4 Ways to Care for Yourself When You Have No Time

Excuse-free strategies to help you be kind to yourself despite your hectic lifestyle.  By Nicole Bélanger (Writer & Blogger) Words like burnout, self care, and mental health are getting a lot of air play in the startup community, and with good reason. The...

Date An Entrepreneur, Female Edition – A Reprise

I’ve learned a lot since August 2011, and certainly matured as a person, a woman and an entrepreneur. By Heather Payne (Founder, Ladies Learning Code) In 2011, I wrote a blog post that became the most widely-read thing I’ve ever written. It was a surprise to me – I...

4 Programs Teaching Girls How To Code

Girls need to be encouraged to pursue STEM in the classroom, not just in extracurricular activities. But these programs are a start. By Ariel Schwartz (Senior Editor, FastCompany’s Co.Exist) 10 years ago – even five years ago – it was incredibly...

Now I'm Really An Entrepreneur

My purpose now is to find a repeatable and scalable business model – Steve Blank’s definition of a startup. By Heather Payne (Founder, Ladies Learning Code) I’ve wanted to be an entrepreneur for a long time. Not when I was in university (back then, I...