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6 Takeaways From Discussion With Women 2.0, Astia, 85 Broads

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By Sukrutha Raman Bhadouria (Organizer, Bay Area Girl Geek Dinners) Earlier this week, I attended a panel discussion about women entrepreneurs at Microsoft's office. Representatives from Women 2.0, Astia, 85 Broads, Women in Public Policy (WIPP) and National Association for Women Business Owners (NAWBO) talked about best practices and practical advice for women entrepreneurs at this "Your Office, Your Terms" cloud event. Sepideh Nasiri represented Women 2.0 on the informative panel.

I learned a lot about the challenges a woman could face when starting her own company, and how to be prepared for it.

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Mac Vs. PC: Does One Say “Tech Founder” More Than the Other?

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By Caroline Green (Director of Business Development, IvanExpert) If you're creating a tech startup, how do you decide whether to get a Mac or a Windows PC? Which one will broadcast to potential investors, partners, employees, and customers that you're the real thing?

Here's our cheat sheet to the Mac-PC divide for startup tech firms.

Why having a Mac makes you a real tech founder

Three reasons why if you want to be seen as a serious tech founder, you've got to go Mac.

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Do You Know America’s Next Great Teen Entrepreneur?

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By Janine Popick (Co-Founder & CEO, VerticalResponse) If you’re anything like me, you’ve probably read lots of stories about entrepreneurial teens doing amazing things, from developing a hot new app to spearheading socially or environmentally mindful projects. Here at my company, VerticalResponse, we’ve met or heard about many of these incredible teens through our work with Startup Weekend and Women 2.0.

That’s why I’m thrilled that VerticalResponse is launching the Next Teen Tycoon video contest – we’re searching for tomorrow’s business leaders, today!

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What’s New For PITCH? Speed Mentoring! Demo Tables! Exhibits!

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For the past few months, we've been working on creating the most impactful full-day innovation conference for Women 2.0 members and their friends -- to educate and inspire builders, thinkers and doers.

Here are 6 reasons you should join us on Valentine's Day for Women 2.0 PITCH Conference:

  1. Learn from the best product innovation leaders in tech - Flickr, Facebook, ZipCar and more.
  2. Watch finalists of the Women 2.0 PITCH Startup Competition present to a panel of investors.
  3. Hear case studies and best practices for building awesome products and business models.
  4. Check out the Exhibit Hall from 8am to 5pm.
  5. Speed mentoring at lunchtime! We'll be taking signups in the morning (first come, first serve).
  6. Join us for cocktail hour after the conference - sample truffles and wine while networking.

Special Note: If you are bootstrapping, umployed or a student, apply for a deeply discounted ticket. (We will be granting discounts on need basis, and will notify recipients of discounted tickets by February 1)

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4 Handy Tools For Working Remotely And Productively

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By Sepideh Nasiri (Director of Sponsorships & Events, Women 2.0) It wasn’t that long ago that being an employee meant coming in to the office at 9am and having in-person meetings and presentations all day. Not everyone is fit for this kind of role, maybe because their team is not all in one location, they live a long distance from the office, or perhaps they just prefer a job where they don’t have to put in much face time.

Whatever the case may be, there was a problem that needed to be solved – actually getting your work done without being at the office.

Luckily for us, there are now many solutions

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Cartier Seeks Exceptional Women Social Entrepreneurs

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By Cecile Ney (Coordinator, Cartier Women’s Initiative Awards) Cartier Women's Initiative Awards is a business plan competition for startups led by women, organized by Cartier in partnership with McKinsey and INSEAD business school.

This social entrepreneurship competition aims at supporting creative, financially sustainable and responsible women-led startups in all countries and industries. We are currently calling for applications phase for our contest and are looking for women leading for-profit responsible enterprises between 1 and 3 years old.

The Award will be given to six laureates who

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Women In Tech: Start Speaking At Conferences

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By Chiu-Ki Chan (Android Developer, Monkey Write) My resolution this year is to be a public speaker. One of the difficulties in breaking into the speaking circuits is to be aware of conferences six months in advance to meet the call for participation deadlines, so whenever I hear about one, I share it with others.

Recently I shared the call for participation for FluentConf:

"Are you a JavaScript performance guru? Have you got big ideas and mad JavaScript skills? Do you know the ins and outs of future ECMAScript specifications?

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10 Startup Entrepreneur Mistakes To Avoid

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By Joyce Chuang (Marketing Coordinator, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP) For those who have started a company and have seen the challenges first hand, you have an idea of just how much energy and effort goes into creating and building a company. Not only do you have to worry about establishing it, but at some point you’ll have to find investors to fund it, build a team, hire and fire employees, and so much more.

What if someone could provide you with a road map for it all? We can’t, but we can offer some suggestions and advice.

Our panel with

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The Face of Success: Women and Venture Capital

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By Vivek Wadhwa (Contributor, Inc) In my last two articles, I discussed why, based on my research on immigrant entrepreneurs, I believed that Silicon Valley was the world’s greatest meritocracy. That was before I moved to the Valley and learned that this so-called meritocracy is highly imperfect, omitting women, blacks, and Hispanics. When I researched the dearth of women, I could find no explanation.

Women are equally motivated to become entrepreneurs; are equal or more competent at managing businesses; match boys in mathematical achievement; dramatically outnumber

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The $100,000 Chris Rock Story (Risk, Meet Reward)

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By Ramit Sethi (Author, I Will Teach You To Be Rich) Telling a story about Chris Rock helped me earn over $100,000 in scholarship money to attend college. During senior year of high school, my parents — immigrants who raised four kids and didn’t have money to send us to college — encouraged us to apply to every scholarship we could find.

Since I’m a big weirdo, I built a system that allowed me to apply to over 60 scholarships in a few weeks (I’ve detailed parts of the system I used to get so many college scholarships).

The largest scholarship I received had an extensive

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Saying No To Sexual Harassment At Startups

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By Dyuman Bhatt (CEO, Red Seraphim) Just after college, I took my first job in retail sales as a part of a management training program. While there was a lot to learn, one issue that stood out was the inescapable daily reality of sexual harassment.

The company did its best to train its managers and entry level employees to deal with the matter, but there was no sense of prevention. For almost all women working there, it wasn’t a matter of if they would be sexually harassed, but more a matter of when. Sometimes, it was a sleazy customer asking,

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