“For a first-time entrepreneur, what people really look at and measure is your ability to make progress.” By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) 2012 PITCH competition judge Sukhinder Singh Cassidy talks about her own experience and lessons learned in raising venture funding. She co-founded Yodlee in 1999 and raised $200M+ in venture capital [...]
Posts Tagged "Joyus"
Emily Olson’s Foodzie Acquired By Video Shopping Site Joyus
June 5, 2012 – 3:42 pm
Joyus to expand branded categories of videos, adding “Joyus Food” with the acquisition of Foodzie. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) The third female-founded startup acquisition this week (and it’s only Tuesday!) is Emily Olson‘s small-batch product subscription service Foodzie – acquired by video shopping experience startup Joyus today for an undisclosed amount [...]
Female Founders To Follow In Fashion Tech Entrepreneurship
June 1, 2012 – 7:00 am
From ModCloth to Moda Operandi, these tech startups in the fashion space are founded by women to watch. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) Democratizing fashion has never been so venture-fundable. With successes like Gilt Group and Ideeli, “a lot of women go to Harvard with the intent of working on the business [...]
Serial Entrepreneur Sukhinder Singh Cassidy Gives Advice (Video)
February 23, 2012 – 5:47 pm
By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) 2012 PITCH competition judge Sukhinder Singh Cassidy talks about her own experience and lessons learned in raising venture funding. She co-founded Yodlee in 1999 and raised $200M+ in venture capital for her venture, then worked as VP at Google and CEO at Polyvore. Today, she runs JOYUS. [...]
How Deal with Two Women Points to a Different Silicon Valley
August 9, 2011 – 1:36 am
By Chris O’Brien (Business & Technology Columnist, San Jose Mercury News) Something happened last week in Silicon Valley that was remarkable simply because nothing about it was remarkable. Well, almost nothing. On Monday, a stealth startup announced it had raised $7.3 million from a prominent venture firm. The deal hinged on the long-term relationship between [...]
Former Polyvore CEO Launches Joyus, Raises $7.9M Series A
August 1, 2011 – 12:07 pm
By Sukhinder Singh Cassidy (Founder & Chairman, Joyus) Eleven years after founding my first company, I’ve discovered that embracing my inner entrepreneur again is more difficult than I had imagined it would be. This whole experience leading up to the soft launch of Joyus has made me think a lot about why women don’t start [...]
