Why 'Woman Entrepreneur' Is a Misnomer

There are plenty of reasons why women in business need to stop searching for parity and embrace entrepreneurship. By Rebekah Iliff (Chief Strategy Officer, AirPR) This post originally appeared on Inc.com. Women may be a minority in the business world, but we’ve...

Launch a Startup Like a Rock Band at SXSW

Ex-band manager Rebekah Campbell explains how she used the lessons she learned launching bands at SXSW to generate a ton of buzz for her startup on a shoestring.  By Rebekah Campbell (Founder & CEO, Posse.com) Before starting work on Posse.com I spent ten years...

Chicago Engaging Women in Tech: Startup Communities

My advice is simple – learn from Zach and Brian’s work. Before and during the event, they took what I would call extraordinary measures to make sure women not only attended but were fully engaged in leading. By Lesa Mitchell (Vice President, Kauffman Foundation) The...

2013: The Year Of The Female Entrepreneur?

It is no surprise then that four of the major global consumer tech businesses – Facebook, Groupon, Zynga and Twitter – have more female customers than male. However, each suffers from a lack of female representation at board level, and this is true throughout...
Women In Engineering: Why A Co-Ed Dev Team Is Good For Business

Women In Engineering: Why A Co-Ed Dev Team Is Good For Business

The problem isn’t that women are unable to complete the requirements associated with these jobs — the problem is that women simply aren’t making the decision to. By Maria Renhui Zhang (Founder & CEO, Alike) It’s undeniable — there are simply fewer women than men...