
Power Up
How Smart Women Win in the New Economy
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Narrated by:
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Magdalena Yesil
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Troy Wickett
With empowering insights to help women navigate the narrowest corridors of sexism, tech-industry pioneer Magdalena Yesil shares on-the-ground career advice that is as powerful as any MBA Pioneering Silicon Valley entrepreneur and investor Magdalena Yesil came to the United States in 1976 with two suitcases and 43 dollars, blind to the challenges she would face as a woman and immigrant in Silicon Valley.
Today, she is best known as the first investor and a founding board member of Salesforce, the now-multibillion dollar company that ushered in the era of cloud-based computing.
In Power Up: How Smart Women Win in the New Economy, Yesil urges women to look beyond the alarming gender statistics of the workplace and feel confident entering tech or any field - but also to be prepared to deal with the challenges.
She shares what she experienced as a woman in Silicon Valley with surprising candor and heart, relying not just on her insight but that of more than a dozen top women entrepreneurs to offer pragmatic takeaways on topics such as:
- Owning career choices while managing risk
- Getting credit for your work
- Managing sexual dynamics
- Recruiting allies in the movement toward a supportive workplace for everyone
Pragmatic, incisive, and full of highly actionable advice, Yesil prepares ambitious women to break glass ceilings and rise to the top in the New Silicon Valley - and beyond.
©2017 Magdalena Yesil (P)2017 Hachette AudioListeners also enjoyed...




















Engaging, Inspiring, Powerful!
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I’m an entrepreneur and often struggle with the sheer exhaustion of “doing it all” and making something from nothing. Magdalena’s book gave me many tools not only to pick myself up and keep going but to be even more skillful along the way. This is one of the best business books and wise “pep-talk” books I’ve read, and I’m recommending it to all my friends. I recommend it to you too.
Must-read
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Insightful, fresh, and engaging
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The advice itself shines through a well-narrated collection of stories that reveal a charismatic and personable character. That said, I found the listening speed most comfortable at 1.25x. Highly recommend.
Highly practical advice that transcends gender
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It is particularly effective when it is read to you by the author herself-
Beth Stewart, CEO, Trewstar Corporate Board Services
In Magdalena’s voice (on audible)
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Where does Power Up rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
Power Up is a very inspiring read of one woman's approach to working in a male dominated space. Magdalena's story as a female immigrant who moved to the Bay Area, is a very relatable story. Not only is it great to hear about challenges she faced throughout her career, both as a professional and a women, but also how she tackled them.What other book might you compare Power Up to and why?
Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg is an inside peek to the life of a strong and intelligent women who seems to chart her own path on her own terms and encourages other woman to do the same. Amy Poehler's, Yes Please, is a different type of take on a smart and powerful woman building her own success (and of course it's hilarious).Which scene was your favorite?
The depiction of one of the work conferences complete with female dancers and the author's response was pretty awesome. I also really liked the numerous insights of other accomplished female business woman and how they tackled common workplace challenges in their own careers such as balancing their careers, negotiating salary, proactively planning maternity leave, raising a family, etc.If you could give Power Up a new subtitle, what would it be?
Be the Driving Force Behind Your Own Career.Any additional comments?
Definitely worth the time and money to read this book!Inspiring and Relatable Read!
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Anecdotes and interviews are both illuminating and humorous. Not a dry career book or business bio! Magdalena Yesil's writing and narration is so natural you'll feel she's giving her spot-on career advice directly to you.
Spot-on career advice for women in tech
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Power Up is leadership/career literature. So inevitably you will find “gritty” solutions for overcoming obstacles :) (which isn’t necessarily a bad thing). But I did very much admire that the solutions were presented genuinely through Magdalena’s experiences and values.
This was personally valuable to me because I share similar experiences and values with Magdalena. I resonated with her stories about navigating the system, filial piety, needing an f* you attitude, and having a career that drives family, friends, and life itself (and not the other way around). Because of the parallels I could identify situations in my own life where I could draw from the experiences and values to resolve challenges sustainably and respectfully.
As a note, I’m probably not the target demographic. Haha, as a rank and file male I’m the opposite of Magdalena. Nevertheless, I picked up Power Up because I work at Salesforce and wanted to learn about it from a different walk of life, so that I can do better for my teammates.
Encouraging audiobook on moving forward positively
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