A little business savvy never hurts, in any startup. By Anagha Nadkarni (Co-Founder, Appguppy) People seem to agree that you don’t need an MBA to be a successful entrepreneur. Broadly speaking, that’s true. However, the MBA I recently completed from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan has positively contributed to my [...]
Posts Tagged "Appguppy"
The Problem With The “Female Boss” Problem
July 23, 2012 – 11:00 am
“I have never seen in my entire career women being as supportive to one another as they are now.”- Deborah Jackson, co-founder of the Women Innovate Mobile accelerator program By Charlotte Kellogg (Social Media Manager, Appguppy) When you Google “female boss”, recent write-ups about female bosses from Bloomberg BusinessWeek, MSNBC’s Today Show and AskMen.com pop [...]
Taking A Road Less Traveled – Startup Life For Women Entrepreneurs
July 23, 2012 – 6:00 am
Before focusing on what you need, start by taking stock of what you already have. By Anagha Nadkarni (Co-Founder, Appguppy) Studies indicate that women are less likely to state a preference for entrepreneurialism than men. With all the brouhaha over whether women can ever really have it all, I decided to put together my thoughts [...]
This Is What An Angel Investor Looks Like – Kelly Hoey
June 29, 2012 – 9:45 am
Women 2.0 profiles women (from angel investors to venture capitalists) who invest in women. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) The numbers are bleak – 11% of investment partners at venture capital firms are women and 15% of angel investors are women. And according to this handy infographic on investing in women, women [...]
Female-Focused Accelerator “Women Innovate Mobile” Announces First Participants: Appguppy, Loudly, Twain, Whadyathink
March 2, 2012 – 1:56 pm
This article has been syndicated from TechCrunch. By Sarah Perez (Writer, TechCrunch) Women Innovate Mobile (WIM), the new accelerator aimed to help promote companies started by female entrepreneurs, is ready to debut its first class. Like other incubators, WIM provides mentoring, support, free office space, and seed funding. Participants in the program receive $18,000 to [...]
Could Women Be The New Me-Commerce Tipping Point?
January 4, 2012 – 9:00 am
By Ashwini Nadkarni (Founder, Appguppy) The hottest disruptive force in e-commerce is me. And you. And her. In fact, tech savvy female consumers are the single most important factor in the new Me-commerce phenomenon – as well as the key market that Me-commerce companies will need to reach in order to achieve success. This isn’t [...]
“A Million Isn’t Cool…” – Market Traction and Getting There
October 24, 2011 – 6:00 am
By Ashwini Nadkarni (Founder, Appguppy) “A million isn’t cool. You know what’s cool, a billion.” It was the line that raised the bar for entrepreneurs everywhere on the meaning of traction. It certainly did for my startup Appguppy. You hear the t-word bandied about all the time in the entrepreneurial community. It’s the golden ticket [...]
Boston-based Doctor Launches Mobile Startup Appguppy
September 1, 2011 – 6:00 am
By Ashwini Nadkarni (Founder, Appguppy) “A doctor, huh?” That’s the usual response I get at a startup event before I’ve even pitched my business. It’s generally followed by, “So what do you contribute to a startup that lets people create their own mobile app?” Entrepreneurs are a diverse species. Some major in computer science in [...]
