Sponsored by: TechWomen, an initiative of the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. By Heather Ramsey (Senior Director, TechWomen & Strategic Partnerships, Center for Women’s Leadership Initiatives, IIE) TechWomen was launched by former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to connect and support the next generation of women leaders in STEM to [...]
Posts Tagged "Mentors"
Sponsored: Apply Now to Mentor a TechWomen Entrepreneur from Africa or the Middle East!
June 4, 2013 – 9:00 am
(Video) 60 Seconds Of Inspiration In Technovation Challenge PSA
November 30, 2012 – 10:00 am
We have teams of girls from Alaska to Yemen signing up to learn to code apps and launch companies – and they need mentors! By Dara Olmsted (Director of Development, Iridescent) Technovation Challenge, a 12-week program that teaches high school girls to create phone apps and start businesses, just released an inspiring, short public service [...]
Mentorship From Silicon Valley Techies Encourages High School Girls To Dream Bigger
May 9, 2012 – 1:36 pm
How mentoring a team of underserved high school girls affected a Silicon Valley techie. By Harini Sridharan (Senior Strategist, Rosetta) Let me start with a statistic that some of you might already know: While women make 47% of the U.S. workforce, only 5% of startups are owned by women. And here’s another: In 2010, only [...]
Latinas In Business And Technology: The Importance Of Mentors
April 9, 2012 – 6:00 am
Mentors hold you accountable for your actions. By Yvonne Garcia (Director of Segment Marketing, Liberty Mutual & National Vice President, ALPFA) The Labor Council for Latin America Advancement (LCLAA) report recently released some surprising statistics regarding women in the workforce. Their findings include the following results: over 2.5 million (31.7%) are in sales and office [...]
7×7 Entrepreneur Mentoring Salon (February 23 In New York City)
February 10, 2012 – 11:10 am
By Christina Vuleta (Founder, 40:20) Every woman deserves to have her own advisory panel. As part of 40:20 Vision’s mission to start conversations and facilitate mentoring between generations, we offer live mentoring events between established and aspiring / early-stage entrepreneurs. The idea is that we can have more than 20:20 vision if we share our [...]
Women Entrepreneurs In New York City Find Investment, Network (Ellie Cachette And Deborah Jackson Interviewed On ABC TV)
January 30, 2012 – 6:00 am
By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) From New York City, ConsumerBell Founder & CEO Ellie Cachette along with JumpThru Founder & CEO Deborah Jackson talk with Diana Williams of ABC 7 about women entrepreneurs, finding funding and the ecosystem for women entrepreneurs. When asked about venture-funded startups, Deborah Jackson said: “The statistics will [...]
Aim For High Growth And Apply For TechStars NYC By January 10
January 8, 2012 – 7:30 am
By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) The TechStars NYC early application deadline is January 10, 2012 and the final deadline is January 23, 2012. Want to hear how TechStars can affect an early-stage startup? Read this blog post from a TechStars participant: “What I needed, and what I got from the TechStars process, [...]
Q&A: What Should I Look For In A Mentor?
January 6, 2012 – 11:00 am
By Natalie MacNeil (Co-Founder, YEC Women) The following answers are provided by YEC Women. Co-Founded by Natalie MacNeil and Scott Gerber, YEC Women is an initiative of the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC), an invite-only nonprofit organization comprised of the country’s most promising young entrepreneurs. The YEC promotes entrepreneurship as a solution to youth unemployment and [...]
Women in the Workplace: Over-Mentored and Under-Sponsored
October 11, 2011 – 11:00 am
By Phyllis Korkki (Contributing Writer, The New York Times) A rich source of female talent exists just below top management, says Sylvia Ann Hewlett, founding president of the Center for Work-Life Policy, a research organization. But women have become stuck in this layer because they tend to lack a sponsor at the top to advocate [...]
Isn’t It Better to Have a Life of “Oh Well’s” Than “What If’s”?
October 10, 2011 – 5:30 am
By Renee Blodgett (Blogger, Down the Avenue) Clearly I don’t get to New York often enough, by now I would have met writer and products guru Maya Baratz, who is currently working on new products at The Wall Street Journal. She started out by asking the nearly all women audience at WITI (Women in Technology [...]
