To ensure innovation continues, women must be part of the conversation and ecosystem. By Alysa Taylor (General Manager, Microsoft) Microsoft is passionate as a company about diversity and bridging the gender gap. We’re consistently named as a “top 50 Employer” for women and minorities because we celebrate women at Microsoft. Now, we want to take [...]
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Hackathons Change Your Life. Seriously.
August 16, 2012 – 7:00 am
The beauty of a virtual hackathon is that you can still have a life. No need to find childcare, reschedule your dentist appointment or not have time to grocery shop. A virtual hack is all about hacking in your free time! By Agnes Lam (Founder, CoderCharts) & Pamela Day (Founder, PocketScience Labs) I know that [...]
Getting On Microsoft’s Board Of Directors
June 7, 2012 – 11:00 am
Today, Klawe advises her students to know what they like but to ask themselves what the world needs. Klawe knew her passion, but the world didn’t need math. It needed computer science. By Victoria Pynchon (Co-Founder & Principal, She Negotiates) Everywhere we turn these days, we’re being told that it’s imperative to our economic recovery [...]
Women In Technology – Past, Present, Future
March 27, 2012 – 9:30 am
This week, I delivered two keynotes to middle school and high school girls interested in tech careers. By Gayle Laakmann McDowell (Founder & CEO, CareerCup) The first one was for the Philadelphia area awards dinner for the Aspirations in Computing Award, and the second was for a wonderful event called Girls Exploring Tomorrow’s Technology. I’ve [...]
Microsoft Bing’s Betsy Aoki At PITCH 2012 (Video)
February 23, 2012 – 4:59 pm
By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) In an interview at the 2012 Women 2.0 PITCH Conference, Betsy Aoki, former Xbox product manager now runs startup outreach for Microsoft Bing, talks about previously working at a startup in Seattle, the need for women-focused events in a male-dominated industry, and appreciating the networking opportunities at [...]
6 Takeaways From Discussion With Women 2.0, Astia, 85 Broads
January 26, 2012 – 1:00 pm
By Sukrutha Raman Bhadouria (Organizer, Bay Area Girl Geek Dinners) Earlier this week, I attended a panel discussion about women entrepreneurs at Microsoft’s office. Representatives from Women 2.0, Astia, 85 Broads, Women in Public Policy (WIPP) and National Association for Women Business Owners (NAWBO) talked about best practices and practical advice for women entrepreneurs at [...]
The Changing Workplace: Women Entrepreneurs
January 23, 2012 – 5:30 pm
By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) San Francisco is teaming with women who have the technological know-how to solve daily problems. These innovative solutions apply to all fronts and industries, ranging from: Finding new dishes instead of restaurants (Foodspotting) Getting kid-friendly entertainment delivered to your door (Kiwi Crate) Leveraging the quantified self for [...]
Show Some Love For Female Startup Founders
January 23, 2012 – 12:58 pm
By Betsy Aoki (Senior Program/Product Manager, Bing) I first met Lori Anne Wardi, a vice president at .CO, during a Geeks on a Plane tour of Asia last fall. While on the shuttle to and from various startup accelerators and meeting spots, we chatted about the wacky dot-com 90s and how things have changed (and [...]
Living In The Cloud: Your Office, Your Terms
November 8, 2011 – 6:45 am
Editor’s note: This is a sponsored blog post from Microsoft. Thanks to Bing, the first 100 applicants to the Women 2.0 PITCH Startup Competition are FREE! By Maggie Chan Jones (Director of Cloud Services & Office 365, Microsoft) The United States Microsoft Office 365 team is honored to host the Women 2.0 Los Angeles networking [...]
BostInnovation: Figure Out Who You Are, Ignore All The Rest
November 4, 2011 – 6:00 am
By Melissa Ablett (Marketing & Events Coordinator, BostInnovation) Today at Microsoft’s second annual Women’s Leadership Forum there was no cheer-leading about “girl power,” rather just powerful women who are making a difference. Organized by Microsoft, MITX, the Commonwealth Corporation, and others, the NERD Center was filled with women (and a few very lucky, seemingly lost men) eager [...]
