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Astia Accelerator Program To Add Fund, Angel Network In 2013

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Women entrepreneur mentorship network Astia to form a Fund and Angel Network in early 2013. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0)

In a message from CEO Sharon Vosmek this morning, we learned that high-growth woman entrepreneur accelerator program Astia will be adding capital to their existing programming in early 2013.

The additions will be an Astia Fund, a fund used to invest in "best-of-breed" companies from the Astia program, and

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Helping Luck Find You

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The great thing about being the CEO of my company is that I can define the CEO role any way I want. By Miki Johnson (Co-Founder, Parsecco)

Lucky. That’s the word we use more than any other when describing how our Parsecco team came together.

Jackson and I were lucky to be put on a panel together in late 2011. We were lucky to have called Peter during the two weeks he happened to be between jobs. We were lucky to meet Waylon

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Marissa Mayer: Burnout Is A Myth

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Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer has declared that burnout is a myth and offered advice on how bosses can put this wisdom into practice. By Jessica Stillman (Writer, Inc.)

Ambitious business owners face a delicate balancing act. You want your team (and yourself) to work as hard as possible, but you want to avoid the serious long-term decline in productivity and employee turnover that burnout brings. How hard should you push? What measures should you take to prevent getting burned out?

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A Purse That Is Also A Phone Charger, Invented By Liz Salcedo

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The Everpurse charges an iPhone while it’s in your purse. By Amy-Willard Cross (Editor, Vitamin W)

Phone batteries die during the day. Carrying around chargers and cords is a drag. So a Chicago entrepreneur has come up with a solution: a purse that's also a phone charger. “A lot of tech products are designed for men so it’s cool to have a product designed for women in mind,” says inventor Liz Salcedo.

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Creating Value In The Social Era (Interview With Author Nilofer Merchant)

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What are the core lessons from #socialera aimed at these giants who, as we know, aren’t inherently social? By Tara Hunt (Co-Founder & CEO, Buyosphere)

I’ve known Nilofer Merchant since 2009 when I met her at the TED conference in Long Beach, California. I’m particularly excited about her new book, 11 Rules for Creating Value in the #SocialEra, where she applies many years of experience teaching the 600 lb gorillas to be much more social and agile.

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Find Your Startup Ecosystem

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I think they were right. We ARE the lucky ones. By Janelle Jolley (Founder, Sidewalk District)

Being a tech startup founder can be a long, tough journey. And sometimes inspiration to continue trudging ahead can be hard to come by. Lucky for me, a couple of weeks ago inspiration reared its head in the form of a song. I don’t know if Michael Bublé meant for “Hold On” to be an allegory for what founders should keep in mind when he put pen to paper, but that’s exactly what it turned out to be for me.

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Top 10 Business Terms You Should Understand (Contracts 101)

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Basic knowledge of the commercial terms meaningful to your company and relevant to the deal at hand. By Alexandra Ross (Senior Counsel, Paragon Legal)

An understanding of key contractual business terms will enable you to conduct more productive negotiations and maintain lasting relationships with your clients and vendors.

As a business lead, you should be prepared with a basic knowledge of the commercial terms that are meaningful

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How To Build A Self-Sufficient Team

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I've been running a little experiment with my team at BizeeBee, which I've code named Poornima's Paris Plan, or "PPP". By Poornima Vijayashanker (Founder & CEO, BizeeBee)

It's easy as a founder to just do everything, especially if you’re technical. But just because you can do everything doesn’t mean you should. Doing everything not only leads to burning out, but it can also be very de-motivating for your team, especially if you are doing tasks you had hired them to do!

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Winning 2nd At TechCrunch Disrupt Hackathon For MaitreDeal

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I learnt the importance of setting MVP (minimum viable product) goals right at the start of the hackathon. By Priyanka Godbole (Product/UX Designer, Hipmunk)

I participated in the TechCrunch Disrupt hackathon this year. My team won 2nd prize from Locu for iPad web app hack MaitreDeal.

I did the design and frontend development, whereas Sai Shenoy (my husband and project partner) came up with the idea and did the backend.

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Startup Fun: The Unsaid Truth

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With so many uncertainties clouding our startup worlds, it is hard to be point blank sometimes. By Chitra Rakesh (Founder, Chitsie)

When I founded my startup, Chitsie, I promised to myself that I am going to have fun along the way. Somewhere down the road, user traction started getting the better of me. So I’m going to pause for a moment, and share with you how we, early-stage startup founders, tend to field everyday startup questions.

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Confessions Of A Semi-Amateur Speaker

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Whatever you lack in expertise or polish, honesty will make up for. You have experiences and perspectives no one else has, and that’s what you offer as a speaker. By Jen Myers (Designer, Relevance)

Very often these days, I receive questions about how to give an effective speaking presentation, or how to start on the tech speaking circuit, and I’m never loathe to tell the truth – even though I know I run the risk of sounding overly flippant or rude telling it, because the truth is: “I don’t have a fucking clue.”

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Software Engineering: Another Form Of Self Expression

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The barrier to learning how to program has been reduced to a computer and an Internet connection. By Martha Kelly Girdler (Software Engineer, Etsy)

Initially, I didn’t think of programming as a way of expressing myself. The best analogy I can think of is learning to program is similar to learning how to write. In the beginning, you learn the letters, then the words, then after reading and studying others’ work, you begin to write on your own.

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What It Will Take To Recruit And Retain Women In Wind Energy And Renewables?

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Free RSVP for "women of wind energy" event on September 20 at Excelsior College. By Dr. Jane LeClair (Dean, School of Business and Technology, Excelsior College)

Since ancient man first constructed a sail boat to navigate the open water, society has harnessed the power of wind to achieve its own ends. Over the centuries, windmills were used to grind flour and pump water, and in 1887 James Blyth constructed a wind

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Small Business Entreprenuership, The Jobs Engine And The Future Of The Economy

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Small businesses — companies with fewer than 500 employees — account for more than half of all private-sector employment. By Wandia Chiuri (Social Media Enterprise Architect, Wandia.info)

Entrepreneurs start new businesses and take on the risk and rewards of being an owner. This is the ultimate career in capitalism - putting your idea to work in a competitive economy. Some new ventures generate enormous wealth for the entrepreneur, and many opportunities for the economy.

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Partner Event: WIE (September 22-23 In New York City)

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Women 2.0 is pleased to offer our readers a special friends of WIE 20% discount with discount code "WIE2012". The third annual WIE Symposium (Women: Inspiration & Enterprise) will take place on September 22-23, 2012 in New York City.

This year's lineup includes Academy Award Winner Geena Davis, Anne-Marie Slaughter, former Director of Policy Planning for the United States Department of State and author of recent Atlantic article "Why Women Still Can't Have It All"; Kay Koplovitz

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