Successful women ask for what they want, and more importantly, give themselves what they need. By Blake Landau (Founder, Artemis) If you would have asked me to create what I thought a successful business woman looked like when I was 15 years old, I would have drawn something similar to what we see in the [...]
Posts Tagged "Blake Landau"
Is This What A Business Woman Looks Like? (Hint: There Is No Cookie Cutter)
November 5, 2012 – 9:00 am
Women In Tech Like Working For Other Women In Tech
October 25, 2012 – 9:30 am
Research shows that women gravitate toward women-led companies. By Blake Landau (Founder, Artemis) Get Satisfaction Vice President of Marketing Azita Martin never realized she was the only woman in the room, until she wasn’t. “Now that I’m here at Get Satisfaction, I realize how refreshing it is. You don’t realize how weird being the only [...]
Successful Business Women Push Back
October 20, 2012 – 10:00 am
A woman’s ability to push back has an astonishingly direct correlation to her success. By Blake Landau (Founder, Artemis) For many of us (stubborn folks like myself), the best way to learn is through trial and error. And I’ve had a lot of errors. There are so many things I would say if I could [...]
XX In Health: Where Are The Women Decision-Makers And Leaders?
July 31, 2012 – 5:00 am
“We’re providing a disservice to the economy by not catalyzing and supporting the economy of women that are out there.” – Lesa Michell, Kauffman Foundation By Blake Landau (Blogger, Artemis) There are 150 million women in the United States, roughly 55% of the population. Considering that there are more women in the U.S. than men, [...]
Being Empowered In Business Stems From Being Self-Empowered
June 10, 2012 – 5:00 am
When you feel powerful, you believe you are capable of anything – and you push yourself farther. By Blake Landau (Blogger, Artemis) Can you imagine if the most important class in business school was “Self Empowerment 101?” Being empowered is a key part of being successful in business — but no one tells you that [...]
Move The Needle: Women 2.0 PITCH
February 15, 2012 – 4:00 am
By Blake Landau (Director of Marketing, Linqia) The fact is there is nothing more romantic than spending Valentines Day at the Computer History Museum with over a thousand women at Women 2.0’s fifth annual PITCH conference. There is a demand for mentoring, support and communities where women can support each other. We all know this [...]
With Programs Like Codecademy, Women Are No Longer Accidentally Excluded From Learning Technology
January 16, 2012 – 11:00 am
By Blake Landau (Blogger, Artemis) “We’re hoping to make everyone literate about the basics of programming while creating a generation of new and talented programmers” Zach Sims, co-Founder of Codecademy told me in an email. Codecademy’s mission is to democratize coding in 2012. The startup has partnered with Girl Develop It, Code Year and was [...]
Nice Girls Don’t Get the Corner Office.
January 1, 2012 – 5:00 am
By Blake Landau (Blogger, What’s Your Story) I recently read the book Nice Girls Don’t Get the Corner Office. The author Lois Frankel says, “I often hear women say they don’t care if they’re given credit; they’re just happy to make a contribution to the bottom line.” We’ve all either been there or seen it [...]
The Girl Effect And The Global Female Entrepreneurial Spirit
December 30, 2011 – 5:00 am
By Blake Landau (Blogger, What’s Your Story) Most of us would agree that education leads to a better life. At a certain age we discover that with economic freedom comes true freedom. If a woman has her own money she has independence, she has choices, she has agency to move about as she pleases. A [...]
Study Shows Gender Diversity In Company Leadership Still Lagging
December 16, 2011 – 10:00 am
By Blake Landau (Blogger, What’s Your Story) It’s official, the tech industry is a major laggard in gender diversity at the highest levels of the corporate ladder, at least according to an extensive study produced by the UC Davis Graduate School of Management pioneered by Research Specialist Amanda Kimball. I attended a panel of senior [...]
