500 Startups: What’s it Really Like for a Female Founder?

The winner of our 2013 Las Vegas PITCH Competition thought she “got” the whole 500 startups thing… then realized the “bro-tastic cliquey crap” stereotype was not at all the truth. By Cynthia Schames (CEO & Co-Founder, AbbeyPost) If we’re friends, Facebook friends,...
Is It Alright to Call a Female Founder “Miss Thang”?

Is It Alright to Call a Female Founder “Miss Thang”?

How about if you’re Dave McClure? That’s the question a tweet from the founder of 500 Startups about our PITCH Competition raised this weekend. By Jessica Stillman (Editor, Women 2.0) Applications close for our PITCH Competition on January 10th, so this weekend...

Announcing the Sixth PITCH Finalist

Congratulations to Cynthia Schames, founder and CEO of AbbeyPost, who will be pitching live in Vegas. By Jessica Stillman (Editor, Women 2.0) Applications to our PITCH Competiton is now closed and our extraordinary judges have been hard at work weighing the remaining...