Toy industry execs told Debbie Sterling that construction toys for girls don’t sell. But her GoldieBlox line of building kits proved them all wrong. By Donna Fenn (Contributing Editor, Inc.com) This story first appeared on Inc.com. When Debbie Sterling’s...
A product manager at Kickstarter explains why she decided to speak up about gender in tech. By Ellen Chisa In elementary school, my dad walked me to school each day. In high school, he drove me. Along our walks and drives, he taught me that I could do anything I set...
Becoming an entrepreneur might be the smartest risk you ever take. By Tanya Menendez (COO and Co-Founder, Maker’s Row) I can’t go back to having a regular job. Sure, entrepreneurship has its up and downs, but it’s addicting and never boring. Most importantly,...
A young founder discusses five lessons she learned as she tackled a problem, then decided to create a product to solve that problem for others. By Brooke Martin (Founder, iCPooch) When I began my eighth grade student project on entrepreneurship in the fall of 2012, I...
We don’t celebrate women going into Product Management. Instead, we say female PMs don’t feel comfortable going into pure technology. By Ellen Chisa (Product Manager, Kickstarter) I’m sick of how we portray women in Product Management. From the New York Times: “Women...
