TEDWomen: A Celebration of Global Women Entrepreneurs

TEDWomen: A Celebration of Global Women Entrepreneurs

By Francine Gordon (Co-Organizer, TEDxBayArea TEDWomen) Last year, TED held its first TEDWomen conference in Washington, DC. Recognizing the phenomenal community of women in the San Francisco Bay area, TEDxBayArea decided to organize its own day-long program dedicated...
Moving Up Without Moving Out (Of Technology)

Moving Up Without Moving Out (Of Technology)

By Francine Gordon (Chair, SVForum Tech Women) Editor’s note: This important topic will be discussed at SVForum’s eponymous event on September 22 in Cupertino, CA – Details here. It’s a sad reality that roughly a third of the women who enter the high...

5 Global Women's Tech Entrepreneurship Journeys (August 25)

By Francine Gordon (Chair, SVForum Tech Women) BayBrazil and SVForum Tech Women are featuring foreign-born women succeeding in Silicon Valley. The first program earlier this year highlighted a series of female business leaders from around the world. Side discussions...