The Silicon Valley teems with activities and camps for kids to get interested in science, technology and general innovation – help bridge the gap between girls and STEM by involving them at a young age! By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) Forget about pricey iD Tech Camps for kids to learn programming video [...]
Posts Tagged "Girls Who Code"
How to Create More Girls Who Code: Bridge the Gap Between Girls and STEM in the Bay Area This Summer
April 10, 2013 – 8:00 am
The Value in Disrupting Yourself: Apprentice at a Startup!
March 26, 2013 – 7:00 am
‘Disrupt’ is a word that gets thrown around often in entrepreneurial and tech startup communities. But in order to disrupt an industry or market, you have to first disrupt yourself. By Jasmine Gao (Data Strategist, Bitly & Fellow, Enstitute) “You always have to do something that puts you in a zone you don’t know. Someone [...]
VCs to Women: Please Apply!
March 18, 2013 – 11:21 am
Two years ago, venture capital firm OATV bemoaned the lack of female applicants for an open associate position. A tweet today indicates things haven’t changed much. What’s stopping female applicants? By Jessica Stillman (Editor, Women 2.0) When an associate position opened up at O’Reilly AlphaTech Ventures a couple of years ago, impressive applications streamed in. [...]
4 Programs Teaching Girls How To Code
January 2, 2013 – 6:00 am
Girls need to be encouraged to pursue STEM in the classroom, not just in extracurricular activities. But these programs are a start. By Ariel Schwartz (Senior Editor, FastCompany’s Co.Exist) 10 years ago – even five years ago – it was incredibly difficult for tech-minded girls going through the K-12 school system to find instruction tailored [...]
Building “Get TEKD” At AT&T Social Good Hackathon To Find The Right Class For You To Learn New Technology
November 7, 2012 – 2:59 pm
The trick to increasing the underrepresented groups in tech is to make sure they get an invitation to be part of the tech community. By Jennifer Arguello (Co-Founder, Latino Startup Alliance) “Ever want to start programming or understand startups more and just not know where to start?” That was the line I used to pitch [...]
Get Introduced To Startup Ecosystem Leaders At PITCH NYC 2012 – NY Tech Meetup, 85 Broads, Girl Develop It, Springboard Enterprises, Pipeline Fellowship, Startup Weekend, Girls Who Code, Golden Seeds
November 6, 2012 – 7:00 am
Representatives from organizations will be attending PITCH NYC 2012. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) We are a little more than a week away from Women 2.0′s first PITCH Conference in New York – a full day of successful women entrepreneurs speaking about starting up and going big! Along with mentoring at lunchtime, [...]
Girls Who Code Graduates First Inaugural Class In NYC
September 6, 2012 – 9:38 am
Girls paired up to complete their final projects, from mobile apps to computer games. By Grace Nasri (Managing Editor, FindTheBest) The first inaugural class of Girls Who Code graduated last Thursday after the 8-week summer crash course in technology and computer science. From about 100 applicants, 20 girls from underserved high schools across New York [...]
New York: Girls Who Code
July 26, 2012 – 8:29 am
If this next group of girls can walk out feeling like they rule, then there is no doubt you are looking at the next generation of young women in the tech world. By Joanne Wilson (Blogger & Angel Investor, Gotham Gal) Please meet the next generation of the tech world – these lovely young women [...]
