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Computer Programmers Learn Tough Lesson In Sharing

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Pairing is finding fans at technology companies... By Joseph Walker (Writer, Wall Street Journal)

Virginia Woolf argued that a woman writer needs a room of her own. In Silicon Valley, some companies are questioning whether software programmers even need their own cubicles.

Their method is "pair programming" — where two people share one desk and one computer.

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Girls Who Code Graduates First Inaugural Class In NYC

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Girls paired up to complete their final projects, from mobile apps to computer games. By Grace Nasri (Managing Editor, FindTheBest)

The first inaugural class of Girls Who Code graduated last Thursday after the 8-week summer crash course in technology and computer science. From about 100 applicants, 20 girls from underserved high schools across New York were chosen to participate in the summer program supported by big-name backers

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Solving Signal:Noise Through Adversity And Diversity

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There’s a persistent signal:noise problem across the Web and women can do a lot to help solve this issue. We can do it because we’re great at contextualizing info and evaluating it in a way that’s different from what currently exists. By Twain Liu (Founder, Senseus)

They say entrepreneurs are irrational optimists so I must be one. Who else but an irrational optimist is developing technology that might enable them to discern why consumers are buying their products and not just an app that teaches us how to apply lipstick

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Two House Moms Call A Strike!

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Producing an interactive book app is a lot like making a film. By Rania Ajami (Founder & Director, Jumping Pages)

As a mom, sometimes I just want to go on strike!

All moms, working and stay-at-home, can sometimes feel underpaid, under-appreciated and misused. Yet one day, as I looked around my own home, it occurred to me that I was probably not the only one who felt this way. TV blaring, lights burning, washer and dryer continually spinning, a kitchen resembling a 24-hour diner.

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Save 25% On Your Ticket To PITCH NYC – Early Bird Ticket Sales End This Sunday Night

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Get your ticket this week for PITCH NYC to save 25%! By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0)

Join 800+ men and women in tech on November 14 for PITCH NYC Conference & Competition. Speakers include Sandy Jen (Co-Founder & CTO, Meebo), Limor Fried (Founder & CEO, Adafruit) and Amanda Steinberg (Founder & CEO, DailyWorth). Watch 10 hot startups - finalists from the startup competition - pitch onstage for prizes.

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Y Combinator’s Alexis Ohanian Joining November’s PITCH NYC Conference As Judge For The Startup Competition

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Meet the startup guy who launched Reddit, Breadpig and Hipmunk! By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0)

Women 2.0 is excited to announce that Y Combinator ambassador Alexis Ohanian will be joining the judging panel at PITCH NYC 2012 Conference & Competition on November 14, 2012.

Alexis is an investor with over 50 tech startups in his portfolio. He currently sits on the board of Reddit, which he co-founded in 2005. Reddit was acquired by Condé Nast

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What To Expect When You Are Founding

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Giving birth, like the first days of a company, is often remembered through rose-colored glasses. By Jessica Voytek (Co-Founder & CTO, Kizoom)

My business partner jokes that our company is her first baby. As the mother of a 1-year old baby human and an 8-month old baby company, I can tell you there are more parallels than you might think.

The decision to start your first company, much like

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This Is What An Angel Investor Looks Like – Janet Hanson

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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)

Janet was recently recognized on Forbes for changing the world of business. In the profile, she states -

"When somebody says, 'Well, what do you invest in?' I could say, 'I own stocks or bonds or mutual funds,' but I say that I have invested in other women."

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On Average, New Firms Create Three MILLION New Jobs A Year (Kauffman Video)

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Entrepreneurs drive job creation in the United States. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0)

In today's economy, we worry about jobs. But here at Women 2.0, we celebrate women entrepreneurs for their role in job creation.

Entrepreneurs, not large companies, create three million new jobs annually, as the Kauffman Foundation reminds us in the Sketchbook video

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The Good Mommy’s Rule Book For Entrepreneurs

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The "good mommy" laurel isn't bestowed based on some arbitrary quality time measurement, it's based on what works for you and your kids. By Carla Rover (Editor, The Advertising Technology Review)

The guilt is palpable. Looking into a child's sad face as you tell him that you can't play with him because you have to talk to the impatient man on the phone "about money for Mommy's business" is a gut-wrenching exercise that I wouldn't wish on the most heartless creature.

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Women In Business Challenge Finalist: Stela Maris Da Silva

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Stela sees the opportunity for women to forge a dominant position in the evolution to a sustainable economy and urges female entrepreneurs to share their ideas and ideals, because if a woman doesn’t share an idea, that’s all it will remain. An idea. By Joëlle Payet (Marketing & Communications, BiD Network)

This week’s finalist is Professor Stela Maris da Silva, a doctor of biotechnology, came up with an organic method to combat a plague that has ravaged Argentinian farming in recent years.

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Working Women On Labor Day

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I invest in women because I believe in their ideas. I get their ideas. By Joanne Wilson (Blogger & Angel Investor, Gotham Gal)

I am taking this Monday off to write on the weekly Woman Entrepreneur of the week. Figuring it is Labor Day and most of us are taking the day off so I am going to too. Instead I am going to write about why we should support women entrepreneurs.

I have written about my career before. The dots have connected as I have learned from each and every step I have taken particularly the steps where I have failed. My career has not been your classic slow move up the ladder. As most women that I have talked to over the past few years, and the many of them

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Win A Free Ticket To Attend PITCH 2012 Conference In New York!

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Enter the Women 2.0 Inspiration Contest on Chitsie to win a free ticket to November's conference! By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0)

Women 2.0 partnered with Chitsie to offer a contest for a free PITCH Conference & Competition ticket (valued at $600).

To enter the contest, just answer this question on Chitsie here -

"Which woman entrepreneur inspires you the most and why?" Tell us on Chitsie - in 30 words or less - for a chance to win!

Last day to submit an answer for a chance to win a FREE ticket to PITCH Conference & Competition on November 14

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