<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Girls in STEMpreneurship]]></title><description><![CDATA[Empowering Girls through STEM and Entrepreneurship]]></description><link>https://www.girlsinstempreneurship.org/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 03:56:45 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.girlsinstempreneurship.org/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Zara Is Not a Fashion Brand. It Is a Data System Wearing a Jacket.]]></title><description><![CDATA[How one shirtmaker from Spain engineered speed into an entire global industry — and what the cost of that speed actually looks like. You have felt it before even if you could not name it. You walk into Zara, pick up a jacket, put it back, and think you will return for it next week. By next week it is gone. A completely different rack has taken its place. That feeling of urgency is not an accident. It is the product. Zara did not stumble into creating it. They engineered it, deliberately, over...]]></description><link>https://www.girlsinstempreneurship.org/post/zara-is-not-a-fashion-brand-it-is-a-data-system-wearing-a-jacket</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69be38a79b4f1678f08334a1</guid><pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2026 06:25:41 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/dcad23_8d7fda7a2e0a45aa95c85b9fc271612a~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_800,h_528,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Priya Barke</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[From the Barre to the Boardroom: A Conversation with Ms. Crystal Petzl]]></title><description><![CDATA[How one ballet teacher turned a single class into a thriving academy, and what she taught me about art, business, and life. When I moved to the United States, I was stepping into an entirely new world. New city, new school, new community. What I did not expect was to find a mentor who would change not just how I danced, but how I thought about work, creativity, and resilience. That mentor was Ms. Crystal Petzl, founder of the Academy of Classical Ballet in Campbell, California. I recently had...]]></description><link>https://www.girlsinstempreneurship.org/post/from-the-barre-to-the-boardroom-a-conversation-with-ms-crystal-petzl</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69be29d5cf14a7a450cb0ef7</guid><pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2026 05:21:17 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/dcad23_2414b35dbca54cd28a55e54e1ad2f2f2~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Priya Barke</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Barbie Beyond Pink: How Data-Driven Strategies Make a Doll a STEMpreneur Icon]]></title><description><![CDATA[When you hear the word Barbie, what comes to mind? Pink dresses, high heels, and dreamhouses? While Barbie is famous as a doll, she is much more than that. Barbie represents one of the most successful data-driven businesses in modern history. The pink world around her is not just a color scheme; it’s an economy built on design, data, and smart marketing. This post explores how Barbie evolved from a simple toy into a $1.4 billion STEMpreneur case study. We will uncover how market research,...]]></description><link>https://www.girlsinstempreneurship.org/post/barbie-beyond-pink-how-data-driven-strategies-make-a-doll-a-stempreneur-icon</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69bdfac79b4f1678f082a487</guid><pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2026 04:58:46 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/dcad23_833f7ae6b1f142f29f923a55139e2b60~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_768,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Priya Barke</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Understanding Economic Crisis]]></title><description><![CDATA[A summary of our Workshop 1 (January 9, 2026) $17T US household wealth destroyed in 2008 8.7M American jobs lost, 2008-2010 53% Dow Jones fell from peak to trough $70K Estimated lifetime income loss per American Numbers like these are not just statistics. Behind each one is a family that lost a home, a worker who spent months unemployed, a small business that could not access a loan. Economic crises are among the most destructive forces in modern society — yet they are not acts of nature....]]></description><link>https://www.girlsinstempreneurship.org/post/understanding-economic-crisis</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69bde2a3cf14a7a450ca6929</guid><pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2026 00:38:52 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/dcad23_fd9a77aae35a4075b81c4c283d703160~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_938,h_850,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Priya Barke</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>