‘Disrupt’ is a word that gets thrown around often in entrepreneurial and tech startup communities. But in order to disrupt an industry or market, you have to first disrupt yourself. By Jasmine Gao (Data Strategist, Bitly & Fellow, Enstitute) “You always have to do something that puts you in a zone you don’t know. Someone [...]
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Rent the Runway Raises an Additional $4.4 Million
March 12, 2013 – 12:00 pm
The female-founded startup, which has been called “the Netflix of clothes,” announced it has raised an additional $4.4 million. By Jessica Stillman (Editor, Women 2.0) In November Rent the Runway, a startup that allows women to rent designer clothes rather than buy them, raised $20 million in funding with Condé Nast Publications, Bain Capital Ventures, [...]
Tips For Female-Dominated Startups In A Male-Dominated Industry
March 1, 2012 – 1:00 pm
By Erin Flynn (Founder, Righting Style) As soon as people hear the “F-word,” it’s as if the sentences that follow turn into a foreign language unknown to man. I’m not talking about the F-word that rhymes with a certain feathery, orange-billed animal. In fact, that potty-mouth version is probably more socially accepted than the “F-word” [...]
The Coolest Startups In America (Featuring Women Entrepreneurs)
February 21, 2012 – 6:00 am
By Doreen Bloch (Author, The Coolest Startups in America) I am ecstatic to debut on Women 2.0 the launch of my first book, The Coolest Startups in America. Women 2.0 is a revered space online to inform people about accomplishments by women in the startup community; through my book, I bring a similar mission to [...]
