High-flying entrepreneurs Clara Shih, Gina Bianchini, Priya Haji and Rebecca Woodcock recognized as Silicon Valley Movers & Shakers. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) In the Silicon Valley, venture capital firms and high-tech management teams are often a sea of men. So it’s nice when the women movers & shakers are not filtered [...]
Posts Tagged "Cake Health"
Women In Healthcare Startups (Infographic)
January 14, 2013 – 7:00 am
From Pokitdok to AliveCor, from Cake Health to Rock Health, female founders are emerging in the health tech space. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) In a recently released infographic, Rock Health reported that young women practicing medicine are more likely to shoulder the obligations of child and family care. They are also [...]
Female Founders To Watch: Rock Health’s Women Entrepreneurs
June 15, 2012 – 5:00 am
Health tech startups utilize domain expertise in analytics and turn smartphone cameras into biosensors! By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) Health startup accelerator Rock Health held demo day for their second class of health startups yesterday. If you didn’t already know, Rock Health is a five month program and seed accelerator targeting health-related [...]
The Founder Institute Seeks Female Founders, Offers Fellowships
May 4, 2012 – 11:01 am
Founder Institute’s Female Founder Fellowship program increased 30% female graduates globally. By Jonathan Greechan (Partner, The Founder Institute) Last year, we unveiled a new program – Female Founder Fellowship (FFF) – in an effort to grow the number of female technology founders by providing free course fees for our best female applicants. At the time, [...]
Starting A Women-Led Healthcare Or Life Science Startup?
March 19, 2012 – 1:00 pm
By Joshua Henderson (Director of Programming, Springboard Enterprises) Several weeks ago, I wrote about resources available to high-growth, women-led companies. Besides missing a few important organizations like SmartGirlsWay, NewME Accelerator, Alliance of Women Entrepreneurs, BlogHer Entrepreneurs and ACTiVATE, I said that we wanted to partner with non women-focused groups/events to champion more women through the [...]
Millennial Women Are Burning Out At Work By 30… And It’s Great For Business And Entrepreneurship
January 13, 2012 – 10:00 am
By Meghan Casserly (Writer, Forbes) A recent Kauffman poll shows that Gen-Y may be poised to be the most entrepreneurial bunch the world has seen. “54% of the nation’s Millennials either want to start a business or already have started one,” says Carl Schramm, president and CEO of the Kauffman Foundation. Paired with data on [...]
Are Women Competitive Enough? Competition: It’s Good For You
November 23, 2011 – 7:00 am
By Blake Landau (Blogger, What’s Your Story) Editor’s note: Apply to the Women 2.0 PITCH Startup Competition for early-stage startups with at least 1 female on the founding team. Deadline to apply is November 30, 2011. When I was a kid, I was your average millennial — by which I mean I was on a [...]
Interview with Rebecca Woodcock: Launching Cake Health Onstage at TechCrunch Disrupt
September 14, 2011 – 7:10 am
By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) Cake Health announced its public launch yesterday and presented at TechCrunch Disrupt 2011. We talked to co-founder Rebecca Woodcock about her experience finding a technical co-founder, building the product, and launching at TechCrunch Disrupt onstage. Rebecca Woodcock: Since Founder Labs, the real making of Cake Health was [...]
Time to Stop Problems Before They Start: Online Behavioral Health
September 14, 2011 – 6:00 am
By Eve Phillips (Co-Founder & CEO, Empower Interactive) The biggest chunk of US healthcare spending –- about 75% — is on individuals with chronic diseases: issues like diabetes, obesity, heart disease, lung disease, and high blood pressure. And the majority of those illnesses are directly related to individual lifestyle choices. Yet, instead of helping teach [...]
Startup Quote: Cake Health Co-Founder Rebecca Woodcock on Competition
June 15, 2011 – 10:44 pm
Competition heats up the space. You can use their successes to catapult yours. If you do your homework, you should have some idea as to their business plan, revenue or fundraising stage, so plan around those so you can leverage their announcements to drive attention to you. It shows potential partners and investors that something [...]
