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Role Models: The Good, The Bad And The Widget

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We wanted to investigate if there could be a more democratic way of finding and exposing role models for women and men. By Alessandra Lariu (Co-Founder, SheSays)

Who is your work/career role model? Marissa Mayer? Sheryl Sandberg? Your mom? How many women actually have female role models? A few colleagues quietly confessed that most of theirs were men, not only that but they regretfully admitted that the most sound career advice they ever received was from their male bosses. There’s nothing wrong with that but this

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Daughter Wins With Geek Dad Who Hacks Video Game Gender Pronouns

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“The handy thing about being a father is that the historic standard is so pitifully low.” - Michael Chabon By Lukas Black (Release Manager, Mozilla)

Michael Chabon, in “Manhood for Amateurs”, writes an essay telling the story of being at the supermarket with his child, feeling quite run-down and barely hanging on, with his toddler in tow on a Sunday morning so as to give his wife a chance to sleep in. As he’s in line to pay, a woman in line with him says something along the lines of “You’re a good dad, I can tell just by looking”.

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Glasgow-Based Startup Coming To U.S. For PITCH NYC Conference & Competition On November 14

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PITCH NYC 2012 finalist Clear Returns will be presenting live on November 14 at PITCH NYC Conference - join us! By Ellie Turner (Business Development Manager, Clear Returns)

We have come a long way in the six months since Clear Returns was founded. The journey began when our CEO Vicky Brock was frustrated about her pants not fitting properly.

Determined to solve this problem she uncovered a whole new one... returns. She was amazed to discover

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How To Become A Femgineer (Infographic: MOOC)

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’bout time a girl founded the next Facebook/Google/Apple. By Frances Advincula (Software Engineer, Accenture)

What I love most about being an engineer is at the end of the day, I am helping build a product, something tangible and measurable. Of course, it doesn’t hurt that right now, everyone wants to learn how to program, since the tech industry is currently so hot and well, it’s now cool to be a geek. To top it off, I’m sure you’ve noticed how everyone wants to hire top-notch engineers.

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Female Founders To Follow: 9 CEOs From PITCH NYC 2012 Startup Competition Finalists

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Out of the 10 finalists for PITCH NYC Startup Competition, 9 of the startups have women CEOs. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0)

On November 14 in New York, PITCH NYC Conference & Competition is expecting 15 conference speakers - 95% of them women. 100% of the speakers have founded successful startup companies, several of them with million dollar exits!

10 women-led early-stage startup companies (led by 9 women CEOs

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Seema Mody From CNBC And Manoush Zomorodi From New Tech City To Host PITCH NYC Conference (November 14)

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PITCH NYC 2012 Conference welcomes our hosts, reporters Seema Mody and Manoush Zomorodi. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0)

On Wednesday, November 14, 2012 in New York City, PITCH NYC 2012 Conference & Competition will be hosted by experience reporters Seema Mody from CNBC in the morning. In the afternon, New Tech City's Manoush Zomorodi will be hosting the afternoon sessions at the conference.

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Mexican Female Illustrator Aleksa Delsol Leads Booming Mobile-Education Market With Yogome

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Aleksa Delsol is the lead illustrator at Yogome, a Mexico-based startup and iOS gaming company to help kids globally learn through play. By Erin Swanson (Director of Digital, The Way Women Work)

Education for kids is going mobile, and it’s booming.

We recently caught up with Aleksa Delsol, the lead illustrator at Yogome, a Mexico-based startup and iOS gaming company harnessing the power of tech and design to help 21st century kids learn by simply having a lot of fun.

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Women Entrepreneurs: Step Up To The Plate

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An angel investing bootcamp for women philanthropists. By Natalia Oberti Noguera (Founder & CEO, Pipeline Fellowship)

Women entrepreneurs don’t pitch as often as their male peers. I encourage women to step up to the plate, whether it’s asking for capital to fund their startup, or asking for a raise at work. In 2011, only 12% of startups pitching to angels in the U.S. were women-led, according to the Center for Venture Research at the University of New Hampshire. Out of that 12%, 26% secured funding.

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Wedding Registries, Newlyweds And NewlyWish: A Founder’s Story

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PITCH NYC 2012 finalist Amanda Allen, founder of NewlyWish, shares the story of quitting her day job with her husband to start NewlyWish. Watch her pitch live on November 14 at PITCH NYC Conference. By Amanda Allen (Co-Founder & CEO, NewlyWish)

A few years ago, my fiancé and I were working in the financial industry and busy planning our wedding, which included the task of creating a registry. While a little reticent about registering – our guests’ presence at our destination wedding was the only thing we really wanted - we were convinced to create a gift registry

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MotherShip HackerMoms: The First Women’s Hackerspace!

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There's a little more than a week to contribute to MotherShip HackerMom's Kickstarter page! By Shannon Nicholls (Fundraising Director, MotherShip HackerMoms)

We are a new kind of playground and workspace for creative mothers. Fun to us is not mani-pedis, but making, breaking, learning and hacking our bright ideas. HackerMoms model active creative lives for our kids who learn, explore and create as mini-makers alongside us. We offer members daily childcare. We also welcome dads.

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Startup Hiring Room

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We've worked hard to ensure that women and other people typically under-represented at entrepreneurship conferences are very much a part of this event By Sarah Milstein (Co-Host, The Lean Startup Conference)

What do startups need most these days? Great people to hire.

To help young companies find strong candidates, The Lean Startup Conference is hosting a Hiring Room, and we want to make sure women-led startups are represented.

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Learn Product Development For Technology And Physical Products November 14 In Oakland

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Turn your product into a business - think through product development! By Darlene Crane (Executive Director, Alliance for Community Development)

The Alliance for Community Development is in program mode again. We always want to encourage a climate of forward progress and growth, so we've renamed the series Propel Business Growth Forums. Starting on November 14, the first forum in the series focuses on product development for technology and physical products.

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Life’s Biggest Challenges Are Your Best Business School

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EatDrinkJobs is one of the 10 startups pitching onstage at PITCH NYC Conference & Competition - get your $300 conference pass to join Women 2.0 on November 14. By Julie Lerner (Founder, EatDrinkJobs)

Everything I learned about entrepreneurship started with three words... "you have cancer."

My sudden diagnosis turned each day into a gift and at a very young age, this harrowing journey taught me more than I ever expected to learn about life, true grit, and making things happen.

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Slowly, Slowly: Growing From Side Project To Funded Startup

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The startup seems to move very fast. But actually, it is a slow story. By Natalie Gordon (Founder, BabyList)

My company, BabyList, is part of the fall batch of 500 Startups. I decided that 500 was the perfect accelerator for BabyList, saw that they had open enrollment, spent two days on my application, had an interview and was accepted. Two days later, I was in Mountain View (a painful commute from my home in San Francisco). All of this took place in under two weeks.

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