Cool Adults with Sara Chipps
Today\u2019s show is all about getting started: taking the steps to turn new ideas into living, breathing (and sometimes even money-making) projects. Our guest this week is the totally rad Sara Chipps\u2014the co-founder of Girl Develop It, and now the CEO of Jewelbots, which makes smart, open-source friendship bracelets that girls can code. (We want some for all our BFFs.)\n\n> Just start with those baby steps. It\u2019s going to take a thousand baby steps. Everyone has a good idea, right? Everyone. Ideas are worthless unless it\u2019s something that gets made. So you know, if it\u2019s going to take a thousand baby steps, then if you start today, you only have 999 left. But if you don\u2019t, then it\u2019s never going to happen.\n> \n> \u2014Sara Chipps, CEO of [Jewelbots](https://jewelbots.com/) and co-founder of [Girl Develop It](https://www.girldevelopit.com/)\n\nHere\u2019s what we covered (and as always, you can find the full transcript below).\n\n## Show notes\n\nFirst up, we talk about all the URLs we\u2019ve purchased\u2014and how sometimes, spending $5 is just what you need to take your own idea seriously.\n\n- Jenn shares her love for David Allen\u2019s [_Getting Things Do_ne](https://www.amazon.com/Getting-Things-Done-Stress-Free-Productivity/dp/0142000280) method (and explains how it helped us GTD for our first episode).\n- Katel tells us why \u201cWrite Book\u201d is maybe not the best item to put on your to-do list.\n- Sara recounts her love for Jenn\u2019s web series, [Cook Inside the Box](http://cookinsidethebox.com/)\u2014where Jenn and our friend [Sequoia](https://twitter.com/sequoiam) made recipes from the sides of boxes. Sara\u2019s favorite episode? The one about hot dogs rolled in cornflakes. Mmm hmmm.\n\nThen, we fangirl out during our interview with Sara Chipps, who not only created [Jewelbots](https://jewelbots.com/), but also co-founded [Girl Develop It](https://www.girldevelopit.com/). We talk about:\n\n- Why Sara C. has made it her mission to get more girls and women into coding.\n- The joy of friendship bracelets\u2014no matter how old you are.\n- How to bounce back (and learn something!) when a bunch of kids tell you your idea sucks.\n- [Highway1](http://highway1.io/), the hardware accelerator that helped Sara prepare to launch Jewelbots.\n- The importance of finding a co-founder who gets you\u2014like [Brooke Moreland](https://twitter.com/audrabrookie), Sara C.\u2019s cofounder at Jewelbots.\n- Why you don\u2019t actually need to be good at math to be a programmer\u2014and how our industry has done newcomers a disservice by pretending otherwise.\n- How Girl Develop It went from a single class in New York City in 2010 to a nonprofit operating in 58 cities and serving 55,000 members (and counting) nationwide.\n\nAlso in this episode:\n\n- Woohoo! It\u2019s now light out till, uh, 5:15pm here in Philly, and we can\u2019t be happier about that.\n- We\u2019re already dreaming about two of Philly\u2019s best summertime hangouts: [front stoops](http://www.phillymag.com/news/2017/05/20/philadelphia-stoops/) and [beer gardens](http://www.visitphilly.com/itineraries/philadelphia/the-best-beer-gardens-in-philadelphia/). Yes, please.\n- Being, like, a totally cool adult. No, really. Ask the kids.