Meet women entrepreneurs at Founder Friday on January 11. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) Last September, the crowd at Founder Friday in San Francisco met Andrea Johnson, CEO and founder of photo site ThisLife. Today, Shutterfly announces acquiring ThisLife to power the next-generation photo solution. ThisLife is a cloud-based solution offering intuitive [...]
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Meeting Women Entrepreneurs At Founder Friday San Francisco
September 10, 2012 – 11:26 am
On the first Friday of each month across 15 cities globally, Women 2.0 hosts Founder Friday events to connect women entrepreneurs. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) The crowd of San Francisco startup entrepreneurs looked a little more diverse than usual last Friday night. This is because we had about 40 women from [...]
The Importance Of Developing “The Pitch” – And Why It Matters
August 31, 2012 – 11:00 am
Countless tweaks and revisions improved the flow of the story and finally, after weeks of agonizing over every word, our pitch came together. By Andrea Johnson (Co-Founder & CEO, ThisLife) “If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.” – Albert Einstein This great quote perfectly sums up a critical challenge for entrepreneurs. [...]
The Thing No One Tells You About Running A Startup
July 25, 2012 – 8:00 am
AWS’s recent outage made me think about the many unexpected things that hit you when you run a startup. By Andrea Johnson (Co-Founder & CEO, ThisLife) The thing no one tells you about running a startup is that it is tantamount to boarding a roller coaster. Everyone knows you need a great idea, a great [...]
