Get Your Hands DIRTY!!

Get Your Hands DIRTY!!

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Get Your Hands DIRTY!! episodes

  • Actor & Entrepreneur - Paulie Litt

    As a child actor, Pauli Litt's ability to entertain captured our attention as he lit up the big screen in "Speed Racer." The conversation that he commanded as an 8-year old on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" will make you smile. That took courage and confidence to capture the stage with such a known late night host. He talks about those experiences and his transition into entrepreneurship in our podcast. Our team learned so much during this interview, we hope you do too!

    In this episode you will learn:

    • what he is doing now as an entrepreneur (and it is fascinating)
    • how to prepare for public speaking

    • Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn @RaceAthena


      Visit us at AthenaRacing.org to learn more about our STEM program and events for girls in middle school and high school.

      Today's Episode Included: 

      Pauli Litt + Mihika Tiwari + Loxley Browne = Priceless Conversation!

      STEM education, Girls in STEM, Athena Racing, Club Athena, Athena STEM, public speaking, actor, speed racer movie, 

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    • Silicon Valley Entrepreneur - Axel Schultze

      The Ingenuity Cup is a global innovation competition who those looking to create groundbreaking innovations in 40 days. Athena Racing's team accepted the challenge and have been hard at work developing a mobility product that will enhance the education experience for students who love STEM subjects!

      Listen to the full interview as Axel Schultze, the Founder of Blue Callom, the World Innovation Forum and most importantly, the host of the Ingenuity Cup in which we are competing, shares stories of his work. His career in Silicon Valley resulted in his creating and exiting five successful companies. Two were billion dollar companies! It seems as though he will never stop innovating and working!

      Athena Racing's student think tank team developed an innovative approach to education to answer a need that we saw within our own environment. The only student-led team in the competition, our young 12 to 15 year-old female students are in pursuit of STEM-related careers. They invent and develop products and processes that will lead us into the future.

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      On June 22, a global community of innovative minds will virtually come together to support and evaluate the next generation of innovators. During the next 40 days, innovation teams will utilize the Neuro Ideation method and Deep Innovation Design Model to completely redesign the act of innovation. The results, groundbreaking innovations that were never before imagined and will completely disrupt their respective industries. Teams will present their innovations and it will be up to judges and the public to determine who will win the prestigious Ingenuity Cup, the cash prize, and the opportunity to compete for the 2025 Space Award.

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      We need your vote! Our team of students is excited to announce that we have been shortlisted and will be pitch on a global level to investors! 49.5% of the points come from public vote. That is why we need you there on Tuesday morning - June 22nd at 7am PST (for us) - to watch, listen and vote for Athena Racing's innovative product that we are taking to market!  You have to vote in real time. By the end of the pitch competition a winner will be announced! Register today at: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_IQgrap8jQ4yPm7_pEkDH9w

      Watch the livestream on Tuesday's June 22nd at 7am PDT at: https://www.facebook.com/Neuroideation/live_videos/

      21 min
    • World Innovation Forum Chairman - Axel Schultze

      The Ingenuity Cup is a global innovation competition who those looking to create groundbreaking innovations in 40 days. Athena Racing's team accepted the challenge and have been hard at work developing a mobility product that will enhance the education experience for students who love STEM subjects!

      Listen to a clip of the full interview - short #3 - as Axel Schultze, the Founder of Blue Callom, the World Innovation Forum and most importantly, the host of the Ingenuity Cup in which we are competing, shares stories of his work. His career in Silicon Valley resulted in his creating and exiting five successful companies. Two were billion dollar companies! It seems as though he will never stop innovating and working!

      Athena Racing's student think tank team developed an innovative approach to education to answer a need that we saw within our own environment. The only student-led team in the competition, our young 12 to 15 year-old female students are in pursuit of STEM-related careers. They invent and develop products and processes that will lead us into the future.

      ***********************************************

      On June 22, a global community of innovative minds will virtually come together to support and evaluate the next generation of innovators. During the next 40 days, innovation teams will utilize the Neuro Ideation method and Deep Innovation Design Model to completely redesign the act of innovation. The results, groundbreaking innovations that were never before imagined and will completely disrupt their respective industries. Teams will present their innovations and it will be up to judges and the public to determine who will win the prestigious Ingenuity Cup, the cash prize, and the opportunity to compete for the 2025 Space Award.

      ***********************************************

      We need your vote! Our team of students is excited to announce that we have been shortlisted and will be pitch on a global level to investors! 49.5% of the points come from public vote. That is why we need you there on Tuesday morning - June 22nd at 7am PST (for us) - to watch, listen and vote for Athena Racing's innovative product that we are taking to market!  You have to vote in real time. By the end of the pitch competition a winner will be announced! Register today at: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_IQgrap8jQ4yPm7_pEkDH9w

      Watch the livestream on Tuesday's June 22nd at 7am PDT at: https://www.facebook.com/Neuroideation/live_videos/

      3 min
    • Blue Callom Founder - Axel Schultze

      The Ingenuity Cup is a global innovation competition who those looking to create groundbreaking innovations in 40 days. Athena Racing's team accepted the challenge and have been hard at work developing a mobility product that will enhance the education experience for students who love STEM subjects!

      Listen to a clip of the full interview - short #2 - as Axel Schultze, the Founder of Blue Callom, the World Innovation Forum and most importantly, the host of the Ingenuity Cup in which we are competing, shares stories of his work. His career in Silicon Valley resulted in his creating and exiting five successful companies. Two were billion dollar companies! It seems as though he will never stop innovating and working!

      Athena Racing's student think tank team developed an innovative approach to education to answer a need that we saw within our own environment. The only student-led team in the competition, our young 12 to 15 year-old female students are in pursuit of STEM-related careers. They invent and develop products and processes that will lead us into the future.

      ***********************************************

      On June 22, a global community of innovative minds will virtually come together to support and evaluate the next generation of innovators. During the next 40 days, innovation teams will utilize the Neuro Ideation method and Deep Innovation Design Model to completely redesign the act of innovation. The results, groundbreaking innovations that were never before imagined and will completely disrupt their respective industries. Teams will present their innovations and it will be up to judges and the public to determine who will win the prestigious Ingenuity Cup, the cash prize, and the opportunity to compete for the 2025 Space Award.

      ***********************************************

      We need your vote! Our team of students is excited to announce that we have been shortlisted and will be pitch on a global level to investors! 49.5% of the points come from public vote. That is why we need you there on Tuesday morning - June 22nd at 7am PST (for us) - to watch, listen and vote for Athena Racing's innovative product that we are taking to market!  You have to vote in real time. By the end of the pitch competition a winner will be announced! Register today at: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_IQgrap8jQ4yPm7_pEkDH9w

      Watch the livestream on Tuesday's June 22nd at 7am PDT at: https://www.facebook.com/Neuroideation/live_videos/

      5 min
    • Ingenuity Cup Chairman - Axel Schultze

      The Ingenuity Cup is a global innovation competition who those looking to create groundbreaking innovations in 40 days. Athena Racing's team accepted the challenge and have been hard at work developing a mobility product that will enhance the education experience for students who love STEM subjects!

      Listen to a clip of the full interview - short #1 - as Axel Schultze, the Founder of Blue Callom, the World Innovation Forum and most importantly, the host of the Ingenuity Cup in which we are competing, shares stories of his work. His career in Silicon Valley resulted in his creating and exiting five successful companies. Two were billion dollar companies! It seems as though he will never stop innovating and working!

      Athena Racing's student think tank team developed an innovative approach to education to answer a need that we saw within our own environment. The only student-led team in the competition, our young 12 to 15 year-old female students are in pursuit of STEM-related careers. They invent and develop products and processes that will lead us into the future.

      ***********************************************

      On June 22, a global community of innovative minds will virtually come together to support and evaluate the next generation of innovators. During the next 40 days, innovation teams will utilize the Neuro Ideation method and Deep Innovation Design Model to completely redesign the act of innovation. The results, groundbreaking innovations that were never before imagined and will completely disrupt their respective industries. Teams will present their innovations and it will be up to judges and the public to determine who will win the prestigious Ingenuity Cup, the cash prize, and the opportunity to compete for the 2025 Space Award.

      ***********************************************

      We need your vote! Our team of students is excited to announce that we have been shortlisted and will be pitch on a global level to investors! 49.5% of the points come from public vote. That is why we need you there on Tuesday morning - June 22nd at 7am PST (for us) - to watch, listen and vote for Athena Racing's innovative product that we are taking to market!  You have to vote in real time. By the end of the pitch competition a winner will be announced! Register today at: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_IQgrap8jQ4yPm7_pEkDH9w

      Watch the livestream on Tuesday's June 22nd at 7am PDT at: https://www.facebook.com/Neuroideation/live_videos/

      1 min
    • "How I Built This" – Summer Camp - Athena Racing' s Drive to Success podcast episode 17

      That time to explore, learn and have fun is what makes summer camp an absolute must in the lives of all children. It was a right-of-passage for our founder and her incredible memories of learning and making new friends is what lead her to creating our inaugural 2020 FABcamp. As you will learn from Ocean, one of last year’s campers, the assignments and projects were exactly what she wanted and needed. Listen to find out what was the favorite part of FABcamp from both Loxley and Ocean!   

      Her Key Take-Aways:

      • Why the community of summer camps is so important
      • Learn new things, even about topics you never expected to study
      • Camps are the community where you can build life-long friendships
      • Two years ago, a spark ignited that has grown into an award-winning STEM education program. Using a racecar, Athena Racing teaches essential life skills and career development with interactive and creative methods to stimulate curiosity and expose STEM career opportunities.

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      • "How I Built This" – Building a Board - Drive to Success podcast episode 16

        Building a working Board requires members who are willing to pay it forward in time, energy, knowledge and connections. How did Athena Racing’s CEO attract industry leaders and experts to support our non-profit? Great energy and enthusiasm are key! Discover how she involved all ages into building out a Board that is leading our organization into the future.


        Her Key Take-Aways:

        • Lead with integrity and responsibility
        • Inspire all ages to get involved
        • Give others the platform to share their knowledge
        • Athena Racing is a 501(c)3 nonprofit that provides free training for young girls in middle school and high school who are interested in discovering career paths in engineering, design, robotics, driving or business in the automotive, motorsport and transportation industries. This is a girls-only program that provides a safe space for young girls to be surrounded by like-minded female students.


          Your Support Fuels Athena Racing

          DRIVE change

          DRIVE education

          DRIVE success

          Visit AthenaRacing.org to discover more!







          startup, nonprofit, entrepreneurship, athena racing, automotive, motorsports, STEM education, girls in STEM, girls in engineering, girls in robotics, business, marketing, podcast, vlog, students, how to build a business, how to build a nonprofit, tips in entrepreneurship

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        • "How I Built This" - Pandemic Pivot - Athena Racing' s Drive to Success podcast - episode 15

          Leaders and CEOs will appreciate the thought, work and decisions made in our pandemic pivot. With the world in gridlock we had to take the responsibility of shaping a new normal without knowing what the next day would bring. Acting as a race car driver, we looked beyond the immediate and focused on seeing the future. That new future is what we are racing towards. You can’t control other things, but you can control yourself and your reactions.  


          Her Key Take-Aways: 

          • Study history and what has happened in the past 
          • Listen, take advice and make an executive decision 
          • Be a leader who takes responsibility  

          • Two years ago, a spark ignited that has grown into an award-winning STEM education program. Using a race car, we teach essential life skills and career development with interactive and creative methods to stimulate curiosity and expose STEM career opportunities.   


            Your Support Fuels Athena Racing  

            DRIVE change  

            DRIVE education  

            DRIVE success   

            Visit AthenaRacing.org to discover more!          





            startup, nonprofit, entrepreneurship, athena racing, automotive, motorsports, STEM education, girls in STEM, girls in engineering, girls in robotics, business, marketing, podcast, vlog, students, how to build a business, how to build a nonprofit, tips in entrepreneurship, pandemic pivot, leadership, CEO

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            7 min
          • "How I Built This" – Becoming a Renaissance Woman- Drive to Success podcast episode 14

            How do you stand out from your peers at work, school, life? Become a Renaissance Woman with multiple skillsets that work across different sectors is key in today’s workforce. Left-brain, right-brain, engineers, artists…it takes all to create the perfect team and with multiple skillsets you can amplify your innovation and productivity!

            Her Key Take-Aways:

            • Build your skillsets
            • Become a valuable employee and leader
            • Focus on your strengths to build skills
            • Athena Racing is a 501(c)3 nonprofit that provides free training for young girls in middle school and high school who are interested in discovering career paths in engineering, design, robotics, driving or business in the automotive, motorsport and transportation industries. This is a girls-only program that provides a safe space for young girls to be surrounded by like-minded female students. Additionally, they learn to apply design thinking (empathize, define, ideate, prototype, test) to all aspects of life in an environment where they experience how to learn, to fail, and to persevere.

              Your Support Fuels Athena Racing

              DRIVE change

              DRIVE education

              DRIVE success

              Visit AthenaRacing.org to discover more!

              startup, nonprofit, entrepreneurship, athena racing, automotive, motorsports, STEM education, girls in STEM, girls in engineering, girls in robotics, business, marketing, podcast, vlog, students, how to build a business, how to build a nonprofit, tips in entrepreneurship

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            • "How I Built This" – Publicity & PR - Drive to Success podcast episode 13

              Generating press for your company is an important step in driving awareness. Learn the important steps and ways to become the darling of your media contacts.

              Her Key Take-Aways:

              • Respect the time of media
              • Tell your story with enthusiasm
              • Create newsworthy stories and information
              • Two years ago, a spark ignited that has grown into an award-winning STEM education program. Using a racecar, we teach essential life skills and career development with interactive and creative methods to stimulate curiosity and expose STEM career opportunities.


                Your Support Fuels Athena Racing

                DRIVE change

                DRIVE education

                DRIVE success

                Visit AthenaRacing.org to discover more!




                startup, nonprofit, entrepreneurship, athena racing, automotive, motorsports, STEM education, girls in STEM, girls in engineering, girls in robotics, business, marketing, podcast, vlog, students, how to build a business, how to build a nonprofit, tips in entrepreneurship

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