The female-founded social media success story just received a $20 million investment led by Steve Case’s investment company. By Jessica Stillman (Editor, Women 2.0) Just how much are Facebook fans worth to a startup? In the case of North Carolina-based children’s clothing company Lolly Wolly Doodle, $20 million dollars. The female founded startup just announced a [...]
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Lessons of the She ++ Conference
May 1, 2013 – 8:00 am
A treasure trove of tips, predictions and insight from the conference’s keynote speaker, Marc Andreessen, in conversation with Ruchi Sanghvi, co-founder of Cove and first female engineer at Facebook. by Salem Kimble (Manager, Online Strategies, BetterWorld Telecom) Women 2.0 is leading the charge in the world of technology for connecting women with opportunity and each other. But [...]
Is It Too Cold to “Lean In”? Women In STEM
April 13, 2013 – 2:56 pm
Etsy CTO Kellan Elliott-McCrea: “There’s a decent chance, based on their experience in industry, that your workplace is going to suck” for women, making it hard to recruit women and increase diversity. By Joan C. Williams (Author, The New Girls’ Network) & Katherine Ullman (Program Associate, Center for WorkLife Law) It’s been a rough couple [...]
Women in Tech and Empathy Work
March 25, 2013 – 8:00 am
Does your company undervalue empathy work? By Lauren Bacon (Author, The Boss of You) I‘ve written before about the ongoing puzzle of improving the ratio of women to men in the tech sector. It’s an issue with many angles. There’s an acknowledged “pipeline problem” – a lack of women graduating from university with technical degrees [...]
Infographic Inspiration: Billion-Dollar Startups
March 18, 2013 – 7:00 am
A million dollars isn’t cool. You know what’s cool? A billion dollars. By Jessica Stillman (Editor, Women 2.0) Well OK, despite the memorable words of Justin Timberlake’s character in The Social Network, a million dollars in pretty cool too. But a billion dollars is even cooler. So as part of our mission to encourage female [...]
Raising Your Girl Like A Boy
February 27, 2013 – 9:00 am
It still grates at me that my parents consider their parenting strategy to be “raise your girl like a boy.” By Julie Zhuo (Director of Product Design, Facebook) For as long as I can remember, my parents have told me that they raised me like a boy. As soon as I could grasp that the [...]
The London Startup Advantage
February 24, 2013 – 6:00 am
This supportive community, that ranges from behemoths like Google, to active and innovative individuals like James Governor, is a testament to the sheer potential of London’s startup tech marketplace. By Francesca Krihely (Community Manager, MongoDB) I moved to London in May and after living there for six months, I was pleasantly surprised at the market [...]
Facebook Employees Naomi Gleit And Julie Zhuo Share Advice On Massive Growth
February 14, 2013 – 1:40 pm
Today’s Women 2.0 Conference on February 14, 2013 is being livestreamed here today and video will be available post-event. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) Early Facebook employees deliver a case study on scaling from millions to billions at the Women 2.0 Conference on Valentine’s Day. The product leader responsible for Facebook’s growth, [...]
Early Facebook Employees To Share Case Study About Growing To A Billion Users At Women 2.0 Conference (February 14)
January 10, 2013 – 9:00 am
Learn from early Facebook employees about how Facebook grew to a billion users, from a design and product perspective. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) Women 2.0 welcomes Julie Zhuo, Facebook’s Director of Product Design, and Naomi Gleit, Facebook’s Senior Director of Product Management, as speakers at the upcoming Women 2.0 Conference on [...]
Submit Your Best Idea For The Equal Futures App Challenge By January 19
January 7, 2013 – 6:00 am
Individuals/teams can submit their app on equalfutures.challenge.gov until January 19th, 2013 at 12:00am (EST). By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) Last year, President Obama announced at the UN General Assembly the Equal Futures Partnership, launched to increase women’s political participation and economic empowerment. Participating countries vow to to expand opportunities for women and [...]
