Why I'm Glad Sheryl Sandberg Isn't On Facebook's Board

By Whitney Johnson (Founding Partner, Rose Park Advisors) She’s been described as Mark Zuckerberg’s most valuable friend, the key cog in the vast machinery of Facebook that makes everything else work. The one person without whom Facebook would have never gotten this...
Why I’m Glad Sheryl Sandberg Isn’t On Facebook’s Board

Why I’m Glad Sheryl Sandberg Isn’t On Facebook’s Board

By Whitney Johnson (Founding Partner, Rose Park Advisors) She’s been described as Mark Zuckerberg’s most valuable friend, the key cog in the vast machinery of Facebook that makes everything else work. The one person without whom Facebook would have never gotten this...
TEDWomen: A Celebration of Global Women Entrepreneurs

TEDWomen: A Celebration of Global Women Entrepreneurs

By Francine Gordon (Co-Organizer, TEDxBayArea TEDWomen) Last year, TED held its first TEDWomen conference in Washington, DC. Recognizing the phenomenal community of women in the San Francisco Bay area, TEDxBayArea decided to organize its own day-long program dedicated...
Fostering More Female Tech Entrepreneurs

Fostering More Female Tech Entrepreneurs

By Ellen Lee (Contributing Writer, Intuit Blog) When it comes to women working in Silicon Valley technology businesses -— particularly women at the helm — the numbers remain painfully small. Less than 5 percent of tech startups are founded by female entrepreneurs,...