#TechTuesday: How to Refine Your App Idea

16 June 2015 | Uncategorized

Why refining your idea can make or break your apps’ success. By Megan E. Holstein (CEO, Pufferfish Software) This article has previously appeared on Mobile Orchard and Medium. There are over one million apps on the app store. Million is a large number, though, so to...
Women Help Startups Succeed. When Will VCs Notice?

Women Help Startups Succeed. When Will VCs Notice?

5 October 2012 | Uncategorized

SlideShare, led by Rashmi Sinha, is being acquired by LinkedIn for $119 million. New research suggests that successful startups have more women in top management. By John Tozzi (Writer, Businessweek) Successful startups have more women in senior positions than...
Why You Should Apply To Business Plan Competitions

Why You Should Apply To Business Plan Competitions

2 December 2011 | Uncategorized

By Karen E. Klein (Contributor, Businessweek)   Editor’s note: The Women 2.0 PITCH: Startup Competition application deadline has been extended thru December 7, 2011. Apply here. Entering business contests is a great exercise, not only because you have a...
A Campus Champion for Women in Computer Science

A Campus Champion for Women in Computer Science

5 October 2011 | Uncategorized

By Ari Levy (Writer, Businessweek) Editor’s note: The percentage of female comp sci majors at Harvey Mudd College has tripled since the arrival of President Maria Klawe. Klawe, 60, (…) arrived in 2006 from Princeton University, where she was dean of the...
Support Women Running Growth Businesses

Support Women Running Growth Businesses

2 October 2011 | Uncategorized

By Karen E. Klein (Contributing Writer, Businessweek) Women represent only 35 percent of startup owners in the U.S., even though 50 percent of college students and 46 percent of the U.S. workforce is female. Women’s startup businesses also “tend to experience less...