Julian knows how to deliver a story with maximum impact.