High-powered jobs in tech meant Jaleh Bisharat couldn’t spend as much time with her daughter as she would have liked. Now that her daughter is grown, Bisharat asks her for her impressions of a childhood with a busy working mother. By Jaleh Bisharat (VP of Marketing, oDesk) At 17, I boarded a plane in Tehran, to do [...]
Posts Tagged "Amazon"
The London Startup Advantage
February 24, 2013 – 6:00 am
This supportive community, that ranges from behemoths like Google, to active and innovative individuals like James Governor, is a testament to the sheer potential of London’s startup tech marketplace. By Francesca Krihely (Community Manager, MongoDB) I moved to London in May and after living there for six months, I was pleasantly surprised at the market [...]
How Many Times Should You Try? (Infographic)
November 30, 2012 – 9:00 am
This is an infographic about how many tries a person endured before succeeding. By Anna Vital (Co-Founder, Vash.co; Founder, Funders & Founders) Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos confessed on Charlie Rose recently that it took him 60 meetings to raise $1 million when he started Amazon. 60 sounds like a lot, but how about 300? That [...]
Story Of The Hackfest – Bacon Unicorn!
May 7, 2012 – 6:00 am
During the hackathon, we’re constantly evaluating whether “it’s worth it” on any given problem. By Anna Billstrom (iOS & Facebook App Developer, Self) The AT&T Hackfest was in Palo Alto. Sleepy, beautiful, affluent, diverse and yet economically not-diverse, Palo Alto, at the AT&T Foundry, a neat space with lots of power, sunlight, and (oddly, but [...]
On Cultural Competence In Product, Startup Success
April 6, 2012 – 1:00 pm
By Avichal Garg (Co-Founder & CEO, Spool) Core competence is a factor that cannot be easily replicated and gives the business a competitive advantage in delivering their product or service to customers. Core competencies are how a business does something; the lens through which opportunities are identified and evaluated. Cultural competencies are how a business [...]
9 Things To Consider When You Name A Startup
December 15, 2011 – 11:00 am
By Bernadette Jiwa (Brand Consultant, The Story of Telling) Everyone can agree that there’s nothing really objectionable about calling your business ‘Bargain World’. It’s an innocuous name and most people won’t hate it. That’s the problem. If you’re going to name your startup, product or service something that people won’t hate, then you’re giving yourself [...]
Amazon Web Services Hosts Startup Challenge for Cash, Credit
September 16, 2011 – 6:00 am
By Heesun Lho (Founding Team Member & Project Manager, YouNoodle) Amazon Web Services (AWS) is back with the annual AWS Start-up Challenge! The competition, which began in 2007, rewards some of the the best ideas and startup companies with not just cash prizes but also with AWS credits and great opportunities to get noticed. A [...]
Women 2.0 PITCH 2009 Finalist Giddy Snacks in Virgin Atlantic Flights and Target Stores This Year
June 2, 2011 – 8:00 am
By Sally Jones (Co-Founder, Giddy) How many times have you heard your friends complain about the challenge of finding healthy on-the-go snacks for their kids? We realized moms everywhere were sick and tired of feeling guilty over the snacks they gave their kids and of fighting with them over what they could and couldn’t eat. [...]
