In the beginning, be it a line of code each morning, or a short blog post a week, start with the smallest step possible. By Michelle Sun (Software Engineer, Buffer) Recently, I have found myself scaling down consuming and scaling up on creating. The mobile era has brought to us unparamounted convenience in accessing information. [...]
Posts Tagged "Entrepreneurship"
Mythbusters? Question Everything In Entrepreneurship
March 7, 2013 – 6:00 am
By blindly following belief systems about entrepreneurship, I set myself up for failure. Here are three anecdotes to convince you to question “trendy” or “entrenched” viewpoints. By Shruti Challa (Founder, Pinchd) I like being controversial. There is a thrill about it. I didn’t used to be that way. I grew up in Kansas and in [...]
(Infographic) Getting Over Fear
February 2, 2013 – 6:00 am
One moment I’m devastated, another moment I’m ecstatic. But the whole time in the back of my mind there is that “What if I don’t?” By Anna Vital (Co-Founder, Vash; Founder, Funders & Founders) Every day for the last two weeks, I have woken up scared. I’m scared to go online, look at my Kickstarter [...]
Investors Are The Nucleus Of Entrepreneurship – Meet Dozens Of Them At The Women 2.0 Conference
January 5, 2013 – 6:00 am
Women 2.0 encourages me to build a healthy nucleus for a cell that aspires to thrive. By Katrina Salas-Padilla (Contributing Writer, Women 2.0) To a budding entrepreneur what could be sexier than intimate contact with the coveted almighty power of a willing investor? One might argue that a computer engineer and UX designer duo might [...]
Are Entrepreneurs Made Or Born? A Female Founder Weighs In
November 13, 2012 – 6:00 am
Being an entrepreneur is a trial by fire and having the right environment is critical. By Caitlin MacGregor (Co-Founder, Cream.hr) There’s a lot more involved in becoming an entrepreneur than simply waking up one morning and saying “I want to work for myself.” Sure, anyone can say they would prefer to work in their own [...]
Life’s Biggest Challenges Are Your Best Business School
November 8, 2012 – 12:27 pm
EatDrinkJobs is one of the 10 startups pitching onstage at PITCH NYC Conference & Competition – get your $300 conference pass to join Women 2.0 on November 14. By Julie Lerner (Founder, EatDrinkJobs) Everything I learned about entrepreneurship started with three words… “you have cancer.” My sudden diagnosis turned each day into a gift and [...]
Setting Sail Without A Map
October 9, 2012 – 9:00 am
You have your gut. There is no map. By Nayia Moysidis (Founder, Writer’s Bloq) One of the most daunting things about being a CEO of a startup is that no one else has done it before you. Sure, people have been CEO, but no one has been the CEO of this startup. This puts you [...]
Entrepreneurship: Simple Ideas And Opportunity Management
May 30, 2012 – 2:07 pm
Founder Friday Madrid will be co-hosted by investor Paloma Cabello on June 1 – FREE RSVP here. By Paloma Cabello (Co-Founder & Trustee, MIT Enterprise Forum Spain) “Entrepreneurship is to manage starting from an opportunity,” said Howard H. Stevenson, Professor Emeritus at Harvard Business School. I listened to the first sentence some years ago. It [...]
Want To See Ideas Before They Become Big? Come To SCAMP
May 28, 2012 – 5:00 am
SCAMP is specially curated for people who are looking for inspiration outside their bubble. By Alessandra Lariu (Co-Founder, SheSays) Isn’t it great to witness germs of ideas before they become big? To see the next iPad, the next Pinterest, the next Google venture? SCAMP 2012 is a conference about ideas still in progress, prototypes, experiments [...]
Developers: Why Risk Your Career At An Early-Stage Startup?
May 16, 2012 – 9:00 am
Michael Jackson’s lyrics decoded to the tune of entrepreneurship. By Heather McGough (Founder, Urbanity Events) I’ve recently interviewed developers from all over the Bay Area to ask them why they chose to take the leap and join risky, early-stage startup companies. While each person had his/her own story to share, I heard common themes clear [...]
