The visionary founder of USA Network explains why she’s thrilled to be an Ambassador for Innovating Women. Kay Koplovitz (Founder, USA Network) I am so gratified to read all the activity around the Innovating Women project created by Vivek Wadhwa as a part of the Singularity University initiative together with Google For Entrepreneurs. Not only am I a devotee of Singularity, [...]
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Crowdsourcing a Book on Women in Innovation: How Can You Help?
May 14, 2013 – 8:00 am
Women 2.0 is a proud partner in Innovating Women, a groundbreaking project aimed at crowdsourcing a book detailing women’s contributions to STEM and innovation. By Jessica Stillman (Editor, Women 2.0) Women’s contributions to entrepreneurship, innovation and science and engineering are impressive, but their voices are often muted and their stories fade into the background. Innovating [...]
This is What an Angel Investor Looks Like – Eva Ho
April 24, 2013 – 7:00 am
Women 2.0 profiles women angel investors in our weekly “This Is What An Angel Investor Looks Like” series. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) Los Angeles-based angel investor Eva Ho is currently a VP of Marketing and Operations at Factual. A tech founder herself, she co-founded Navigating Cancer in 2008 to empower cancer [...]
“The Most Important Person in Advertising,” Susan Wojcicki, Delivers Keynote At Ad:Tech SF
April 11, 2013 – 11:00 am
Google’s SVP of advertising shared five key insights into the future of advertising this week. By Lauren Jisoo Kim (Events Coordinator, Women 2.0) Earlier this year, Adweek ran this piece on Susan Wojcicki, SVP of Advertising at Google, asking: “Is This the Most Important Person in Advertising? Hint: she runs a $43.7 billion ad business.” [...]
Women 2.0: Are You Excited for Google I/O? (Registration Opens 7AM PDT Tomorrow)
March 12, 2013 – 1:15 pm
Developers: are you ready for it? Google I/O is coming! By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) The only ticket in the Silicon Valley for women that hotter than a ticket to a Bay Area Girl Geek Dinner would be to the annual Google developer’s conference – Google I/O. This year, Google I/O is [...]
Why Weightlifting Is Like Entrepreneurship
March 7, 2013 – 9:00 am
Remaining at a steady state renders impossible the ability to advance and grow stronger, in either body or career. By Julie Zhou (Growthmaster, Hipmunk) Do you spend your time at the gym on cardio machines? Stop right now and get into the weight room. Push yourself, get stronger and don’t bat an eye at 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 [...]
Chicago Engaging Women in Tech: Startup Communities
February 20, 2013 – 6:00 am
My advice is simple – learn from Zach and Brian’s work. Before and during the event, they took what I would call extraordinary measures to make sure women not only attended but were fully engaged in leading. By Lesa Mitchell (Vice President, Kauffman Foundation) The book Startup Communities clearly states the need for inclusiveness as [...]
Women 2.0: My Best Valentine’s Day In Silicon Valley!
February 19, 2013 – 6:00 am
Entrepreneur Thuy Truong flew in from Ho Chi Minh City to officially release her Smartboard app on Valentine’s Day and pitch her company at the Women 2.0 Conference in front of a thousand people! By Thuy Truong (Co-Founder & CEO, Greengar) I learned more about entrepreneurship in the last two weeks than I have my [...]
Who Said Women Entrepreneurs Don’t Raise Venture Capital?
January 14, 2013 – 6:00 am
Victoria Ransom has crossed all those supposedly insurmountable obstacles: starting up, bootstrapping to validation, raising venture capital to scale, building a solid revenue stream, and finally, achieving a successful exit. By Sramana Mitra (Founder, One Million By One Million) A blog post that I wrote on the subject in October 2010 still garners readership and [...]
