Published on: May 22, 2013 – 9:00 am
A female programmer who worked in tech in the 80s talks about what has changed, and what younger female technologists can do about the sexism that persists.
By Jessica Stillman (Editor, Women 2.0)
Compared with farming or carpentry, computer science may be a fairly young field, but women entering tech careers today can still benefit from the wisdom of at least a few generations of women that have come up before them. What did these older generations experience, what has changed, and what wisdom can they offer younger women?
Those the questions tackled in a recent New York Times Sunday Review column by Ellen Ullman, a former software engineer and the author of the memoir Close to the Machine. Read More »
Published on: May 21, 2013 – 9:00 am
When Lauren Bacon received a question from a reader who wanted to know whether she should pursue her dreams now or build up a financial cushion, she turned to consultant Elizabeth Crook for advice. This video captures their insightful discussion.
By Lauren Bacon (Author, The Boss of You)
One of the great gifts that comes with the work I do is that people share some big and tender questions with me. I’m always humbled by the experience of hearing them, because it’s such a vulnerable thing to open up and share the stuff we are wrestling with.
I received an email recently from a reader who is working with a question that I know is shared by a lot of people – and at its heart, the question is this Read More »
Published on: May 20, 2013 – 9:00 am
A startup CEO describes how she found three entrepreneurs from three different generations to work with, as well as the challenges and benefits of this unusual arrangement.
By Joanna Griffiths (Founder & CEO, Knix Wear)
When I tell people about my high-tech women’s underwear startup, Knix Wear, they often are interested in two things: 1) How on earth did you come up with this idea? and 2) Who is on your team that is making it a reality? Read More »
Published on: May 20, 2013 – 6:00 am
Singularity University’s Vivek Wadhwa got the ball rolling on a crowdsourced project to collect the stories of women working in the innovation economy worldwide. Now he needs women to step up and share their experiences, he tells Women 2.0.
By Jessica Stillman (Editor, Women 2.0)
Globally, women are increasingly participating in and shaping the innovation economy, driving changes to technology and juggling new roles with more traditional ones. How do they manage, and how do their experiences differ if they’re in Mumbai or Mountain View, Boston or Buenos Aires? How could they contribute even more?
Those are the sort of questions author and VP of innovation and research at Singularity University Vivek Wadhwa wanted to get at when he spearheaded the creation of Innovating Women Read More »
Published on: May 17, 2013 – 3:00 pm
When I consider my earlier career as a teacher, my stint at b-school, and my time working at Google, I see the struggle to stay committed to my core values at points along my journey. Trusting that path has now made it possible for me to pursue a career as a mission-driven entrepreneur; Zoobean is the pinnacle of aligning my values with my work.
By Jordan Lloyd Bookey (Chief Mom and Co-Founder at Zoobean)
As a girl living in Des Moines, IA, I was one of a small handful of Jewish kids in my community. My parents exposed us to many places and people, and instilled a sense of belonging in us. Still, my sisters and I grew up knowing what it meant to feel different from the mainstream. Fast forward to my first job as a 7th grade teacher at a school in Washington, DC, where I met my husband, a Black man born and raised in the city. We were young and in love, so that helped, but you might imagine that the road wasn’t an easy one! Even as we explored our differences as a couple and personal experiences growing up, we grew to deeply value the importance of feeling included and loved in all aspects of one another’s lives.
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Published on: May 17, 2013 – 8:00 am
Could the way to make startups more female friendly be to make them more father friendly? Songkick thinks so.
By Jessica Stillman (Editor, Women 2.0)
The notion that work norms and corporate culture need to change in order for more women to rise to the top is an old idea. But lately a newer take on this long-discussed truism has been doing the rounds: perhaps the way to change attitudes toward women and mothers is to change policies surrounding fathers. Read More »
Published on: May 16, 2013 – 9:38 am
A survey reveals more corporate travelers are now making work trips with their families in tow. Should startups jump on the bandwagon?
By Sepideh Nasiri (Vice President of All Things Offline, Women 2.0)
For an entrepreneur launching a startup, it can often feel like there are a million things to do and the clock is against you. It is easy to neglect your family as you spend your time dealing with company fires and business trips.
Anyone who spends a significant amount of time traveling for business purposes will tell you that living out of a suitcase is no fun. Despite routinely traveling to destinations many people only hope to visit, many business travelers dislike having to leave home on extended trips. Taking a spouse or the whole family along from time to time for a combined business trip/vacation can make the travel more enjoyable. Read More »
Published on: May 14, 2013 – 11:00 am
The Santa Monica-Venice area has now been dubbed “Silicon Beach” because hundreds of startups are capitalizing on L.A’s fashion and entertainment industries.
By Rachel Lehmann-Haupt (Editor, Women 2.0)
A story in the LA Times today reports a surge of startups in LA headed by tech savvy women. They are forming a community to support one another and encouraging other women who want to launch a startup through regular meet-ups. Read More »
Published on: May 14, 2013 – 9:00 am
The visionary founder of USA Network explains why she’s thrilled to be an Ambassador for Innovating Women.
Kay Koplovitz (Founder, USA Network)
I am so gratified to read all the activity around the Innovating Women project created by Vivek Wadhwa as a part of the Singularity University initiative together with Google For Entrepreneurs. Not only am I a devotee of Singularity, I have been pursuing the success of women in science and technology for the last 13 years, ever since I stepped down as the founder and CEO of USA Network and the SyFy Channels. Read More »
Published on: May 14, 2013 – 8:00 am
Women 2.0 is a proud partner in Innovating Women, a groundbreaking project aimed at crowdsourcing a book detailing women’s contributions to STEM and innovation.
By Jessica Stillman (Editor, Women 2.0)
Women’s contributions to entrepreneurship, innovation and science and engineering are impressive, but their voices are often muted and their stories fade into the background. Innovating Women, a new project by Singularity University aims to change that.
Created in partnership with noted author and VP of Innovation at Singularity University, Vivek Wadhwa, the project will surface the stories of women in startups and STEM and give them voice through an Indiegogo campaign to crowd-create a book featuring research and perspectives about women’s participation in the innovation economy worldwide. Read More »
