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Why Are Women Funded Less Than Men? (120 Interviews)

Editor8 September 2011

By Pemo Theodore (Founder, Ezebis) The "Why Are Women Funded Less Than Men?" ebook on sale now features 120 embedded clips of video interviews with 29 venture capitalists and 18 female founders in the startup industry.

There are a few organizations that have done some research and provided data which is the backdrop some of which I have included in the book.

I spent 5 years in London trying to raise funding for my online matchmaking business -- and in the end had to

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The Rise of the Startup Industrial Complex?

Editor8 September 2011

Give entrepreneurs open, transparent access to the tools and information they need to build their business. Be candid and respectful with your feedback. Provide mentoring when they ask, and encouragement even if they don’t ask. By Chris Shipley (Co-Founder, Guidewire Group)

Running a startup is like riding a monster roller coaster. You push your way through line, excited and a little nervous, maybe even scared. You talk a good game to all your friends, while secretly stealing an envious glance at some of the seemingly safer rides. As you approach the ride, all the signs warn of the dangers. You must be so tall. Not advised for people with this condition or that. You press on, strap into the car, and go for the ride of your life, climbing up until the bottom drops out, then climbing again. In a split second, the ride is over. You stagger in to the daylight, throw up, smile, and get back in line again.

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Man! I Feel Like a Woman! (Women Playing The Startup Game)

Editor8 September 2011

By Lisa Suennen (Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Psilos Group) Back in July 2011, Vivek Wadhwa, a highly regarded entrepreneur, author and academic, wrote an article describing five myths about entrepreneurs. Among the five myths he sought to debunk was that women are less-suited than men to succeed in the technology and/or venture-backed economy.

Among all the “myths” in Wadwha’s piece, this was one that set off a cacophony of response in peHUB, with some claiming that women are treated just as well as men and a few reaffirming how different women’s experiences can be.

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Partner event: WITI Women Powering Technology Summit (Oct 2-4)

Editor7 September 2011

Join the world's leading professional organization for executive women in technology at WITI's Annual Women Powering Technology Summit October 2-4, 2011 in San José, CA. Women 2.0 Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief Angie Chang will be moderating a panel on Tuesday, October 4 featuring startup founders Sandy Jen of Meebo, Tiffani Ashley Bell of Pencil You in, and Joselle Ho of Miso Media. See full summit schedule here. Women 2.0 members save $100 on full summit registration with discount code "w2sum11" here.

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IndieGoGo Raises $1.5M Series A, Founded by Danae Ringlemann

Editor7 September 2011

By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) IndieGoGo today announced raising $1.5 million in funding led by Metamorphic Ventures, MHS Capital and Steve Schoettler, Co-Founder of Zynga.

IndieGoGo was founded in January 2008 by Danae Ringelmann, Slava Rubin, and Eric Schell. IndieGoGo campaigns have raised essential funds in over 200 countries –-- from the first affordable consumer 3D printer in the UK to a cupcake company in Brooklyn to a successful liver transplant in the Congo.

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Business Model Generation: Strongly Recommended Read for Entrepreneurs and Startuppers

Editor7 September 2011

By Sophia Perl (Producer, PicPredict) I have a friend who’s writing a book on online film distribution. Every once in awhile we chat about startup topics. As a thank you to me for giving her awesome advice, she sent me a surprise book in the mail, ”Business Model Generation” by Alexander Osterwalder and Yes Pigneur. I didn’t think too much of it, but I felt obligated to read the book in its entirety because it was a gift after all. Within the first few pages, I was hooked.

This book is like a bible for evaluating or coming up with a business model. If you do a quick google

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Is Your Product Idea Viable? 5 Questions to Ask

Editor7 September 2011

By Tracy Foster (Founder, ONA) You’ve got an idea for a new product that you think is amazing. The thought of introducing it to the marketplace is so exhilarating that it keeps you up at night, and you can’t stop wondering, “Why hasn’t anyone thought of this yet!”

For some, these feelings of optimism and excitement around creating a new product are the seeds from which a flourishing business will grow. For others, they can result in less than desirable outcomes (e.g., a substantial loss of time, energy, and money).

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BeCouply Receives First Investment

Editor7 September 2011

By Becky Cruze (Co-Founder, BeCouply) Today the BeCouply team is excited to announce that we've received our first investment!

The investment is from Mitch Kapor of Kapor Capital. Mitch is perhaps best-known for creating Lotus 1-2-3 and co-founding the Lotus Development Corporation, later acquired by IBM. Kapor Capital has made more than 50 investments in the past three years, including in bit.ly, Get Satisfaction, Posterous, Twilio, and Uber. We couldn't be more thrilled to have Mitch and his firm on board

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Guidewire Group Pivots Toward Software

Editor6 September 2011

By Chris Shipley (Co-Founder, Guidewire Group) You no doubt know Guidewire Group as an analyst firm committed to the success of early-stage technology companies. Indeed, when we started the company in 2004, our goal was to accelerate emerging businesses and emerging markets around the world. Across the years, we’ve consulted with startups and large companies, produced programs and events that bring the Innovation Ecosystem together to debate ideas, and perhaps now most famously developed a methodology to measure and benchmark startup businesses that is rapidly becoming a standard tool for organizations that seek and support young companies.

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My Baby and “My Baby” – Startups and Children as Labors of Love

Editor6 September 2011

By Elizabeth Kiehner (Co-Founder & Principal, Thornberg & Forester) As a 35 year old business owner with a 20 month old daughter, I can only stress one thing: I wish I did it all sooner.

That goes for both the business and the baby, though most importantly the baby.

Having met several other successful entrepreneurs in Manhattan with whom I share strikingly similar backgrounds, I've begun to recognize a pattern -- after being raised in rural areas or suburbs by stay-at-home moms, it seemed to us all that there was nothing more important than having a career first

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What the Health is Happening? Trying to be a “Market Creator” is Crap, and Don’t Waste Your Time Stalking Competitors (Part I)

Editor6 September 2011

By Jen McCabe (Founder & CEO, Habit Labs) As a startup founder, it’s often tough to figure out what news has direct import for your sector.

One commonly adopted habit path I’ve seen fellow founders pursue is to sit down, crack the laptop, slam a Red Bull or coffee, open up Hacker News/TechCrunch, and wallow around for a bit reading whatever looks interesting or has a ton of upvotes. This is a pretty broad-spectrum approach for post-launch self-education.

Before you know it, 3 hours has disappeared.

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Indonesian Women Founders Connected – Starting With One Tweet

Editor6 September 2011

By Anita Schillhorn van Veen (Contributing Writer, Women 2.0) It all started with a tweet.

“Waiting for @women2 to write about Indonesian female founders,” tweeted Aulia Halimatussadiah, an Indonesia tech entrepreneur, in response to the article about the top 5 Singaporean women founders.

Little did she know that Women 2.0 CEO Shaherose Charania and I had been discussing how Women 2.0 could start to have a global impact, and that reaching out to Indonesia was already at the top of our list.

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Partner event: Vator Splash (September 29 in San Francisco)

Editor6 September 2011

Vator will be holding Vator Splash on September 29, 2011 at Cafe du Nord in San Francisco. Splash is one of the premier startup competitions and events where you can mingle, connect and learn from prominent angels, VCs and entrepreneurs. Women 2.0 members save 15% by using the code "women001" when you register here.

As always, 10 promising young high-tech startups will be chosen to present onstage

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Case Study: Introducing the Cap Table and Hiring the CTO (Part 1)

Editor2 September 2011

By Brad Feld (Managing Director, Foundry Group) Jane and Dick, our fearless co-founders of SayAhh, have set up an accounting system and created their first set of financial statements.

This week, they set out to create their cap table and hire a CTO. The founders each have common shares that will vest over four years. The vesting schedule protects each of the co-founders in case one gets hit by a bus or decides to drop the project after a short period of time.

Also, there is an important tax election called an 83(b) election that they made which allows them to recognize and pay taxes for very small income of the value of the shares. Later, if they sell, the low tax basis and capital gains tax rates result in

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How Google Makes GMail Mobile Fast (Web Performance)

Editor2 September 2011

By Sophia Perl (Producer, PicPredict) When I saw the title of the Meetup talk “High Performance Mobile” and that it was in the south bay, I was sold in an instant. Who doesn’t want to know how to make their mobile web apps go faster? The SF Web Performance Meetup talk took place at LinkedIn who graciously provided space, drinks (non-alky), some appetizers, and a foldable water bottle with LinkedIn on it. Not too shabby.

The speaker, Steve Souders, is a Head Performance Engineer at Google and previously worked at Yahoo! as Chief Performance Yahoo!. He’s written a couple of O’Reilly books and

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