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Overlooked Financing Option For Your Business

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If you need to cash to build your company but aren't keen on draining your personal savings or giving up equity to venture capitalists, there may be another possibility. By Jessica Stillman (Writer, Inc.)

Looking to expand? There are the traditional sources: Digging into your own personal savings, loaning from a traditional bank, or finding an angel or VC investor who will fork over the cash for a share of equity.

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Daily Lunchtime Dating Site Coffee Meets Bagel Raises $600k Seed Funding, Investors Include Match.com Co-Founder

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Three sisters are co-founders of Coffee Meets Bagel, raise funding. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0)

Arum Kang, founder and CEO of Coffee Meets Bagel has an ambitious goal for the dating website she started with her two sisters. Her daily dating deal site introduces you to one match every day at noon. Coffee Meets Bagel has raised $600,000 in seed investment from Lightbank and investors including Match.com co-founder Peng T. Ong, reported TechCrunch this morning.

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This Is What An Angel Investor Looks Like – Monica Barrera Vidler

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Women 2.0 profiles women angel investors in our weekly "This Is What An Angel Investor Looks Like" series. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0)

Monica Barrera Vidler is a practicing dentist with a private practice in New York - just check out her Yelp reviews.

She is also now an angel investor. How did this happen? She participated in Pipeline Fellowship, where she learned to invest in women-led social ventures.

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5 Lessons From A First-Time Entrepreneur

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If you have an idea and you’re passionate about it, don’t wait. By Molly Cain (Contributor, ForbesWoman)

There are some common things you should expect when you first go into business for yourself.

On the first day, you create your business plan. That night you go to bed at a regular hour and then wake up to several voicemails from some big time investors wanting to make your dreams come true.

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Tired, But Happy

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Many women I know have a hard time putting themselves first. By Naama Bloom (Head of Marketing, Harvest)

I’m staring down the barrel of 40. And my life has never been more uncertain or exciting than it is today. Five years ago, I was a newlywed with a secure corporate job at a Fortune 100 company. Today, I am a mother of two, married to a tech entrepreneur (same guy), and I lead marketing at a fast-growing software company. Oh, and I have a business on the side that I run “in my free time.” This type of massive shift was not what I expected for my 40th year but I’m happy.

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Best Anti-Poverty Program? Effective Scheduling Of Hourly Workers

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What I've proposed is software that will allow an employer to achieve "schedule equilibrium". By Joan C. Williams (Author, The New Girls' Network)

Susan Lambert, Associate Professor at the University of Chicago's School of Social Service Administration and the author of a much-discussed op-ed in Wednesday's New York Times, once told me that she gets a lot of grief. "You study what," say her social work friends. "Scheduling?"

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This Year’s PITCH NYC Startup Competition Applicants In Numbers

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I am so excited about these amazing companies with female founders changing the ratio and cannot wait to be able to announce our finalists on October 1, 2012. By Rebecca Lipon (Application & Judges Coordinator, PITCH Competition 2012)

We are in the judging phase of Women 2.0 PITCH NYC Competition working hard to announce our finalists on October 1, 2012! While you wait for those results, I wanted to share some of the facts about the incredible PITCH NYC Competition applicants.

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Match.com And TRUSTe Co-Founder Fran Maier Will Be Keynoting At PITCH NYC Conference In November

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PITCH Conference on November 14, 2012 features a full day of case studies, best practices and speakers including Match.com and TRUSTe co-founder Fran Maier. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0)

We are thrilled to announce that successful serial entrepreneur Fran Maier, co-founder and Chair of the Board at TRUSTe and co-founder of Match.com, will be joining us as a keynote speaker at the PITCH Conference in New York City on November 14.

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Anne-Marie Slaughter Inspires Audience At WIE Symposium In NY

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Slaughter commended having ambition and drive, but cautioned women to be realistic about the fact that children take time to raise and that the preferences women have as they grow older will change over time. By Grace Nasri (Managing Editor, FindTheBest)

The WIE Symposium in New York featured a range of high-profile speakers including Prof. Anne-Marie Slaughter of Princeton, who was the former director of policy planning for the US State Department. One of the highlights of the event was Saturday’s spotlight on Slaughter, who spoke largely about her now famous article “Why Women Still Can’t Have it All” published by The Atlantic.

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Beauty Startup Coterie, Co-Founded By Catherine Magee, Raises $1.5M Seed Round To Build Virtual Vanity Feature

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Coterie is "Gilt Groupe flash sales meet Hoseanna restocking of essential items for women". By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0)

Beauty startup Coterie SVP of Marketing and co-founder Catherine Magee has raised a seed round of $1.5 million from SoftTech VC, Javelin Venture Partners and Michael Jung. Catherine Magee is a marketing executive with experience expertise in direct-to-consumer marketing and new product launches, having worked at Visa, Bare Escentuals, BearingPoint and L’Oreal.

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The Upcoming Buyosphere And Its Future

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Most of us don’t have big wads of cash and time to burn, so we have one shot and have to figure out how to pay rent and feed ourselves. By Tara Hunt (Co-Founder & CEO, Buyosphere)

Since I put up my post about getting a J.O.B., I’ve been answering a long series of questions about Buyosphere and what we’re doing with it. First off, the plan is to soldier on. Of course, there are complications to this. All three of the founders are now engaged in full-time jobs and projects that support us financially – and none of us

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Making Billions Of Dreams Possible Through EnovationNation

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As children, we dream of what we will be when we grow up. By TD Lowe (Founder & CEO, EnovationNation)

Like most girls with an inclination for science, I wanted to be a Jedi.

With insight into my potential, my mother moved me to another school in fourth grade that offered better academic opportunities. It was there that I was exposed to my first computer programming course and the spark of innovation was ignited.

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Linqia Founder And CEO Maria Sipka Raises $3.475 Series A

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The social advertising platform exits stealth mode. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0)

Linqia founder and CEO Maria Sipka exiting stealth mode last week with a funding announcement - she raised $3.475 million Series A led by $2.5 million from Javelin Venture Partners, with participation from existing angel investors like Esther Dyson.

A "social advertising platform", Linqia helps brands share their stories and content with influential community leaders.

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3 Self-Improvement Books Actually Worth Your Time

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Self-improvement books that have stood the test of time and usefulness: Never Eat Alone, Getting More & 4-Hour Workweek. By Julie Zhou (Growthmaster, Hipmunk)

Growing up, my parents required me to read one self-improvement book every week, and I’ve mostly kept this up into adulthood due to inertia and fear of missing out on all of the newest ways that I can make myself a more valuable member of society. I’ve breathed Covey’s tenets of effectiveness, SUCCES’d my way to eternal stickiness, made more than a few stupid stock picks based on the latest financial sensation and read inspiring life doctrines

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