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A supporter of Women 2.0 Labs, the Founder Institute startup accelerator program is currently accepting applications in 7 cities for Fall 2010 programs: Washington D.C., New York, San Diego, Paris, Berlin, Brussels, and Houston. The application deadlines for all 7 cities are coming up soon, and they would love to have more female applicants. For more info and to apply, click here. The Founder Institute identifies high potential entrepreneurs, trains them through weekly company-building sessions with experienced CEO mentors, and gives them access to free and discounted services from over 50 service providers. There is also a unique teamwork structure where equity is shared between all of the company founders and mentors so they have incentive to work together in building great companies.

The last blog post from Women 2.0 Labs (summer 2010 edition) comes from the Tripku team. Beatriz came from Barcelona, Spain to spend the summer in San Francisco working on Rambae at Women 2.0 Labs. Today she blogs for us about her story, startup and pivots as lessons learned.

Beatriz Cardona's Story

I still cannot believe I’m in San Francisco starting up my own company.

Here's a quick check-in from the GeoSquish team: Tiem Song's Story

Going into the fifth and last week of Women 2.0 Labs, I continue to develop deep respect and admiration for my fellow team members and all the program participants.

Our team got off to a late start, with two of us (myself included) starting a week into the program. However, our team hit it off quickly and we felt like long-time coworkers.

We learned that team cohesion is the key to any success as it allows us to gauge our product’s progress in a cohesive and collaborative manner.

With one more week to go in the Women 2.0 Labs program (summer 2010 edition), all teams are working furiously toward that final prototype for Women 2.0 Labs Final Demo Night. This week Anna blogs for us: Anna Billstrom's Story

About me -- I'm a software developer, who has been a CRM consultant for 7 years, writer, blogger, and English major. My latest love is iPhone/iPad development, and specifically getting girls enthused about computers through game development. I'm in the FreezeFare start-up.