Observe the voice in your head that says, “You’re lucky to get your first job offer, you should accept it before they realize you’re a fraud,” detach from that self-doubt and instead tell yourself, “Only 3% of women negotiate for a better first offer, I’m going to be part of the 3.1%”. By Fiona O’Donnell-McCarthy [...]
Posts Tagged "ModCloth"
Women Hacking Industries: Luncheon Recap
March 12, 2013 – 7:00 am
A group of 25 extraordinary women discussed finding novel solutions to age-old industry problems at the first-ever Women Hacking Industries lunch at SXSW. By Tara-Nicholle Nelson, MA, Esq. (Founder & CEO, RETHINK Multimedia) In the brogrammer-heavy cacophony of sensory overstimulation that SXSW can be, it’s easy to meet new people, but tough to make deep connections. So it [...]
FLOODGATE Raises $75M Fund, Managed By Partner Ann Miura-Ko
August 1, 2012 – 7:00 am
Under Ann Miura-Ko’s management, FLOODGATE has invested in many women-led startups. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) VC fund FLOODGATE announced today closing a $75M fund for investment in early-stage high-growth ventures using technology to accelerate business. At FLOODGATE, Ann Miura-Ko led the investment in ModCloth (co-founded by CCO Susan Gregg Koger) and [...]
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 [...]
Female Founders To Watch: Literally Married To Your Co-Founder
May 4, 2012 – 9:54 am
From tech giants Cisco and VMware to startups ModCloth and Lynda, married co-founders are everywhere. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) We often joke about our “work husbands” and “work wives” but realized this week that we know a flurry of married startup co-founders. Both Founder Friday hosts (Julia Hartz of Eventbrite and [...]
Dispelling 4 Myths Of User Experience Research At Startups
April 3, 2012 – 5:00 am
Research doesn’t have to be expensive or time-consuming. Here are ways to do it cheaply and efficiently. By Beth Lingard (User Experience Research Manager, ModCloth) About 7 years ago, the CEO of a small startup I was working for dropped Steve Krug’s book “Don’t Make Me Think” on my desk and said, “Beth, you’re going [...]
The Huffington Post: Women Entrepreneurs On The Rise
February 22, 2012 – 3:47 pm
By Jack D. Hidary (Co-Founder, Dice) What do Gilt, Foodspotting and TaskRabbit all have in common? They were all co-founded by women. This is an encouraging sign in a field that has too few female entrepreneurs. A recent article in San Francisco Magazine highlights a new crop of women-led startups in the Bay Area. These [...]
Am I The Female Zuckerberg? No, I’m The Next Busque.
December 28, 2011 – 5:00 am
By Leah Busque (Founder, TaskRabbit) Editor’s note: TaskRabbit Founder Leah Busque will be speaking at the PITCH Conference on February 14, 2012 in Mountain View, CA. Get your ticket now! We’ve all been compared to someone at some point. It’s often a physical comparison — “you look just like so and so!” — but sometimes [...]
Where Are The Women In Forbes “30 Under 30″?
December 19, 2011 – 11:47 pm
By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) This morning, Forbes announced their annual “30 Under 30″ lists, launching a cavalcade of public congratulations for the named, and also leaving many women in tech wondering “where are the women?” in Forbes lists? 24-year old Danielle Fong holds top billing in the “30 Under 30″ for [...]
Married Couples Run Sugar, ModCloth and Other Tech Startups
November 15, 2011 – 5:00 am
By Jon Swartz (Contributor, USA TODAY) When Brian Sugar ponders an executive decision at his high-tech startup here, all he has to do for quick advice is instant-message his business partner -— on the other end of the living-room couch. His wife, Lisa Sugar, agrees that their 5-year-old online women’s network, aptly named Sugar, should [...]
