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Next up on tech’s to-do list: developing a free AIDS vaccine and ridding the Super Bowl of offensive ads.
By Jessica Stillman (Editor, Women 2.0)
Looking for a little reading material to feed your brain before that Super Bowl party this weekend? Check out the links below for a super inspiring HealthTech company, one woman’s impressive story of professional transformation, and even a way to fight back against sexist ads during the big game.
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Coming to the conference? Here’s how to pass as an SF local.
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Rebellion Photonics CEO Allison Sawyer: there’s no excuse for not hiring women.
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We’re talking HealthTech at the next conference! Check out the YC startup developing, “the holy grail of the medical community,” a free AIDS vaccine.
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How Alyssa Ravasio went from not knowing how to program, to founding and coding her startup HipCamp in six months.
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Female-founded One Kings Lane joins the $1 billion club.
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Feminist football fans can now fight back against sexist Super Bowl Ads.
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Are the days of cheap-to-launch mobile games coming to an end? Pondering the meaning of Zynga’s latest acquisition.
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Jessica Stillman (@entrylevelrebel) is an editor at Women 2.0 and a freelance writer with interests in unconventional career paths, generational differences, and the future of work. She writes a daily column for Inc.com, contributes regularly to Forbes and has blogged for CBS MoneyWatch, GigaOM and Brazen Careerist, among others.
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