10 Mistakes I've Made (So You Don't Have To)
By Tara Hunt (Co-Founder & CEO, Buyosphere)
As a follow up to my previous presentations on startup life being a challenge and the challenges it presents, I... Read More...
10 Mistakes I’ve Made (So You Don’t Have To)
By Tara Hunt (Co-Founder & CEO, Buyosphere) As a follow up to my previous presentations on startup life being a challenge and the challenges it presents, I wanted to share what I've actually learned since then.
This presentation is a little more "Whew! I got through that and have grown smarter because of it!" than "I'm in the middle of helllll!"
There are probably 150+ things I've learned because I am stumbling my way through this, but these are the top 10 for me.
... Read More... Isn't It Better to Have a Life of "Oh Well's" Than "What If's"?
By Renee Blodgett (Blogger, Down the Avenue)
Clearly I don't get to New York often enough, by now I would have met writer and products guru Maya Baratz, who is... Read More...
Isn’t It Better to Have a Life of “Oh Well’s” Than “What If’s”?
By Renee Blodgett (Blogger, Down the Avenue) Clearly I don't get to New York often enough, by now I would have met writer and products guru Maya Baratz, who is currently working on new products at The Wall Street Journal.
She started out by asking the nearly all women audience at WITI (Women in Technology International) -- "How many of you are still waiting for your mentor? How many of you spend your time trying to prove someone wrong?"
Mentors were a common thread throughout her talk.
... Read More... New Retail Startup Aims to Disrupt Fashion Industry
By Raquel Laneri (Writer, Forbes) After months of late-night brainstorming sessions, cold-calling designers and raising $100,000 in seed capital from friends and family, Cerulo and Mazur launched Of A Kind, a retail site devoted solely to limited-edition items by emerging designers.
Of a Kind operates at the break-neck speed of an online sample sale, with its blink-and-you’ll-miss-it items, which come in editions of five to 50. But it has the soul of a local artisanal shop.
Each week Cerulo and Mazur spotlight
... Read More... Partner event: Tech Cocktail Seattle Startup Mixer
By Jen Consalvo (Co-Founder & COO, Tech Cocktail) The Tech Cocktail team is coming to Seattle looking to uncover some of the area's most interesting early stage startups that the rest of the country might not know about yet.
Join us for an evening of fun on Thursday, October 20 in Seattle mingling with other technology enthusiasts, innovators, entrepreneurs, developers, designers and social media folks as we showcase a handful of emerging technology companies and take a closer look at their latest achievements.
... Read More... Partner event: Socialize Conference (Monetizing Social Media)
Next week’s Socialize: Monetizing Social Media -– West will bring together business leaders for two days of comprehensive sessions, focused discussions, and diverse perspectives on gaming, mobile, marketing, and media. The four-track conference in San Francisco on October 20-21, 2011 will give social media enthusiasts a comprehensive look at how to effectively use social media to create a unified business strategy.
Women 2.0 readers save 15% off of Gold Passports with discount code "SZW2".
... Read More... Why Female Entrepreneurs Should Apply To Y Combinator
By Rachel Sklar (Founder, Change The Ratio) The time is once again upon us: Y Combinator applications are due tomorrow. From there, Paul Graham and company will choose the next crop of Y Combinator startups, which will converge on Silicon Valley in January 2012 to innovate, iterate, develop, learn and build -- and take a sweet check from Ron Conway and Yuri Milner while they're at it.
The money isn't why, if you're an early-stage startup, you should find Y Combinator appealing. (If you're the real deal, I'm pretty sure it's not.) It's because that program pulls together
... Read More... The Women Who Built Google+ (Ada Lovelace Day)
By Marshall Kirkpatrick (Co-Editor, ReadWriteWeb) Today is Ada Lovelace Day, a day dedicated to celebrating the world's first computer programmer and to share inspiring stories about women working in science, technology and math.
Surely some of the most significant technical work done by women since this day last year includes the creation of what is said to be the fastest-growing social network in history, Google Plus.
Launched on June 28, 2011 and just opened to the public at large late last month, Google+ is a feature-rich social network
... Read More... Lessons Learned From Serial Energy Entrepreneur Deirdre Lord
By Christina Vuleta (Founder, 40:20 Vision) I had the pleasure of interviewing Deirdre Lord of The Megawatt Hour, a subscription information service that helps businesses procure and manage power by making the process simple, and transparent. This is her third venture in the retail electricity business.
Deirdre emanates a quiet energy and strength that surely helped fuel her longevity in energy entrepreneurship as much as it reflects a passion for innovation. Her career spans a diverse set of experiences from helping develop the private sector energy business
... Read More... Interview with Zuhairah Scott, Founder and CEO of Kahnoodle
By Lauren DeLisa Coleman (Contributing Writer, The Atlanta Post) Time for the third installment in my profile series on cool African-American females who are fellow colleagues with me in the tech space.
Lean in and ponder as Zuhairah Scott, Founder and CEO of Kahnoodle, a startup that helps busy couples build awesome relationships. According to the company’s description it is “the first mobile productivity tool for couples that provides a “relationship dashboard” which visually tracks how well each person is meeting the others’ needs and allows couples to set goals
... Read More... Apply to the Free Founder Showcase Pitch Competition
By Jonathan Greechan (Partner, The Founder Institute) Are you a seed-stage startup looking for funding or exposure? Apply to the Founder Showcase Pitch Competition, where previous presenters have raised over $20 million without ever being required to pay a dime. To apply for your chance to present on-stage, click here.
Any company less than two years old with less than $250,000 USD in funding is eligible, but the Application Deadline is Sunday, October 9th. To see our previous presenters, visit the new Founder Showcase Hall of Fame.
The Founder Showcase event brings together leading
... Read More... Crowd-Funding for the Missing Middle (InVenture)
By Laura Spiekerman (Research Analyst, Kopo Kopo) Shivani Siroya sees potential in entrepreneurs like Ms. Lakshmi, who distributes ice cream to high-end shops in India. Despite the demand in the market, her inventory and staff limit her to only 4 shops.
In the United States, a small business lender might provide financing to increase her inventory and sales staff. Instead, Lakshmi will leapfrog traditional small business lending, which is largely unavailable in emerging markets, and reach for a loan crowd-funded by investors in the United States.
... Read More... The Real Dirt On Being An Entrepreneur (A Founder's Story)
By Heather Hilleren (Founder, Local Dirt)
Sometimes you come across an idea that seems so simple, so obvious, that you think “why has no one done this before?”... Read More...
The Real Dirt On Being An Entrepreneur (A Founder’s Story)
By Heather Hilleren (Founder, Local Dirt) Sometimes you come across an idea that seems so simple, so obvious, that you think “why has no one done this before?” leaving you no choice but to do it yourself. It would simply be criminal not to solve this problem.
This was the start of Local Dirt.
The idea came after working at a natural foods grocery store and watching their best intentions fall flat. They started buying from two dozen local farms when they opened, dropping more
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