Irene (Irka) Ryabaya

Founder of empowering communities to scale & monetize meaningful connections.
Entrepreneur💡Investor💸Feminist🙋🏻‍♀️Speaker🎤Advisor🤔Connector🤝

[Jordyn Hodges 🫶🏽 @jordyvotes]

I really wish people would stop drastically using the scenarios of rape or incest as the sole premise for an abortion. A woman doesn’t have to be in a traumatic situation for it to be reason enough. In fact there is zero explanation that needs to be given.

[James Peyer @JamesPeyer]

Despite proudly identifying as a longevity biotech company, at @CambrianBio we made the decision to assign a grand total of $0.00 of Cambrian's value as a company to the potential of drugs we develop to extend #healthspan, here's why:
🧵 1/5

[Irene (Irka) Ryabaya @IreneRyab]

Immigrants...we get the job done :)

[Bill Gross @Bill_Gross]

Every one of these U.S. tech companies was founded by 1st or 2nd generation immigrants:

Apple
Google
Amazon
Facebook
Oracle
IBM
Uber
Airbnb
Yahoo
Intel
EMC
eBay
SpaceX
VMWare
AT&T
Tesla
NVIDIA
Qualcomm
Paypal
ADP
Reddit
SlackHQ
WeWork
Stripe
Cognizant
Intuit

via Vala Afshar..

[Irene (Irka) Ryabaya @IreneRyab]

So excited to be part of this!

[Irene (Irka) Ryabaya @IreneRyab]

Excited to speak about B2B sales on 10/24 at @RetailXSeries “Getting Your First Pilots/Sales.” Come hear my tips and advice - early bird tickets here: https://t.co/47HvAWlDUu @dwtProjectW

[Irene (Irka) Ryabaya @IreneRyab]

Had a fantastic time filming at the Nasdaq today with hilarious panel partners Matthew and Phil. Thank you John Lynn for making this possible for all of us :) Can’t wait for Cela summit kick off tonight! #celasummit

[Irene (Irka) Ryabaya @IreneRyab]

Excited for the Cela Summit next week! If you are an innovation leader, you need to check this out.

[@cela @CELArator]

The @CELArator Summit on 6/13-6/14 is the world’s 1st & only accelerator conference, where industry-leading speakers reveal what works w/ startups, corporations, governments, & universities when it comes to finding ideas & turning them into opportunities. https://t.co/V0z60j3Wp4

[Irene (Irka) Ryabaya @IreneRyab]

A Dad Wins Fight To Increase Parental Leave For Men At JPMorgan Chase https://t.co/O2w3pfyqgM Let's end "stereotypes where it's the woman's job to have babies & cook and the man gets back to work & pays the bills. That doesn't work for everyone; it's not the century we live in."

[Irene (Irka) Ryabaya @IreneRyab]

Great opportuntiy for #FemaleFounders and #womenintech !

[Irene (Irka) Ryabaya @IreneRyab]

Thermostat justice for all!!!

[Olga Khazan ME, BUT BETTER @olgakhazan]

Y'all listen to Reese

[Irene (Irka) Ryabaya @IreneRyab]

“Progressive people are the least aware of our biases” @Pioneers Agree deeply with the amazing @ImTiffanyYu

[Irene (Irka) Ryabaya @IreneRyab]

“Think about how the world perceived you and how much of that is wrong” @ImTiffanyYu #pioneers19

[Irene (Irka) Ryabaya @IreneRyab]

@ImTiffanyYu “We need to make our unconscious bias conscious. This requires self awareness”

[Samir El-Alami @SamirElAlami]

Really inspiring Q&A with @ImTiffanyYu & @IreneRyab @Pioneers this morning tackling the subjects of #diversity and #inclusion within the #startup industry

[Tiffany Yu (she/her) @ImTiffanyYu]

“It’s not that women don’t think big, it’s that investors ask them questions that make them small.” @IreneRyab #Pioneers19

[Tiffany Yu (she/her) @ImTiffanyYu]

“If I was going to do this startup thing, I needed to figure out why 2% of VC money is invested in women founders.” - @IreneRyab @Warmintro1 #Pioneers19

[Tiffany Yu (she/her) @ImTiffanyYu]

“Innovation isn’t giving people what they ask for. Innovation is giving people something they don’t even know they want.” - @IreneRyab #Pioneers19

[Irene (Irka) Ryabaya @IreneRyab]

Thank you!

[Madlen Stottmeyer @MadStottmeyer]

Diversity in Tech at #Pioneers19 What to do: 1. People in power be a mentor 2. Show up 3. Not just call out but call everyone in
@ImTiffanyYu @Diversability @monarqincubator @IreneRyab @geraldine @TheRefiners_Inc @GBoddington @bodydataspace @akalokerinos

[Irene (Irka) Ryabaya @IreneRyab]

Excited about tomorrow!

[Pioneers @Pioneers]

The week of our flagship event is finally upon us! Check out a final few reasons why you might want to join us at #Pioneers19... @Nichol_Bradford @arielkk3 @marvinliao @geraldine #Pioneers19 #WalkTheTalks
https://t.co/wQRCJdlG1I

[Polly Rodriguez @polly_claire]

I don't know who needs this today but DON'T GIVE UP. "Greatness is not this wonderful, esoteric, allusive god-like feature that only the special among us will ever taste. It's something that truly exists in all of us." https://t.co/oHBxpfSUE1