Words of wisdom from Technovation Challenge speakers, and invitation to Pitch Events. By Jeri Countryman (Director of Curriculum & Assessment, Iridescent) The Technovation Challenge is a program to promote women in technology by giving girls the skills and confidence they need to be successful in computer science and entrepreneurship by developing a mobile phone app [...]
Posts Tagged "Janice Fraser"
Technovation Challenge A Course In Entrepreneurship For High School Girls – And Their Mentors
March 30, 2012 – 11:00 am
The .CO Movement: Starting Up At Rana.co, Luxr.co, Tailored.co
February 6, 2012 – 7:00 am
By Lori Anne Wardi (Vice President, .CO) I joined the .CO team way back in 2008, when we were putting together the bid to win the right to launch the .CO domain globally. Our little startup won the right to administer .CO in 2009, beating out industry giants like Verisign, which runs the .com and [...]
Silicon Valley’s Designing Women Give Tips On Talking Tech
December 15, 2011 – 6:00 am
By E.B. Boyd (Silicon Valley Reporter, Fast Company) Some of tech’s leading designers gather at 500 Startups to inspire the next generation. Step one: Learn how to code. On Friday, a dozen of Silicon Valley’s top women designers gathered at 500 Startups for a sold-out mini-symposium on everything from design best practices to how best [...]
Lean Startup Machine: 1 Part Learning + 1 Part Mentorship.. Stir!
August 10, 2011 – 11:45 am
By Kelley Boyd (Founder & Strategist, Think Experience) My first experience at Lean Startup Machine (LSM) was also the first Lean Startup Machine ever held. It was just over a year ago, and I mean that literally. I walked into LSM at Hive at 55 and began relationships that I hold among the closest in [...]
UX Methods and Prototyping Tools to Communicate Your Startup Vision
July 12, 2011 – 6:00 am
By Alexa Andrzejewski (Founder & CEO, Foodspotting) When people ask me for advice on how to take an idea and make it real, my number one tip is to share your idea with anyone who will listen. This was also lesson one in the Women 2.0 workshop I took when I was first considering turning [...]
