Anyone, no matter how young or old, can be an entrepreneur. You just need to have ideas, perseverance, and an iterative framework to test your ideas until you find one that makes money (ie. creates revenue). By Jennifer Arguello (Co-Founder, Latino Startup Alliance) Think about an app or gadget you love to use. Is it [...]
Posts Tagged "Jennifer Arguello"
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 [...]
CODE2040 Matches Black And Latino Student Engineers With Internships At Startups
October 29, 2012 – 9:00 am
Applications for CODE2040 fellowships are due October 31, 2012. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) People of color will become the majority in the United States by the year 2040. Some have noted that the minority achievement gap will not be closed that same year, and started a technology program to actually do [...]
Are You Aspiring To Code? Join The Club, Literally…
June 4, 2012 – 10:00 am
A conference attendee said she didn’t study computer science in school and didn’t know any code a year ago, but is now working as a full-time developer. By Melissa Tinitigan (Founder, Event Digerati) I’ve always been fascinated by technology, and I was hoping to learn more about the booming tech industry in San Francisco by [...]
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 [...]
Female Founders To Watch: Latina Entrepreneurs
April 20, 2012 – 10:32 am
Celebrating a diverse range of Latina entrepreneurs in the United States – and beyond! By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) When Women 2.0 partnered with Ellas 2.0, founded by Patricia Araque in Spain, we set out to identify emerging Latina entrepreneurs. The media is buzzing about Latina entrepreneurs, talking about how why Latinas [...]
Would You Like To Mentor And Inspire A Team Of High School Girls?
December 20, 2011 – 7:00 am
By Jennifer Arguello (Product Manager, Mozilla & Mentor, Technovation Challenge) Are your successes in life due to other people helping you? Do you wish you had more role models growing up to show you what you know now? Would you like to inspire the next generation of female high-tech leaders? If you answered yes to [...]
