Published on: April 23, 2013 – 9:00 am
New York-based entrepreneur Amanda Steinberg nabs an additional $1 million in funding in an additional Series A raise led by DFJ Gotham.
By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0)
Financial media company DailyWorth announced this week that they have raised an additional $1 million in Series A funding led by DFJ Gotham. Previously, the company founded by Amanda Steinberg raised $2 million in Series A last year.
Having been a programmer at many venture-backed NYC startup companies in her twenties, Amanda learned what makes an Internet startup successful: “a clear, simple revenue model; scalable technology; and a valid problem in a large market to solve.” Read More »
Published on: April 17, 2013 – 11:06 am
You see it everywhere – parents handing over their iPads to children for entertainment, education and time-killing purposes. It’s the new TV. But now, kids can learn to code for free in fun new ways – on an iPad.
By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0)
First, there was Cargo-Bot, the free and fun iPad game where kids learn to instruct a robot to move crates by programming. Then a cutesy Daisy the Dinosaur was released by Hopscotch, a company founded by two women (Samantha John and Jocelyn Leavitt) in New York passionate about getting more young girls interested in programming.
The free app was a hit (free, fun, adorable app featuring a dinosaur that helps teach programming to kids – what’s not to love?) but critiqued for being too limited. Users wanted more challenges Read More »
Published on: March 25, 2013 – 6:00 am
Hackathons are a a great learning experience – and a great bonding experience – and I’d encourage every founder to attend one. Don’t worry if you’re a non-technical founder; more than half the attendees at the fashion hackathon were as well.
By Carrie Mantha (Founder & CEO, Indira)
This past month, my co-founder and I participated in our first hackathon. I’d been intrigued by these events in the past but too intimidated to try them out until one came along that seemed to be made for me: The Decoded Fashion Hackathon presented by CFDA and Condé Nast.
The intersection of fashion and technology is my passion: our startup is Read More »
Published on: March 22, 2013 – 9:00 am
Gili Golander had three kids under eight and another job in Israel when she got into DreamIt Ventures in New York. How did she make it all work?
By Gili Golander (Co-founder & Style Director, Bazaart)
It was exactly one year ago that three young men came to my house for coffee and a chat. We did not know each over before that — a mutual friend set us up. I just had my third child six months before. I had left my well paid, nice, safe job at the user experience department of an international company, and I was working on making a career change that I’ve been dreaming about for ages, from software to fashion. Little did I know that our lives would soon be so intertwined Read More »
Published on: March 15, 2013 – 7:00 am
Barnard College launches 10-day residential Entrepreneurship Program for pre-college students. A Barnard parent discusses the new pre-college bootcamp on Women 2.0.
By Adam Quinton (Barnard Dad ‘13 & Angel Investor)
Being based in New York City it is no surprise that Barnard College, the most sought-after liberal arts college for women (full disclosure: my daughter is a very happy student there), sees its home city as the global capital for women entrepreneurs! Read More »
Published on: March 8, 2013 – 10:00 am
Cindy Gallop’s site “If We Ran The World” encourages members to tap into great intentions and get help to follow through. Breaking down big goals into “microactions” that members can accomplish to chip away at audacious goals.
By Jazmin Hupp (Director of Marketing, Tekserve)
In honor of International Women’s Day on March 8, here are some of the female entrepreneurs bringing new business (and new jobs) to New York City. Tell us who we missed in the comments! Read More »
Published on: February 11, 2013 – 7:00 am
“Fortune does favor the bold. I promise that you will never know what you’re capable of unless you try.” – Sheryl Sandberg
By Janet Choi (Chief Creative Officer, iDoneThis)
Women who promote themselves experience greater career advancement, compensation and career satisfaction. So I say “amen!” to Oprah’s advice that “in order to get people’s attention you gotta blow a loud trumpet. You gotta beat the drum loudly. Nobody listens to you when you go quietly into the night.” Read More »
Published on: February 3, 2013 – 6:00 am
Maker’s Row, a new platform that aims to humanize local factories and make them easily accessible to entrepreneurs, is hoping to reinvigorate American manufacturing by smashing stereotypes.
By Jessica Stillman (Contributing Writer, Women 2.0)
When you smash atoms, physicists tell us, you get a whole lot of energy. Could smashing stereotypes do something similar?
That’s the idea that PITCH SF 2013 Startup Competition finalist Maker’s Row is testing out. The New York-based Read More »
Published on: January 27, 2013 – 6:00 am
I’ve gotten involved with tech more than I thought a fashion girl like myself ever could and have pitched the concept for my new software startup in front of VCS in the big apple.
By Madison Maxey (CEO & Co-Founder, MELD)
I set up my first business when I was 8 years old. Greeting cards were my passion du jour – I made samples, printed out catalogues and pestered my friends and family to view my product line. As more orders came in, I gained confidence Read More »
Published on: January 25, 2013 – 6:00 am
These were founders building revenue generating businesses from the ground up because there was demand for their services and they were answering and solving that real human need.
By Grace Ng (Director of Product Experience, Lean Startup Machine)
A few days ago, I was at the third annual Women Entrepreneurs Festival from ITP. Having attended many male dominated entrepreneurship events, I noticed many interesting differences in the unfolding atmosphere of this conference, most notably in the format of the conference and the traits of the entrepreneurs I met. Read More »
