A high-pressure cooker for startup ideas, many women have attended – and won – hackathons. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) When I visit New York next weekend, I will be attending the Hack’n Jill hackathon where there is one woman for every man. And while I am a web designer/developer, non-technical entrepreneurs [...]
Posts Tagged "Hadiyah Mujhid"
Almost $20k Cash – AT&T Hackathon Recap (Engineers Don’t Blog)
May 7, 2012 – 5:00 am
This is my story of how I almost won $20k. By Hadiyah Mujhid (Co-Founder, Black Founders) This weekend I participated in the AT&T Mobile HTML5 Hackathon. I had very mixed feelings in the beginning about my participation for multiple reasons. The first reason in which I was against participating is because I have a number [...]
Rails Web App: Easy Like Sunday Morning
February 5, 2012 – 6:00 am
By Hadiyah Mujhid (Co-Founder, Black Founders) This is a tutorial to on how to create a simple Rails 3.2 web app. Basic Assumptions: Ruby 1.9.3, RubyGems, and Rails 3.2 installed. If not, visit rubyonrails.org/download PostgreSQL is installed. If not, visit postgresql.org/download/ You are familiar with the Ruby programming language. If not, check out tryruby.org, to [...]
Black Founders Is For White People
February 2, 2012 – 6:00 am
By Hadiyah Mujhid (Co-Founder, Black Founders) So if it isn’t obvious, I want to clarify that the title of this post is just a catch-title. But I also want to clarify that the organization Black Founders is not just for black people. In fact, the organization is created for all. This statement does not take [...]
5 Tools For Getting Started As A Micropreneur
January 30, 2012 – 9:00 am
By Hadiyah Mujhid (Co-Founder, Black Founders) “A micropreneur is an entrepreneur willing to accept the risk of starting and managing the type of business that remains small, lets them do the kind of work they want to do, and offers them a balanced lifestyle.” – InvestorDictionary.com Or you could substitute this definition with a more [...]
Libraries As Tech Incubators?
January 23, 2012 – 11:00 am
By Hadiyah Mujhid (Co-Founder, Black Founders) A few weeks ago, I stumbled across an article in the Huffington Post, titled “Art Incubators: How Libraries Offer More Than Books.” The article highlights a project called Library as Incubator that focuses on using libraries as a community resource which support and allow collaboration with artists. The Library [...]
Racism and Meritocracy (Engineers Don’t Blog)
November 20, 2011 – 5:00 am
By Hadiyah Mujhid (Co-Founder, Black Founders) It was never my intention to write about racism and meritocracy. Mainly, because I hate “talk” and prefer to “do”. Not saying that “talk” and discussion isn’t helpful, but its never been my thing, I “do”. So it slightly pains me to add to the “talk” with another blog [...]
“I Have An Idea, Now What?” (Resources For New Entrepreneurs)
November 8, 2011 – 5:00 am
By Hadiyah Mujhid (Co-Founder, Black Founders) I often receive emails or view posts of the flavor, “I have an idea, I don’t know how to code, now what?” This is my response for those who are curious about starting an web-based or software startup. (in no particular order): Start Building: Startup Weekend Find a local [...]
One Year in San Francisco as an Engineer Turned Startup Founder
August 2, 2011 – 11:09 pm
By Hadiyah Mujhid (Co-Founder, Black Founders) Here is a timeline of my first year in San Francisco. You can also view the timeline on Dipity. Hint: You may want to start at the bottom and work your way up. One year in Startup Valley — August 5, 2011 It’s been a great first year. Gearing [...]
We Need A Black Zuckerberg or Jackie Robinson of Startups
July 5, 2011 – 6:00 am
By Hadiyah Mujhid (Co-Founder, BlackFounders) When I first met my mentee 3 years ago, the first thing that she said was, “I’m so happy that you’re black!” This was an hilarious moment for the both of us. She later explained that when her social worker mentioned that mentors were volunteers, she associated volunteering with white [...]
