No Excuses Please (Conference Speaker Diversity)

The women are there. They are willing to speak. They will do a phenomenal job. By Laura Yecies (CEO, SugarSync) I had the true pleasure of speaking at the Women Entrepreneurs Festival last week in New York. It was a great conference organized by Joanne Wilson AKA...

What's It Like At An All Female Entrepreneurs' Conference?

These were founders building revenue generating businesses from the ground up because there was demand for their services and they were answering and solving that real human need. By Grace Ng (Director of Product Experience, Lean Startup Machine) A few days ago, I was...

Hacker School Alum Answers 5 Questions About Applying

Apply early and do your best on the application, but do not agonize over it. Also please don’t wait until the start of Hacker School to start building. Start now. If you want to go to Hacker School, just remember – keep building. By Jane Wang (Hacker, Etsy) I...

3 Startup Lessons Learned From Hukkster’s Founders

You know the best way to dive into something? You dive all in. By Erica Bell & Katie Finnegan (Co-Founders, Hukkster) One year ago today, with the holiday shopping season upon us, we were frustrated. We had insanely busy jobs. (But who doesn’t?) We had recently...