US Navy Rear Admiral and computer pioneer Grace Hopper was first and foremost a teacher. Everything she did throughout her life ties back to her insatiable love of teaching and learning. By Marian Mangoubi (Filmmaker, “Born With Curiosity: The Grace Hopper Story”) You...
The Kickstarter campaign ran for 35 days and closed on October 13, 2012 having raised $238,000 ($138,000 over the original goal). By Rachel Taylor (Founder, Convometrics) As a social worker, Liz Salcedo was constantly on the go and using her phone for talking, texting...
The Everpurse charges an iPhone while it’s in your purse. By Amy-Willard Cross (Editor, Vitamin W) Phone batteries die during the day. Carrying around chargers and cords is a drag. So a Chicago entrepreneur has come up with a solution: a purse that’s also a...
I started Pitch Refinery for the same reason I started my women coding group, CWDevs – I built it because I didn’t know how to do it… By Melissa Pierce (Founder, Chicago Women Developers) It’s a catch 22 starting a business built on learning to...
Sometimes you don’t get a seat at the table, and sometime you learn to build your own amazing table. By Melissa Pierce (Founder, Chicago Women Developers) Last year, I showed up to an open invitation “hacking” day where local programmers were invited to work on their...