The Santa Monica-Venice area has now been dubbed “Silicon Beach” because hundreds of startups are capitalizing on L.A’s fashion and entertainment industries. By Rachel Lehmann-Haupt (Editor, Women 2.0) A story in the LA Times today reports a surge of startups in LA headed by tech savvy women. They are forming a community to support one [...]
Posts Tagged "Los Angeles"
Meet 10 Women 2.0 PITCH SF 2013 Startup Competition Finalists (Infographic)
February 4, 2013 – 9:00 am
Hailing from Vietnam to London, New York to Los Angeles, the finalists for the PITCH SF 2013 Startup Competition are flying in to present LIVE at the Women 2.0 Conference on February 14! By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) In less than two weeks, the finalists of PITCH SF 2013 Startup Competition will [...]
Carbon38 Launches Today, A Year After Attending Women 2.0 Startup Weekend (Surfing The Wave)
January 14, 2013 – 11:59 am
This unique environment of midnight sandwich runs, unending games of ping pong, impromptu social media study halls, and Ruby on Rails power hours has served to concentrate our community and expose us to the next generation of visionaries and entrepreneurs. By Katie Warner Johnson (Co-Founder, Carbon38) My team and I all looked up from our [...]
Enplug, Co-Founded By Nanxi Liu, Selected As Final PITCH SF 2013 Startup Competition Finalist, Pitching Live On February 14
January 11, 2013 – 9:00 am
The 10th PITCH SF 2013 Startup Competition finalist has been selected – congrats Enplug co-founder and CEO Nanxi Liu! By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) Congrats to Enplug, co-founded by CEO Nanxi Liu! Enplug has been selected by our panel of investors/judges to present at the Women 2.0 Conference on February 14 in [...]
Why The Maker Movement Needs To Be Kid And Family-Friendly!
December 24, 2012 – 6:00 am
We can create the next generation of entrepreneurs by letting kids (and adults) create, fail, explore and collaborate in family-friendly makerspaces across the United States. By Teresa Gonczy (Board of Directors, Los Angeles Makerspace) It all started with a tweet. I don’t usually check Twitter, but for some reason, on May 4, 2012, I was [...]
Join Women 2.0 At Your Local Founder Friday On January 11
December 18, 2012 – 11:00 am
We are hosting Women 2.0 Founder Friday events on January 11. Find one near you to meet women entrepreneurs, aspiring and current! By Sepideh Nasiri (Vice President of All Things Offline, Women 2.0) We are in 10 cities for Founder Friday on January 11. This is a Women 2.0 networking event promoting the creation of [...]
Coffee Meets Bagel: Debunking 3 Dating Myths In San Francisco
November 7, 2012 – 9:00 am
Debunking the three biggest dating myths in San Francisco. By Dawoon Kang (Co-Founder, Coffee Meets Bagel) Before we moved to San Francisco, we heard all sorts of conflicting rumors about the dating scene: “San Francisco is the #1 city for single people!” and “San Jose is Man Jose.” What’s actually the case? Coffee Meets Bagel [...]
Partner Event: Social Curation Summit (December 12 In Los Angeles)
October 25, 2012 – 1:06 pm
Learn how to extend your influencer outreach and add new dimensions to your merchandising and branding strategies at Social Curation Summit (December 12 in Los Angeles, CA). Discover how brands and retailers across a wide range of business verticals can use curated stories, pictures, and videos to highlight creativity and innovation. Women 2.0 members save [...]
Santa Monica-Based Serial Entrepreneur Tracy DiNunzio Launches Tradesy, Announces $1.5 Million Series A Round
October 24, 2012 – 2:52 pm
When her first company hit profitability, she looked to build again for a bigger market: meet her second company, Tradesy. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) The proprieter of Recycled Bride, founder and CEO Tracy DiNunzio launched Tradesy for clothing resale today on web and mobile. She also announced a $1.5 million Series [...]
Join Women 2.0 At Your Local Founder Friday On November 16
October 23, 2012 – 10:00 am
We will be hosting Women 2.0 Founder Friday events on November 16 – find one near you! By Sepideh Nasiri (Vice President of All Things Offline, Women 2.0) We are in 15 cities for Founder Friday. This is a Women 2.0 networking event promoting the creation of new networks among aspiring entrepreneurs, current entrepreneurs, investors [...]
