You may have heard Kansas City implemented Google Fiber, but according to a member of the city’s local startup scene, there’s much more to the community there than blazing fast broadband. By Allison Way (Director of Marketing, Think Big Partners) Ask...
The Kauffman Foundation lays out the numbers on just how far women still lag behind men in leading high-growth businesses. By Jessica Schimm (Assistant Editor, Women 2.0) Though the number of women earning advanced degrees that qualify them to lead high-growth...
We lump too many things under the term ‘startup,’ Diana Kander argued at Big Omaha recently. What we really need to do instead is distinguish between businesses that are at the conception and toddler stages. By Jessica Stillman (Editor, Women 2.0) You have...
“I saw a family raising money for their baby’s heart transplant. They needed $300,000 and they were trying to do it a quarter at a time. I remember thinking: If they could do it over the Internet, it would be so much more successful.” – Desiree Vargas Wrigley,...
Don’t come from a background that’s usually associated with entrepreneurship? Then this story of a successful female Saudi entrepreneur might be an inspiration. By Jessica Stillman (Editor, Women 2.0) As a Women 2.0 reader, you probably don’t need to...