As gatekeepers of venture capital, where are the women in venture capital who blog? By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) Thought leadership in technology, entrepreneurship and business is established by blogging and tweeting. Unfortunately, the blog rolls of venture capitalists are filled with mostly, well, men ranging from the partners at Andreesseen Horowitz, [...]
Posts Tagged "Christine Tsai"
Life Is Not Fair
June 14, 2012 – 10:00 am
Know your worth, be loud about it, and don’t be afraid to ask for what you want. By Christine Tsai (Partner, 500 Startups) Recently I tweeted this great quote: “In life, you do not get what you deserve. You get what you negotiate.” This seemed to resonate with a lot of people. Why? Because at [...]
500 Startup’s Newest Class Includes 9 Women-Led Startups
May 10, 2012 – 7:00 am
Mountain View-based accelerator/incubator 500 Startups adds 15 women entrepreneurs to the family. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) 27 startups were announced as the 500 Startups spring class. 9 have a woman on the founding team (33%). Not bad! 500 Startups partner Christine Tsai blogged yesterday: “They came from districts afar – Mexico, [...]
500 Startups: Moms We’d Like To Fund
April 20, 2012 – 5:00 am
This article has been syndicated from TechCrunch. By Christine Tsai (Partner, 500 Startups) Are you an entrepreneur looking to build something truly awesome that will positively impact millions of people’s lives? (And by the way, make a LOT of money?) If so, then I have a suggestion… Stop building yet another daily deal site or [...]
Homework For A European Startup Ecosystem
March 29, 2012 – 11:00 am
After publishing this article, her former employer’s website collapsed with the traffic in Germany. By Jenny Jung (Global Partnership Director, blackbox.vc) “How do you perceive German entrepreneurship in Silicon Valley?” The host kicks off a panel discussion featuring US VC fund managers and business angels. Carol Sands, Managing Member of The Angels’ Forum and The [...]
Startuphood And Parenthood: Not For The Faint Of Heart
December 20, 2011 – 7:00 am
By Christine Tsai (Partner, 500 Startups) Editor’s note: In June 2011, Dave McClure said “women founders or co-founders are probably 20-25% of the [500 Startups] portfolio.” We thank 500 Startups for being supportive of Women 2.0 and women entrepreneurs in general over the years. Parenthood is the closest thing I’ve found to entrepreneurship. Looks cool [...]
Zombies Invade 500 Accelerator, Hungry For BRAAAAAAAAINS
October 31, 2011 – 2:21 pm
By Christine Tsai (Partner, 500 Startups) In recent weeks, residents of this quiet suburb have reported strange activity concentrated in the downtown area of Castro Street. There have been numerous sightings of zombies lumbering up and down Castro, mouths agape, in search of three things. Noted by many Castro St business owners, they hear only [...]
500 Startups Announces New Accelerator Batch with 20% Women Founders
June 9, 2011 – 9:02 am
By Christine Tsai (Partner, 500 Startups) 500 Startups has a new Accelerator batch that kicked off May 23. We have 20 startups in the program from May to September. Among the companies in this batch are: 20% women founders: LaunchBit, Snapette, Vayable, Cardinal Blue, Culture Kitchen and DailyAisle have women founders. In particular, 100% of [...]
Never Been a Better Time for Women Entrepreneurs
May 9, 2011 – 11:05 am
By Wendy Tan White (Founder & CEO, Moonfruit) It’s been a great 12 months for our business, taking a $2.25M Series A round from Stephens(US) for international growth, backing from Silicon Valley-based 500 Startups, relaunching Moonfruit to focus on SMB’s who expect better DIY design tools to build better designed websites, record revenues and the [...]
