Published on: February 14, 2013 – 8:39 pm
Today’s Women 2.0 Conference on February 14, 2013 is being livestreamed here today and video will be available post-event.
By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0)
With 290 applicants from 28 countries and 27 different states in the United States, 30 investor judges selected 10 finalists to present onstage today at the Women 2.0 Conference. After the closest race to date, PITCH Competition Director Rebecca Lipon announced that the winner of the 2013 PITCH SF Startup Competition Read More »
Published on: February 14, 2013 – 7:15 pm
Applications due March 17, 2013 for the Presidential Innovation Fellows program – women are encouraged to apply!
By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0)
John Farmer from the White House Office of Science and Technology flew in to the Women 2.0 Conference 2013 in San Francisco all the way from Washington D.C. to appeal to the women entrepreneurs and technologists in the room to apply to the Presidential Innovation Fellows program for an entrepreneurial tour of duty. Read More »
Published on: February 14, 2013 – 6:57 pm
Today’s Women 2.0 Conference on February 14, 2013 is being livestreamed here today and video will be available post-event.
By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0)
After 18 years of bootstrapping, lynda.com took $103 million in a single round of funding. CEO Lynda Weinman took the stage for the closing keynote at the 2013 Women 2.0 Conference.
She as 28 years old when the Apple II was invented and was so proud of her accomplishments on the early computer. She Read More »
Published on: February 14, 2013 – 6:21 pm
Today’s Women 2.0 Conference on February 14, 2013 is being livestreamed here today and video will be available post-event.
By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0)
This year’s Women 2.0 conference theme is the BILLIONS – billions of (women) consumers, billion dollar exits, billion page views processed, et al. In the afternoon, an international panel of entrepreneurs and investors discussed emerging markets.
Women 2.0 CEO Shaherose Charania hosted Read More »
Published on: February 14, 2013 – 5:40 pm
Today’s Women 2.0 Conference on February 14, 2013 is being livestreamed here today and video will be available post-event.
By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0)
The Women 2.0 Conference features the final round of the PITCH SF 2013 Startup Competition, with 10 finalists pitching for feedback and prizes onstage at the conference. The judges onstage for the second session were Google Ventures’ Wes Chan, AngelList’s Kevin Laws, AngelPad’s Thomas Korte, Intel Capital’s Christine Herron and FLOODGATE’s Ann Miura-Ko. Read More »
Published on: February 14, 2013 – 4:30 pm
Today’s Women 2.0 Conference on February 14, 2013 is being livestreamed here today and video will be available post-event.
By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0)
“Last year, 28 billion dollars was invested in ventures.. but yes, we’ve seen an uptake in seed funding,” said Andreessen Horowitz’s Scott Kupor. Moderator Sukhinder Singh Cassidy the investors – “when you say traction [for Series A funding], can you be more specific?” She continues, “You have media-driven models which are largely engagement, than find your monetization. Then you have subscription models and e-commerce.” Read More »
Published on: February 14, 2013 – 3:52 pm
Today’s Women 2.0 Conference on February 14, 2013 is being livestreamed here today and video will be available post-event.
By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0)
“We were told by the smartest people in the Valley that this was a good idea but it wasn’t going to work,” said Jessica Scorpio, co-founder of Getaround. Over 25 million cars sit idle for 22 hours a day. She wanted to apply the big-picture thinking taught to her at Singularity University (the challenge: create a solution Read More »
Published on: February 14, 2013 – 1:40 pm
Today’s Women 2.0 Conference on February 14, 2013 is being livestreamed here today and video will be available post-event.
By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0)
Early Facebook employees deliver a case study on scaling from millions to billions at the Women 2.0 Conference on Valentine’s Day. The product leader responsible for Facebook’s growth, Naomi Gleit talks onstage as the second most tenured employee at Facebook next to Mark Zuckerberg. Read More »
Published on: February 14, 2013 – 1:11 pm
Today’s Women 2.0 Conference on February 14, 2013 is being livestreamed here today and video will be available post-event.
By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0)
The Women 2.0 Conference features the final round of the PITCH SF 2013 Startup Competition, with 10 finalists pitching for feedback and prizes onstage at the conference. The first session was held on the morning of the Women 2.0 Conference. The judges onstage were XG Ventures’ Andrea Zurek, SoftTech VC’s Charles Hudson, Read More »
Published on: February 14, 2013 – 12:08 pm
Today’s Women 2.0 Conference on February 14, 2013 is being livestreamed here today and video will be available post-event.
By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0)
In a fireside chat with Kara Swisher, SurveyMonkey engineering leader Selina Tobaccowala (and Evite.com founder) answers the question “What did they do wrong?” as an experienced entrepreneur.
Selina Tobaccowala admitted, “The worst business deal [came from] two computer scientists with no business background. Read More »
