Should We Ban the Word Bossy?

Sheryl Sandberg thinks so. Do you agree? By Jessica Stillman (Editor, Women 2.0) It’s ‘the B-word,’ used to put women in their place and limit the roles it’s “appropriate” for them to take. You know it, right? No, not that one. Another one. We all know that one nasty,...

Design This: Why You’re Wrong About Girls and Games

To change the demographics of the tech industry, we have to get rid of tired and incorrect assumptions like these.  By Amy-Willard Cross (Editor, Vitamin W) As well as fire-starting and hiker badges, the Girl Scouts now have one for game design. Earlier this month,...

Female Founders To Watch Building Hardware Startups

Arduinos, circuits, and… robots? Women entrepreneurs push boundaries of devices, hardware startups. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) There are web startups, mobile startups, consumer electronics startups… Newest yet are the...
Ms. Sankar Goes To Washington

Ms. Sankar Goes To Washington

On practicing her startup pitch and meeting the Vice President of the United States. By Pooja Sankar (Founder & CEO, Piazza) At first I thought it was a phishing scam. I received an email with an image attachment inviting me to meet the Vice President and his wife...