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Sleights Of Mind In Healthcare: Do You Believe In Magic?

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By Lisa Suennen (Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Psilos Group) As health and science have entered the popular discourse in a greater way these past several years, there has been an upsurge in scientific literature delivered in an accessible pop culture format-science for the Everyman, if you will.

Especially popular among the books that have migrated from the lab to the NY Times Bestseller list have been those about the way humans think and why. Over the last few years I have noticed a myriad of what I will dub pop science books out there about the brain and cognition.

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Apply To Women 2.0 PITCH Early-Stage Startup Competition

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For the latest Women 2.0 PITCH Competition, click here.

The 5th Annual PITCH: Women 2.0 Startup Competition is open to early-stage ventures around the world, from high growth business ventures in mobile to web, from double bottom line businesses to connected devices.

Applying companies must have a female in the founding team, be in beta stage, and have received less than a million in funding.

Application deadline: December 7, 2011 @ MIDNIGHT (PST). Thanks for applying -- now hang tight! Finalists will be notified by January 2 -- thank you for your patience!

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Amanda Cox: Developing Infographics At The New York Times

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By Andrew Vande Moere (Associate Professor, K.U.Leuven University) The New York Times graphics department produces some of the best visualizations in the world. We have seen its director, Steve Duenes, give a talk about some of their best works and provide some answers on their internal approach.

Who I had not seen talk before, however, is Amanda Cox, whose name is often featured on quite some innovative works, such as the voronoi treemap showing the Consumer Price Index, the interactive timeline revealing Michael Jackson's career statistics, the streamgraphs that map how people spend

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Work/Life Balance: Angela Benton Schedules For The Unexpected

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By Angela Benton (Founder & CEO, NewME Accelerator) It’s true that we really don’t see many women in tech, both as entrepreneurs and as executives. In fact, only a handful of top executives in tech are women and about 11% of tech founders are women. What is keeping women from starting businesses? There are several discussions about why women are shying away and how to get more of us into the field. Some point to mentorship, some point to STEM degrees, while others point to a variety of different solutions. The question I've heard lately from the women I know is telling, "When you decide to take a leap and be a founder, how do you find balance?"

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What Is The Tipping Point? Going From “Side Project” To “Startup”

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By Michal Tsur (Co-Founder & President, Kaltura) and Leah Belsky (VP of Strategy, Kaltura)  

As the entrepreneurship frenzy in the US grows it seems that more and more people are walking around talking about their “startup.” Sometimes they refer to a full time venture-backed endeavor. And sometimes it’s just a project “on the side.”

What turns a group of people into a “startup”? Do we call a group of people a startup:

  • When they have an idea and start to pursue it?
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Harvard Business School: An Incubator for Female Entrepreneurs?

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By Jess Bloomgarden (Founder & CEO, AfterSteps) Gilt Group. BirchBox. LearnVest. Rent the Runway. Care.com. Angie’s List. Fashionstake. Baublebar.

These are just a few of the high-profile, high-growth startups that have been started by Harvard Business School women.

Despite the widespread belief in today’s tech monoculture that MBAs do not make good entrepreneurs, I’ve heard several investors say “I wouldn’t bet against any HBS women founders,” based on the success of those listed above.

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Startup Weekend: The Business Model Resource Guide

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By Renee DiResta (Associate, O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures) I’ve said before -- Startup Weekends are a lot of fun. Participants come together as a team, find a compelling idea, define and attempt to implement a minimum viable product, and come up with a plan to take the idea to market, all within 54 hours. So far, I’ve attended three as a developer. At Women 2.0’s recent Startup Weekend, I had the opportunity to participate from the other side of the table.

This time around, I was an advisor. Every team I spoke to asked me the same question: “What should our business model be?”

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What Pink Ghetto? Women Start Technology Companies

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By Marian Mangoubi (Founder & CEO, Sassy CEO) There’s an image of entrepreneurial women focusing on their startups on beauty, shopping, and fashion ("Pink Ghetto"). However, after a year of studying tech companies founded by women, I can say emphatically that this is a misrepresentation.

Last year around this time there was a lot of discussion, “where are all the women in tech?” Each time I heard or read this. I noticed there were never statistics provided on the number of tech companies founded by women.

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How To Rapidly Prototype A Mobile App In 54 Hours: PhoneGap

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By Karen Zeller (Contributing Writer, Women 2.0) Interviews done with the majority of teams at Women 2.0 Startup Weekend revealed winning mobile strategies to have in mind for aspiring entrepreneurs. The overwhelming majority of startup teams had ambitions of including a mobile solution as part of their offering.

Whether mobile applications were considered so core to their business model that they were prototyped during the weekend varied from team to team, although at least 40% of the teams had not only a web application prototype but also a mobile prototype.

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