Let's Join The Manhattan Girls Club (Founding Tech Startups)
By Heddi Cundle (Founder & CEO, myTab)
Earlier this month, I was in New York City. Now, I used to live in New York in the 90s when New York was still testi... Read More...
Let’s Join The Manhattan Girls Club (Founding Tech Startups)
By Heddi Cundle (Founder & CEO, myTab) Earlier this month, I was in New York City. Now, I used to live in New York in the 90s when New York was still testing my inner strength by making me dodge flying bullets and knives in the not-so-pretty Meatpacking District. No one from Manhattan would venture over the Brooklyn Bridge (do I need a passport?) and certainly no female in business was truly on my side while I worked day and night in the music industry.
So over the past 10 years, since I’ve lived on the West Coast, I’ve only been to New York three times. The first was quite an eye opener – the city had been cleaned up (thanks Giuliani, for
... Read More... The Changing Workplace: Women Entrepreneurs
By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) San Francisco is teaming with women who have the technological know-how to solve daily problems. These innovative solutions apply to all fronts and industries, ranging from:
- Finding new dishes instead of restaurants (Foodspotting)
- Getting kid-friendly entertainment delivered to your door (Kiwi Crate)
- Leveraging the quantified self for self-improvement (LARK)
- Maximizing efficiency (TaskRabbit)
What do these these female-founded startups have in common? Women entrepreneurs have found
... Read More... Not Everyone Gets A Seed Round
By Bryce Roberts (Co-Founder & Managing Director, O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures) As investor FOMO and entrepreneurial access to capital have increased, so too has the level of entitlement to that capital. Swap the trophy for a seed round, and that’s directionally where things are headed in startupland. Everyone gets a seed round. Everyone gets to be CEO. Everyone starts a billion dollar company. Everyone can be the next Zuckerberg.
Just as with the kids lying on psychiatrist’s couches above, eventually the founders will come into contact with the real world. But the bullies on the playground they were protected from will now be unhappy customers. The encouraging teacher will be
... Read More... Show Some Love For Female Startup Founders
By Betsy Aoki (Senior Program/Product Manager, Bing)
I first met Lori Anne Wardi, a vice president at .CO, during a Geeks on a Plane tour of Asia last fall. Wh... Read More...
A Year Of Green (Energy) Dreams: Life In The Year Of The Rabbit
By Danielle Fong (Co-Founder & Chief Scientist, LightSail Energy) Editor's note: LightSail Energy's Danielle Fong will be speaking on February 14 at Women 2.0 PITCH Conference & Competition at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA. Get your ticket here!
I’ve lived a lifetime this year. It sometimes feels as if so much is happening that one can feel however one chooses. Yet, sometimes, life gives you so much to feel happy about you can't help but be overwhelmed with a feeling of gratitude.
We’ve launched our new website, and finally revealed the technology that we’ve developed and we think is going to change the world — regenerative air energy storage! LightSail set out to prove that the science of our regenerative air energy storage concept works, and we have answered
... Read More... Libraries As Tech Incubators?
By Hadiyah Mujhid (Co-Founder, Black Founders) A few weeks ago, I stumbled across an article in the Huffington Post, titled “Art Incubators: How Libraries Offer More Than Books.” The article highlights a project called Library as Incubator that focuses on using libraries as a community resource which support and allow collaboration with artists. The Library as Incubator Project appears to be focus on creative artists, but I believe the same project can be applied to tech entrepreneurs as well.
After reading the article, I was became interested in the possibilities of running a tech incubator from a library. As an bootstrapping entrepreneur, I’ve also taken advantage of coffee shops
... Read More... 4 Things Stylematic Learned From Hollywood And Tech
By Karen Song (Developer, Women 2.0 Startup Weekend 2011) Last weekend, I attended a Hosting Bootcamp in Los Angeles that kicked me into gear. I had originally signed up for Lean Startup Machine weekend, but due to room constraints, the venue was not able to accomodate my team and I decided to jet down to LA instead.
The experience proved to be extremely valuable - and I learned a lot of information that is helping the Stylematic team to deliver wonderful presentations and establish our brand. Incidentally, Stylematic had a slew of presentations due this week. We were invited to speak on a panel at Fashion and Tech SF as well as do a demo rehearsal pitch at Startup Monthly.
... Read More... Female Entrepreneurs Find Funding Community In NYC
By Rich Schapiro (Reporter, New York Daily News) When Ellie Cachette started pitching her tech startuup to West Coast investors two years ago, she expected to raise big bucks. Instead, all she got from the roughly 25 all-male investors she met with were dismissive looks and patronizing advice.
“I wouldn’t even finish my sentence, and they’d say I should be a nonprofit,” said Cachette, now 26, who was building a startup designed to help companies manage product recalls. “I found it impossible to raise money.”
So Cachette made a bold decision: She headed to New York to test the waters of the city’s burgeoning tech scene.
... Read More... Show Some Love For Female Startup Founders
By Betsy Aoki (Senior Program/Product Manager, Bing) I first met Lori Anne Wardi, a vice president at .CO, during a Geeks on a Plane tour of Asia last fall. While on the shuttle to and from various startup accelerators and meeting spots, we chatted about the wacky dot-com 90s and how things have changed (and stayed the same) in startupland since those days. More consumers know what a domain name is now but people are still faced with the dilemma of how to fund and shape their new companies. And, just like the 90s, there is still a marked shortage of women tech entrepreneurs.
To that end, I’d like to offer up a resource that will be useful to men and women startup founders – the Bing Booster
... Read More... Weight Watchers For SMBs: Setting And Meeting Financial Goals
This article has been syndicated from TechCrunch. By Rip Empson (Writer, TechCrunch)
Startups and small businesses are the engine of job creation. In the U.S., companies less than five years old created 44 million jobs over the last three decades and, over that time, accounted for all net new jobs created in the U.S. — just ask the White House. Of course, you’d think from reading TechCrunch that all small businesses raise big funding from venture capital. Nope.
The majority don’t raise any kind of venture money or angel investment — most small business owners probably don’t even know any venture capitalists.
... Read More... Call For Applications: Astia Global Entrepreneur Program 2012
By Sharon Vosmek (CEO, Astia) We are delighted to announce our 2012 Call for Applications for the Astia Global Entrepreneur Program. Astia maintains an unparalleled success rate for the companies it serves and your outreach and referrals play a critical role in propelling women–led innovation.
Please pass along the following information to women–led high–growth startups who you believe can benefit from the access to expertise, capital and opportunity that the Astia global offering provides.
... Read More... Baby Steps Into Open Source
By Liz Marley (Senior Software Test Pilot, The Omni Group) "You should get involved in Open Source. It'll help you network, and practice your skills, and bolster your resumé. And we need more women in Open Source."
To which I think "Hmm... that sounds complicated, and I don't know where to start and I'm busy and I'll get around to it someday."
Well, Someday showed up yesterday afternoon. I'd like to talk about two reasons why I think Someday showed up, and then I'll tell you how it went.
... Read More... Love With Food Launches Monthly Subscription Service
By Leena Rao (Reporter, TechCrunch) The subscription commerce market is heating up with Birch Box, Kiwi Crate, and others all offering various takes on the monthly box model.
Today, 500 Startups company Love With Food is launching its subscription model, which offers a monthly box to users with tasty, gourmet samples of food.
Here’s how it works. Through monthly sample boxes, which are $14 per month with free shipping, Love With Food includes 5 or more gourmet tasty bites. The model gives people a way to find and taste samples of new foods before they buy full-size orders.
... Read More... WeFestival Blog Post From The Young Man Behind The Camera
By Joanne Wilson (Blogger & Angel Investor, Gotham Gal)
I love this post because it was sent to me from a young man who was behind the camera, not an atten... Read More...