Raising kids is hard. The recent MamaBear Family Tech Conference spotlighted founders who are using tech to make it easier, including these incredible women. By Jessica Stillman (Editor, Women 2.0) Tech has revolutionized our work lives, our leisure, our communications, but our families? Perhaps not as much. While kids and screens are certainly not strangers, [...]
Posts Tagged "Citrus Lane"
The Secret to Our Success: Hiring Moms
March 28, 2013 – 7:00 am
Mauria Finley learned the value of recruiting moms from stints as an executive at eBay and PayPal. Now she’s putting that insight to use at her new startup Citrus Lane – and it’s paying off big time. By Mauria Finley (CEO & founder, Citrus Lane) In recent weeks, two news stories from prominent business leaders [...]
12 Women Entrepreneurs To Watch In Kapor Capital’s Portfolio
January 11, 2013 – 8:00 am
Meet the female founders in the Kapor Capital portfolio. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) Not only will Kapor Capital provide 10 scholarships for women of color to attend the upcoming Women 2.0 Conference on February 14, they have a portfolio of 70 companies they have invested in to generate economic value and [...]
Female Founders To Watch: Startups Catering To Moms
May 11, 2012 – 10:42 am
From subscription services for parents to circuit kits for children, there is plenty of options for Mother’s Day! By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) This week we think about moms – they have their choice of subscription services to products for them and their children. Moms also have daily deals sites catering to [...]
Founder Friday Silicon Valley Hosted By Two Female Engineers Who Became VC-Funded Startup Founders
May 8, 2012 – 10:24 am
Talks from startup founders Pooja Sankar of Piazza and Claire Hough of Citrus Lane show true grit. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) “The last time I talked to you – Piazza was spelled with three Zs, your last name was Nath, and you weren’t pregnant!” someone exclaimed to Piazza founder and CEO [...]
Greylock-Backed Citrus Lane Helps Parents Discover “Best Of” Products For Little Ones
April 2, 2012 – 9:25 am
This article has been syndicated from TechCrunch. By Leena Rao (Writer, TechCrunch) The dawn of subscription commerce has spawned a number of startups in technology including Birchbox, Kiwi Crate, Babbaco and many others. Citrus Lane is one of the latest startups to tackle the model, which sends a box of kiddie goodies to members each [...]
Alice Wang’s Spark Box: Toys For A Child’s Developmental Benefit
February 20, 2012 – 6:00 am
By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) A former investment banker, entrepreneur Alice Wang watched her extended family grow in size with the arrival of three babies. She found it inspiring to see how the families experienced parenthood, and subsequently, how quickly the children got sick of toys. She thought there had to be [...]
In Search of the Right Co-Founder (Finding Ms. Right)
August 29, 2011 – 7:00 am
By Karen Zeller (Contributing Writer, Women 2.0)
