Singularity University’s Vivek Wadhwa got the ball rolling on a crowdsourced project to collect the stories of women working in the innovation economy worldwide. Now he needs women to step up and share their experiences, he tells Women 2.0. By Jessica Stillman (Editor, Women 2.0) Globally, women are increasingly participating in and shaping the innovation [...]
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“Proud Feminists” at Songkick Introduce Impressive Paternity Leave
May 17, 2013 – 8:00 am
Could the way to make startups more female friendly be to make them more father friendly? Songkick thinks so. By Jessica Stillman (Editor, Women 2.0) The notion that work norms and corporate culture need to change in order for more women to rise to the top is an old idea. But lately a newer take [...]
Female Founders to Watch: Future Stars from Thiel’s 20 Under 20
May 17, 2013 – 6:00 am
Every year PayPal founder Peter Thiel pays 20 young people $100,000 to drop out of school and start companies. Here are the young women he’s handing checks to this year. By Jessica Stillman (Editor, Women 2.0) The Thiel Foundation, started by PayPal founder’s Peter Thiel, has just announced its 2013 class of its 20 Under [...]
Inspiring Women: Renee James, Intel’s New President
May 15, 2013 – 9:00 am
James rose through the ranks over 25 years, starting as a technical assistant to become president of the chip maker. By Jessica Stillman (Editor, Women 2.0) Are you slogging it out in a less than impressive seeming entry-level tech job and starting to despair that your efforts will ever lead you anywhere interesting? Then take [...]
The 18-Month Startup Crash Course
May 8, 2013 – 9:00 am
Cook Taste Eat co-founder Tanya Melillo talks about how she learned more in 18 months of startup life than in the previous 12 years of her corporate career. By Jessica Stillman (Editor, Women 2.0) Startups, everyone knows, have a steep learning curve. How steep? “I’ve learned more in the last year and a half than [...]
So You Want to Be the Next Zipcar? Principles of Design for the Sharing Economy
May 7, 2013 – 7:00 am
The sharing economy has gained some high-profile backers recently. A female UX expert offers tips on how to design for it. By Jessica Stillman (Editor, Women 2.0) The sharing economy may sound like an idea out of a hippie commune, but since the runaway success of Zipcar and Airbnb, the movement towards collaborative consumption has [...]
HealthyOut Makes the TechCrunch Disrupt NYC Finals
May 2, 2013 – 6:00 am
The Women 2.0 PITCH SF 2013 finalist is the only female-led startup to make it to the finals of TechCrunch Disrupt NYC. By Jessica Stillman (Editor, Women 2.0) Female-founded healthy eating startup HealthyOut is on a roll. First, the team behind the app that lets you find healthy meals when you eat out was selected as [...]
Tech Talent Shortage? What Tech Talent Shortage?
May 1, 2013 – 6:00 am
Companies may be complaining that they can’t find folks with the skills they need, but some policy wonks insist America is producing more than enough tech-savvy grads. What’s going on? By Jessica Stillman (Editor, Women 2.0) For founders, the tech talent shortage is a constant headache. For some policy makers, it’s a reason to revamp [...]
Why More Women Equals Better Software
April 30, 2013 – 8:00 am
BlackLine CEO Therese Tucker talks to Women 2.0 about her experiences as a woman in male-dominated fields, and why she thinks women have distinct advantages in tech. By Jessica Stillman (Editor, Women 2.0) When it comes to being a rare woman in a male-dominated industry, BlackLine Systems founder and CEO Therese Tucker faces a double [...]
Should Women Embrace a ‘Good Enough’ Life?
April 29, 2013 – 8:00 am
What could be wrong with Sheryl Sandberg’s message to women not to sell themselves short professionally? The Washington Post’s Elsa Walsh explains why she’s ambivalent about Lean In. By Jessica Stillman (Editor, Women 2.0) Here on Women 2.0 we’ve had a lively discussion of Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In, with women in tech weighing in on their [...]
