We have an update for you from Women 2.0 Labs - the fall 2010 edition. At the start of the 5-week program, teams form around individuals and ideas.
Ryan Richard's Story

On Sunday afternoon, my teammate Van and I got together for some Indian food at this place on the corner of Third St. and Folsom. We were talking about engineering, startups. and how excited we were about the Women 2.0 mixer. Little did we know that by the end of the day we'd have found our team and already be working on a great startup idea.

Both men and women are invited to attend the 4th Annual Women 2.0 "PITCH Night" on Thursday, November 4th, 2010 in San Francisco. Join us for our...

Women 2.0 Labs is a 5-week pre-incubator for engineers, designers, business and marketing mavens to begin to develop high-growth technology...

Founder Labs is a 5-week pre-incubator focused on the first phase of launching a startup - finding a team and validating the business idea....

Two weeks into Women 2.0 Labs with three weeks to go... This week, we hear from a fresh MBA graduate working on a beauty genome website.
Kimberly Dillon's Story

I had been in the Bay Area for about 4 days before I started the Women 2.0 Labs program. Since then, my nights and weekends have been completely focused on charging forward with my business idea. When people ask me about landmark/touristy things I have done in the city, I laugh because I have spent most of my free time at Pier 38 and startup events.

Women 2.0 Labs is a new 5-week program (July 6 - August 5, 2010) for engineers, designers, biz dev and marketing mavens to begin to develop...

Women 2.0 hosted an Angel Investor and Entrepreneur Roundtable on Thursday, June 3, 2010, 7pm in San Francisco with angel investors Anurag Nigam,...

Startup Lessons Learned unites those interested in what it takes to succeed in building a lean startup. On Friday, April 23rd, 2010 in San Francisco, Startup Lessons Learned will give practitioners and students of the lean startup methodology the opportunity to hear insights from leaders in embracing and deploying the core principles of the lean startup methodology.
Women speakers at Startup Lessons Learned are:
» Erin McKean (Co-Founder and CEO, Wordnik)
» Rashmi Sinha (Co-Founder and CEO, SlideShare)
» Clara Shih (Founder and CEO, Hearsay Labs)
» Cindy Alvarez (Product Manager, KISSmetrics)
» Laura Klein (Principal, Users Know)
Women 2.0 members save 20% on Startup Lessons Learned tickets with discount code "WOMEN2".

DEMO is interested in market-ready products, alpha-stage products as well as business plan only initiatives. Contact Matt Marshall (DEMO Executive Producer) or go to www.demo.com for more info and application forms. January 18, 2010 is the deadline to apply to launch or pitch at DEMO Spring 2010.
If you have a product in any stage of development in one of the following vertical segments, DEMO wants to hear from you! DEMO Spring 2010 gives you a first-of-its-kind opportunity to present in one of seven industry-specific launch categories: Social and Media, Health and Life Sciences, Clean and Sustaining Technologies, Cloud, Enterprise, Mobile, and Consumer.

TEDx Silicon Valley (TEDxSV) will gather a global community of leading thinkers and doers at Stanford University to discuss Innovations for...

Come Thursday, November 12th, 2009, Samasource will host the first annual Give Work Charity Gala at the University Club of San Francisco,...

Are you having trouble finding an investor for your startup? You know, you don't have to rely on VCs and angel investors to give you cash. There are ways the government can fund your startup. Yes, the government.
Join Women 2.0 for an informative night of Demystifying Government and Stimulus Funding for Your Startup. We will be meeting in San Francisco at Citizen Space on Wednesday, September 9th, 2009 starting 6:30pm to discuss alternative methods of funding your business.

Let's demystify government and stimulus funding. Discussion topics will include:
» What is available to women-owned, minority-owned businesses
» Step-by-step instructions and examples on how to apply to the funds and loans
» SBA and SBIR loans
» Who can use the stimulus money from the government
» State and local incentives for locating companies in low-and-mid income areas

Speakers:
» Jill Fishbein (Partner, Carr & Ferrell)
» Cynthia Ringo (Managing Partner, DBL Investors)

Women 2.0 members receive a 15% discount using code "WOMEN2" for Green:Net by Earth2Tech on Tuesday, March 24th, 2009 at Golden Gate Club in San Francisco.
Two of the biggest challenges facing our society — economy and climate change — are so intertwined that it is virtually impossible to solve one problem without fixing the other. These challenges also offer opportunity for savvy entrepreneurs, technologists and investors. Brought to you by The GigaOM Network's cleantech site Earth2Tech, Green:Net is the first green conference for the Internet Technology industry and provides a specific point of view on how the computing and Internet revolutions will provide the tools needed to fight climate change.