tonight i have the pleasure of introducing heather cabot and samantha walravens as they join us to discuss "geek girl rising." heather is a former abc news correspondent, adjunct professor at columbia university school of journalism. samantha walraven is the editor of torn, a recognized speaker on women and work, a contributor to women at "forbes," the huffington post and disney interactive. please join me in welcoming heather cabot and samantha walraich. >> thank you so much. >> thank you. >> thank you. well, we really appreciate you coming out on a rainy night like this, and this is a super exciting moment for us because, first of all, we're in the same city which we rarely are because i live in new york, and sam lives in san francisco, but this really is the evening before "geek girl rising" comes out. so it's a really special moment for us. and to kick things off, just to give you a taste of what the book is about, we're going to show you a little book trailer first. so let's roll the video. >> i think that women now understand we are not going to get ahead unless we help each other to

tonight i have the pressure of introducing heather cabot and samantha walravens as the

tonight i have the pleasure of introducing heather cabot and samantha walravens as they join us to discuss"geek girl rising." heather is a former abc news correspondent, adjunct professor at columbia university school of journalism. samantha walraven is the editor of torn, a recognized speaker on

tonight i have the pressure of introducing heather cabot and samantha walravens as the discuss their book "geek girl rising". heather is a woman at forbes contributor. samantha walraven is a recognized speaker on women and works, a contributor to women at forbes, huffington post. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> well, we really appreciate you coming out on a rainy night like this. that's superexciting moment for us because first of all we're in the same city, which we rarely are because i live in new york and sam live inside san francisco, but this really is the evening before pea geek girl rising "colorado. outside. so it's a special moment for us and to tick things off, we are show you a book trailer first. let's roll the video. >> i think that women now understand we are not going to get ahead unless we help each other to get ahead. >> i have a female manager and she is the one who handpicked me anded a vow caughts for me and pushes me beyond my leadership role currently. >> so women i know may not be able to work the typical nine to five job but this gives them an opportunity to wor