We haven’t advanced over these past two decades when it comes to views on women and leadership. By Kim Polese (Contributor, Forbes) When I first read Eric Jackson‘s post Wednesday on FORBES entitled, “Sheryl Sandberg is the Valley’s It Girl – Just Like Kim Polese Once Was”, my immediate thought was – how sad. How [...]
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How Women In Tech Are Losing From Top To Bottom
May 14, 2012 – 2:33 pm
Is a lonely road to blame for the dearth of women in tech? By Meghan Casserly (Writer, Forbes) According to a new survey the number of women in senior technology positions at U.S. companies is down for the second year in a row. The survey, published by U.S. division of the British tech recruitment group [...]
Why Women Entrepreneurs Don’t Receive Funding (Startups)
May 14, 2012 – 1:00 pm
The characteristics of successful entrepreneurs are often credited as male ones. By Candida Brush (Contributor, Forbes) I recently completed a webinar reporting the findings of our Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) Women’s Report. This study compared women’s and men’s entrepreneurship in 59 economies around the world. One of the key findings is that women tend to [...]
Women Entrepreneurs Not Being All They Can Be
May 3, 2012 – 6:00 am
Women lag behind their male counterparts in using online marketing to generate ROI. By Geri Stengel (Founder, Ventureneer) Women entrepreneurs, take note: As a group, you are dragging your feet when it comes to using and building your confidence in online marketing. It’s a good bet that your foot-dragging is a drag on your revenue [...]
Facebook, Under Fire For Lack Of Female Directors On The Board, Maybe Needs A List
May 2, 2012 – 5:00 am
There are plenty of options for adding women directors to Facebook’s board. By Connie Guglielmo (Contributing Writer, Forbes) Facebook, preparing an initial public offering that could value the social network as high as $100 billion, has plenty of options for adding women directors to its board, say women tech executives who have offered up candidates [...]
The People Of The Petabyte (Big Data, Big Money)
March 12, 2012 – 5:00 am
Big data is big noney. And the “big” adjective is crucial, because that’s what justifies new infrastructure investments. By Venkatesh Rao (Contributor, Forbes) Speaking of data geeks, that’s the topic of this post. I’ve spent much of my first couple of days at Strata idly observing them (and wondering whether I am one of them), [...]
3 Ways Startup Women Can Push Through the Glass Ceiling
February 28, 2012 – 8:00 am
By Geri Stengel (Founder, Ventureneer) Jorge Calderon was a venture capitalist who wanted to invest where others weren’t. He found his under-served market: women- and minority-owned businesses. Only problem was, he couldn’t find entrepreneurs in that niche. He was sure they were there; he just couldn’t find them. So four years ago, he started Springworks [...]
Facebook: A “Meritocracy Of Ideas,” Only 1% Done
February 14, 2012 – 5:14 pm
By Connie Guglielmo (Writer, Forbes) Didn’t have time to read Facebook’s 150-page prospectus? Katie Mitic, director of platform and mobile marketing, summed up Facebook’s mission, product philosophy and where the company thinks it stands in the market in a 30-minute presentation about lessons learned by the social-networking giant. Mitic, who joined Facebook in 2010, was [...]
Friday Roundup: Women Entrepreneurs Make News This Week
January 27, 2012 – 9:00 am
By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) This week, Vivek Wadhwa on Inc.com featured and pictured Shaherose Charania in a story titled “The Face of Success: Women And Venture Capital”. Meanwhile, Women 2.0 PITCH Conference speaker Danielle Fong (pictured, right) is touted in Forbes magazine as a “24-year old wunderkind” and venture capitalist Vinod [...]
Millennial Women Are Burning Out At Work By 30… And It’s Great For Business And Entrepreneurship
January 13, 2012 – 10:00 am
By Meghan Casserly (Writer, Forbes) A recent Kauffman poll shows that Gen-Y may be poised to be the most entrepreneurial bunch the world has seen. “54% of the nation’s Millennials either want to start a business or already have started one,” says Carl Schramm, president and CEO of the Kauffman Foundation. Paired with data on [...]
