High-flying entrepreneurs Clara Shih, Gina Bianchini, Priya Haji and Rebecca Woodcock recognized as Silicon Valley Movers & Shakers. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) In the Silicon Valley, venture capital firms and high-tech management teams are often a sea of men. So it’s nice when the women movers & shakers are not filtered [...]
Posts Tagged "Hearsay Social"
Record Number of Women Give Tech Talks at PyCon 2013
April 9, 2013 – 7:00 am
PyCon is more than where Donglegate began. This year, PyCon boasted a record number of talks delivered by women. As always, they provided a generous financial aid program promoted by many diversity-minded groups. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) An inclusive developer conference in March for the community using and developing the open-source [...]
(Infographic) Ada Lovelace Day Celebrates Women Leaders In Tech
October 16, 2012 – 3:00 am
The goal of Ada Lovelace Day is to create new role models for girls and women in these male-dominated fields by raising the profile of other women in STEM. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) Today is Ada Lovelace Day – October 16, 2012 is about blogging and sharing stories of women, from [...]
Female Founders To Watch: PITCH Finalists (Where Are They Now?)
August 24, 2012 – 8:00 am
Women 2.0 PITCH startup competitions finalists continue to impress over the years. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) After the years ago by, we wonder “Where are they now?” The finalists for the last 5 years of PITCH startup competition have gone to impress us with their mettle and ability to adapt and [...]
Female Founders To Watch: Enterprise Social Marketing Companies
August 3, 2012 – 6:00 am
Social media marketing serving the masses means high-growth startups – creating lots of value and jobs. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) PITCH 2010 Startup Competition finalist Amita Paul pitched Objective Marketer onstage at the November conference. A few months later, Objective Marketer was acquired by Emailvision! This year, we’ve seen big exits [...]
How Walmart Is Localizing Its Stores With Facebook
May 21, 2012 – 6:00 am
A local-social strategy to make big-box stores more relevant to their communities. By Clara Shih (Co-Founder & CEO, Hearsay Social) Long before the digital age, all business was local and social. Customer engagement was paramount. Shopkeepers, barbers and Avon ladies alike intuitively knew that their ability to connect with customers would often determine whether a [...]
Clara Shih: What The Facebook IPO Means
May 15, 2012 – 5:30 am
Stay focused and keep shipping. By Clara Shih (Co-Founder & CEO, Hearsay Social) It’s electrifying here in Silicon Valley this week, even more so than usual. Normally, many of us are heads down, focused on our own companies, but right now, even in the land of “what’s next?” all anyone can talk about is the [...]
Choose Investors Thoughtfully: The Levo League Founders
March 15, 2012 – 1:00 pm
Video interview with Levo League founders Caroline Ghosn and Amanda Pouchot. By Pemo Theodore (Founder, Ezebis) Founded in 2011, Levo League’s mission is to help young professional women to thrive in the workplace without compromising their identities as women. Caroline Ghosn is co-founder and CEO who spent over three years at McKinsey, where Caroline met [...]
Hearsay Social Raises $18M Series B, Founded by Clara Shih
July 28, 2011 – 1:07 pm
By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) Hearsay Social announced $18M in Series B funding today. Hearsay Social “exists to keep corporations and their employees out of trouble on the internet and turn social media into a source of brand engagement, not embarrassment,” said Dean Takahashi at VentureBeat. Clara Shih is the Founder & [...]
