Check out these women who have exited food-related startups. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) From mailing cardboard boxes of recommended packaged foods on a monthly subscription basis, to food recommendation apps ranging from the technically astute to the visually gripping – we’ve watched in the last few years the marriage of one’s [...]
Posts Tagged "Foodzie"
Co-Founders Of Life: Foodzie
January 11, 2013 – 7:00 am
People have said to us every bit of the way, “How can you work together?” “That’s kinda crazy.” By Emily Olson (Co-Founder, Foodzie – acquired by JOYUS) It was at our engagement party that my dad (with a cold Rolling Rock up in the air) said it best: “These two have done it all backwards. [...]
12 Female Founders Cooking Up Innovative Food-Related Startups
July 13, 2012 – 5:00 am
Meet the women entrepreneurs of Thryve, Foodily, Local Dirt, Cookooree, Revolution Foods and more. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) In addition to the growing army of food trucks and lasting local/sustainable food movement, there are plenty of interesting startups in the food space to watch. Women-led ventures take fooding to the next [...]
How Did Your Dad Influence You To Become An Entrepreneur?
June 19, 2012 – 6:00 am
For Father’s Day, we asked women entrepreneurs about their dads’ influence. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) Alice Brooks, one of the co-founders of Kickstarter project Roominate, grew up visiting her father’s robotics lab and when she was young, she had her own saw so that they could work side-by-side. She built her [...]
Founder Friday Events For July Announced In 13 Global Cities
June 19, 2012 – 5:00 am
We will be hosting Women 2.0 Founder Friday events on July 13 – find one near you! By Sepideh Nasiri (Director of All Things Offline, Women 2.0) Good news! We are launching a new city for Founder Friday this month – Mexico City on July 6 featuring CEO Shaherose Charania! Founder Friday is a Women [...]
Emily Olson’s Foodzie Acquired By Video Shopping Site Joyus
June 5, 2012 – 3:42 pm
Joyus to expand branded categories of videos, adding “Joyus Food” with the acquisition of Foodzie. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) The third female-founded startup acquisition this week (and it’s only Tuesday!) is Emily Olson‘s small-batch product subscription service Foodzie – acquired by video shopping experience startup Joyus today for an undisclosed amount [...]
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 [...]
Need A Last Minute Gift? There’s A Subscription For That
December 26, 2011 – 11:57 am
By Brit Morin (Founder & CEO, Brit) Subscription services have been around for more than a century. Generations before us were the first to enjoy subscriptions to magazines, newspapers, and more. As a kid, I even remember being forced to go door-to-door to sell subscriptions for wrapping paper. (Side note: Who really needs a monthly [...]
