Editor, Author at Women 2.0

DonationPay on Social Good and How We Got Started (Part 2)

Editor16 November 2011

By Angelina Strosahl (Co-Founder, DonationPay) Being a mission-based business that is in the process of expansion can be a tricky minefield to navigate. Staying true to our vision of the company, product and service is difficult when you’re also weighing all the factors necessary to effectively grow.

Me, Noah and the rest of our powerhouse DonationPay team are all devoted, truly, to helping non-profit organizations reach their fundraising goals. Noah and I founded DonationPay because we happened into a relationship with a banking partner that would offer technical services to our non-profit clients

Uncategorized0 min read

Style for Hire Accepted Into the Golden Seeds Portfolio

Editor16 November 2011

By Elissa Rose (Assistant Editor, Women 2.0) Style for Hire was accepted to Golden Seeds' portfolio. Style for Hire is a platform for curated personal wardrobe stylists to assist people with finding their style and keeping it current.

Celebrity stylist Stacy London, the founder of Style for Hire, is best known for her appearance in TLC's What Not To Wear. The fashion powerhouse started her career as a fashion editor at Vogue and has been a stylist for celebrities and designers.

Golden Seeds is a network of angel investors

Uncategorized0 min read

WAM: Advancing Women (A NYC Leadership Event on Thursday)

Editor16 November 2011

By Tania Yuki (Founder, Wimlink) Are there three things you’d like to accomplish in your career or business that for some reason or other you haven’t been able to accomplish? What do you think stops you from achieving these things? Not enough time, not enough support, information, opportunity, something else?

That something else may just be a gentle but persistent unwillingness to put yourself out there and pull the trigger. There are many reasons belying this, mostly along the lines of fear of failure and lack of trust. After all, what if you got it wrong?

Uncategorized0 min read

Founder Friday Networking Mixers (December 2 in Los Angeles, Silicon Valley, San Francisco, NYC, Barcelona and Madrid)

Editor16 November 2011

By Sepideh Nasiri (Corporate Sponsorships & Events Director, Women 2.0) Women 2.0 is hosting four Founder Friday networking mixers for women entrepreneurs and their friends on Friday, December 2, 2011 in Los Angeles, Silicon Valley, San Francisco, New York City, Barcelona and Madrid.

Founder Friday Los Angeles will be co-hosted by Jenny Yee (Director of Product Operations, BetterWorks)... Read More...

Uncategorized0 min read

Google Exec Marissa Mayer: Why There Aren’t More Girl Geeks

Editor16 November 2011

By Bianca Bosker (Technology Editor, The Huffington Post) In 1999, Marissa Mayer, then a recent Stanford University graduate, joined a little-known startup with fewer than 20 employees that she calculated as having a two percent chance of success: Google.

Now, as a senior executive with the search giant, Mayer is one of the most powerful women in Silicon Valley. Her work at Google influences how hundreds of millions of people access information on the web and she plays a key role in shaping Google's most important products, from the look and feel of its homepage to popular features like Google News and Gmail, as well as

Uncategorized0 min read

DonationPay on Social Good and Sustaining Supporters (Part 1)

Editor15 November 2011

By Angelina Strosahl (Co-Founder, DonationPay) I am constantly struck by the parallels that we, as small business owners, have to folks working in the non-profit industry. Much of the ongoing business development required for a new company has to do with legitimizing your presence out in the market and making the consumers in your industry feel comfortable supporting your service or product, rather than putting their money behind established options.

For non-profits, the struggle is much the same -- convincing your donor base to actually move from being generally in favor of your organizations work to being actual sustaining

Uncategorized0 min read

Two Weeks Left To Apply: Women 2.0 PITCH Startup Competition

Editor15 November 2011

By Rebecca Lipon (Application & Judges Coordinator, PITCH Competition 2012) Competitors for PITCH 2012 have two more weeks to submit their applications! If you've been considering applying, read this:

DO IT! This is the time of The Lean Startup -- start early, iterate often. Applying to PITCH is a great way to access investors and get publicity for your service with the Women 2.0 community, but you can't take advantage of this opportunity if you don't apply. First 100 applications to Women 2.0 PITCH Startup Competition are FREE thanks to Bing!... Read More...

Uncategorized0 min read

Learn Ruby with Blazing Cloud in San Francisco (Nov. 22 – Dec. 13)

Editor15 November 2011

Women 2.0 is proud to partner with Blazing Cloud in San Francisco to offer the Women 2.0 community programming class: Ruby for Programmers (November 22 -- December 13, 2011 from 6:30pm to 9pm for a total of 6 Tuesdays. This class is designed for people with programming experience in another language or who have been introduced to Ruby through Rails and want to learn more Ruby. In this class, we will focus on learning the Ruby language through exploratory development and test-first teaching.

Uncategorized0 min read

Partner event: AppNation III Conference

Editor15 November 2011

Did you know?

A typical US mobile device contains 18 apps.
10% of adult cell phone users have downloaded an app within the past week.
20% of those under age 30.
8 in 10 Americans own two or more mobile devices.
Mobile advertising will cross the $1B mark in 2011 on its way to $2.5B in 2014.... Read More...

Uncategorized0 min read

Married Couples Run Sugar, ModCloth and Other Tech Startups

Editor15 November 2011

By Jon Swartz (Contributor, USA TODAY) When Brian Sugar ponders an executive decision at his high-tech startup here, all he has to do for quick advice is instant-message his business partner -— on the other end of the living-room couch.

His wife, Lisa Sugar, agrees that their 5-year-old online women's network, aptly named Sugar, should make a key personnel move. In between shop talk, they comment on the San Francisco Giants game they're watching on TV, after tucking the kids into bed.

Unconventional, yes, but this tech tandem has thrived.

Uncategorized0 min read

Acquired by Gilt Group, The Story of Flash-Sale Local Deals Site Bergine From Day 1

Editor15 November 2011

By Patricia Calfee (Founder, Roses & Rye) Seven months after launch, Internet retail pioneer Gilt Groupe bought our flash-sale local deals business, Bergine.

When I first had the idea to create a luxury daily deals site more than one advisor urged us to go mainstream. “Be more like Groupon,” they pushed. Instead, I followed my instinct, holding firm to Coco Channel’s dictum: “To be irreplaceable, one must always be different.”

I had seen this wisdom play out early in my career.

Uncategorized0 min read

November 14 through 20 is Global Entrepreneurship Week

Editor14 November 2011

By Elissa Rose (Assistant Editor, Women 2.0) Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) 2011 starts today, November 14-20. GEW is an initiative of the Kauffman Foundation. There are no requirements to participate, geographic or otherwise.

"For one week each November, students, educators, entrepreneurs, business leaders, and government officials come together... to spread the power of entrepreneurship," said Carl Schramm, president and CEO of the Kauffman Foundation. "It's during this time that we celebrate the innovators who bring ideas to life, drive economic growth, and expand human welfare."

Uncategorized1 min read

Polyvore’s Jess Lee Turns Fashion Lovers Into Style Trendsetters

Editor14 November 2011

By Lydia Dishman (Contributor, Fast Company)

Next time you stand in front of your closet with no idea what to wear, remember there’s an army of wannabe Anna Wintours and Rachel Zoes on Polyvore ready to offer inspiration.

In just a few clicks, these aspiring stylists, artists, and creative kids-next-door can turn out a trendy head-to-toe look by tapping Polyvore’s vast database of designer apparel and accessories. Leading the charge is Jess Lee, cofounder and VP of product of the online platform that straddles the intersection of style and social commerce.

Since 2007, Polyvore has been providing

Uncategorized0 min read

Polyvore's Jess Lee Turns Fashion Lovers Into Style Trendsetters

Editor14 November 2011

By Lydia Dishman (Contributor, Fast Company) Next time you stand in front of your closet with no idea what to wear, remember there’s an army of wannabe... Read More...

Uncategorized0 min read

Women 2.0 Founder Friday Roundup From Balance Media

Editor14 November 2011

By Adda Birnir (Co-Founder & Front-End Developer, Balance Media) Last Friday, Kate and I had the pleasure of attending the first in a series of Founder Friday networking events hosted by Women 2.0. Held at Google HQ, the evening began with a short program of speeches.

Shaherose Charania of Women 2.0 spoke

Uncategorized0 min read