Celebrating Google's birthday - and the female founders acquired by Google over the last 14 years. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0)
This week, Google announced partnering with Women 2.0 with the launch of the new Google for Entrepreneurs program.
We celebrated Google's 14th birthday and reflected on the 118 mergers and acquisitions made by Google over the last 14 years.
... Read More... Even in the same job, at the same level of experience, the same education, same race, same hours worked, etc. ... women still earn less than men do. By Maggie Koerth-Baker (Contributor, Boing Boing)
Let's talk about the pay gap. Census data show shows that, in 2008, American women still earned .77 cents for every $1 earned by American men.
And, while some of this has to do with women working different jobs then men, working less hours, or spending less
... Read More... Connect with some of the most influential people in mobile and NFC at one of the upcoming TAPPED NFC Hackathons:
Near Field Communications (NFC) is a technology that lets devices and things talk to each other. All you need to do to make something happen is to have two NFC devices touch, or tap. NFC is
... Read More... With a few strategies and a little discipline, you can learn to work smarter, be more productive and live happier. By Camille Preston (Founder & CEO, AIM Leadership)
In this digital age, we are always on and always connected. There are always a dozen demands in a dozen different directions. We are overwired, and it is changing what we do, how we do it, how we think, and how effective we are. Business owners are at an even higher risk for being overwired. We have the work of running the business, plus the added demands of being responsive
... Read More... Why have so many business leaders been slow to take notice when women are absent from their company’s boards? By Richard Branson (Contributor, Live Mint & The Wall Street Journal)
I recently watched 12 Angry Men — that classic 1957 film about a jury struggling to decide the fate of an 18-year-old man who has been charged with murder. The movie gives you a sense of how the legal system worked in the US back then, when juries were less diverse. By today’s standards, we would find it unsettling
... Read More... “The word 'engineering' sounds intimidating and nerdy and technical. There’s just so much more to it - I’m trying to make it more accessible.” - Goldieblox founder Debra Sterling. By Amy-Willard Cross (Editor, Vitamin W)
Goldieblox is poised for a happy ending. With this new toy, girls may have a happy ending too: “She became an engineer and built things that helped people, and they all lived happily ever after.”
There’s a known female engineering deficit; women make up just 11% of the profession. It’s a problem
... Read More... The co-founders produced all music and illustrations themselves. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0)
Designer Nicci Gabriel and former IDEO consultant Caroline Hu Flexer co-founded Duck Duck Moose to build smartphone apps for children. The mother of two young girls, Caroline wanted more quality educational apps for children. So she did it.
After launching four years ago, the company recently raised $7M in Series A funding from by Sequoia Capital, Lightspeed
... Read More... PITCH Conference on November 14, 2012 features a full day of speakers including Everpurse inventor Liz Salcedo. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0)
We are excited to announce Liz Ormesher Salcedo, founder and CEO of Everpurse, the purse that charges your iPhone on the go, as a speaker at Women 2.0 PITCH Conference in NYC on November 14.
Meet Liz, a Chicago-based social worker turned entrepreneur currently working on her second startup, Everpurse.
... Read More... If you need to cash to build your company but aren't keen on draining your personal savings or giving up equity to venture capitalists, there may be another possibility. By Jessica Stillman (Writer, Inc.)
Looking to expand? There are the traditional sources: Digging into your own personal savings, loaning from a traditional bank, or finding an angel or VC investor who will fork over the cash for a share of equity.
... Read More... Three sisters are co-founders of Coffee Meets Bagel, raise funding. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0)
Arum Kang, founder and CEO of Coffee Meets Bagel has an ambitious goal for the dating website she started with her two sisters. Her daily dating deal site introduces you to one match every day at noon. Coffee Meets Bagel has raised $600,000 in seed investment from Lightbank and investors including Match.com co-founder Peng T. Ong, reported TechCrunch this morning.
... Read More... 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)
Monica Barrera Vidler is a practicing dentist with a private practice in New York - just check out her Yelp reviews.
She is also now an angel investor. How did this happen? She participated in Pipeline Fellowship, where she learned to invest in women-led social ventures.
... Read More... If you have an idea and you’re passionate about it, don’t wait. By Molly Cain (Contributor, ForbesWoman)
There are some common things you should expect when you first go into business for yourself.
On the first day, you create your business plan. That night you go to bed at a regular hour and then wake up to several voicemails from some big time investors wanting to make your dreams come true.
... Read More... Many women I know have a hard time putting themselves first. By Naama Bloom (Head of Marketing, Harvest)
I’m staring down the barrel of 40. And my life has never been more uncertain or exciting than it is today. Five years ago, I was a newlywed with a secure corporate job at a Fortune 100 company. Today, I am a mother of two, married to a tech entrepreneur (same guy), and I lead marketing at a fast-growing software company. Oh, and I have a business on the side that I run “in my free time.” This type of massive shift was not what I expected for my 40th year but I’m happy.
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