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Defining The “All” In “Having It All”

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What should be evaluated critically is the definition of "all". By Leah Eichler (Contributing Writer, Femme-O-Nomics)

Can women have it all? It’s a question that repeatedly creeps up in this ongoing dialogue on women and careers. I frequently encounter contemporaries who believe it’s the duty of women in their 30s and 40s to warn this next generation that they cannot “have it all.” They fret about new graduates who are certain their future holds generous salaries, lofty titles, a partner with the same and maybe even kids in private school by the time they hit their mid-30s.

I never want to quash those dreams. I entertained them myself at one point and still believe the possibility exists for those

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Dropbox Acquires Online Collaboration Tool Cove, Co-Founded By Ruchi Sanghvi (AKA Facebook’s First Female Engineer)

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By Samihah Azim (User Experience Product Manager, 6waves Lolapps) The past week has been a particularly exciting week for women in technology. First, mobile search engine startup Chomp, co-founded by CTO Cathy Edwards, was acquired by Apple.

Then Dropbox announced their acquisition of Cove, an online collaboration tool for groups, co-founded by Ruchi Sanghvi. She was also the first female engineer at Facebook.

Cove's founders, Aditya Agarwal, Ruchi Sanghvi, and Akhil Wable had previously been Facebook executives.

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Partner Event: Blumberg Capital, Madvertise, Ellas 2.0 Happy Hour

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On Tuesday, February 28, 2012 in Barcelona, 54 entrepreneurs will have the chance to pitch Blumberg Capital's Alon Lifshitz, Jon Soberg, and Ryan Bloomer. They'll be available for 10-minute chats, and you set the agenda! After the pitch session join us for drinks and appetizers at the madvertise booth at Mobile World Congress. Happy Hour with Blumberg Capital and madvertise, in partnership with Ellas 2.0.

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Groupon Blog: Women 2.0 PITCH Conference

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By Emily Moss & Kathleen Meil (Product, Groupon) Last week, we visited the Computer History Museum in Mountain View for the fifth annual Women 2.0 PITCH Conference. PITCH is a conference for women in tech to gather and mingle and learn from one another. As Groupon employees we were excited to spend the day schmoozing with developers, designers, and startup mavens and learning from some of the most influential women in the tech world.

The Women 2.0 crew pulled in the big guns for the thousand attendees, recruiting the founders and CEOs of some of the most well-known startups in the world as speakers and panelists. These women waxed poetic — literally, Caterina Fake of Flickr

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Startup Financing: “The 10,000 ft. View”

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By Andrew F. Boardman (CTO, LearnVC) When negotiating a round of financing it is critical to look at the whole of what is being offered, and not just fixating on a particular term (the classic example is overvaluing the pre-money valuation).

There is a short term view (how much of the company are the investors buying for how much money) and a long term view (what happens if the company has a down round in the future? A mediocre exit? A home run?).

To help new entrepreneurs and future investors wrap their head around the whole thing, I've categorized the key terms

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We Won The BeMyApp Hackathon – Vote For “PlayPitch” Today In The App Olympics!

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By Chiu-Ki Chan (Founder & Developer, Monkey Write) Editor's note: Congrats to Chiu-Ki Chan and Judy Tuan, the latter who led the winning team at 2011 Women 2.0 Startup Weekend. Vote for their latest hackathon-winning app "PlayPitch" here!

I participated in a hackathon.

This time it was the BeMyApp Mobile App Olympics.

I have always wanted to build something with server push technology, so I thought it will be great to do it at a hackathon.

Friday

I signed up as a Developer without thinking, since that's who I am. But when I arrived on Friday night, I was told

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Why Redpoint Ventures Invested $7.5M In Caterina Fake’s Pinwheel

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By Boonsri Dickinson (West Coast Reporter, Silicon Alley Insider) Redpoint founding partner Geoff Yang invested $7.5 million into Caterina Fake's new startup, Pinwheel. Fake was the cofounder of Flickr and Hunch, and announced Pinwheel last week.

Yang said Redpoint is interested in the convergence of mobile, social, and local, so Fake's startup, which lets you leave virtual notes around the world, was an obvious choice.

"Pinwheel fits perfectly at the intersection of all three. Up to now through the social web, you have been able to

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Caterina Fake: Fast Growth For A New Social App A Bad Thing

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By Liz Gannes (Writer, AllThingsD) Social Web entrepreneurs with successful careers just can’t seem to find their way to a happy and boring retirement.

Flickr co-founder Caterina Fake just announced Pinwheel, joining Ev Williams and Biz Stone of Twitter and now Obvious, Joshua Schachter of Delicious and now Jig, Chad Hurley and Steve Chen of YouTube and now Delicious, Sean Parker and Shawn Fanning of Napster and now Airtime, among others, back at the drawing board.

Sure, the new startups from these people have a long way

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