By Heidi Isern (Contributing Writer, Women 2.0) Why aren’t more women-run startups funded? Because there aren’t more women-run startups! According to Women 2.0, women found only 11% of technology companies. The question remains: Whose job is it to change that? I...
By Heidi Isern (Contributing Writer, Women 2.0) Upon graduation, Calgary born Maeghan Smulders was offered not one, but 29 different jobs. Overwhelmed with choices, she decided to do something innovative. She decided to “date” her companies: “Rather than just...
By Heidi Isern (Contributing Writer, Women 2.0) Some women start companies. Other women run corporations. And then there are women like Debbie Landa, founder of Dealmaker Media who bring them together. Eager to learn more about the high tech yenta, I met Debbie in her...
By Heidi Isern (Contributing Writer, Women 2.0) I live in an amazing ecosystem of women who defy convention, reinvent the rules, and passionately take risks to better the world around them. This isn’t everyone’s habitat and the team at Women 2.0 brought it to my...
By Heidi Isern (Contributing Writer, Women 2.0) Lindsay Welsh McConnon believes in building from idea to execution. She is the co-founder of Velvet Brigade, a community driven women’s fashion brand. The company showcases aspiring designers from all over the world and...