We want YOU to help choose a winner. By Rebecca Lipon (Application & Judges Coordinator, PITCH SF 2013 Startup Competition) The Women 2.0 Conference 2013 features finalists of PITCH SF 2013 Startup Competition pitching live on stage for a chance to win prizes, get exposure to A-list investors, and increase their user-ship. These sessions are [...]
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The Women 2.0 PITCH SF 2013 Startup Competition Gets Personal – Voting Starts Today! (The People’s Choice Award)
February 7, 2013 – 9:00 am
This Year’s PITCH NYC Startup Competition Applicants In Numbers
September 25, 2012 – 8:00 am
I am so excited about these amazing companies with female founders changing the ratio and cannot wait to be able to announce our finalists on October 1, 2012. By Rebecca Lipon (Application & Judges Coordinator, PITCH Competition 2012) We are in the judging phase of Women 2.0 PITCH NYC Competition working hard to announce our [...]
Some Frequently Asked Questions About Applying To PITCH
August 23, 2012 – 8:00 am
Apply to the Women 2.0 PITCH Startup Competition by August 31, 2012 for great prizes! By Rebecca Lipon (Application & Judges Coordinator, PITCH Competition 2012) Women 2.0 is actively accepting applications for our PITCH 2012 Startup Competition (deadline: August 31, 2012) and we have received many questions from applicants. We have listened to your questions [...]
International Applicants Encouarged To Apply To PITCH NYC By August 31
July 10, 2012 – 7:00 am
Deadline to apply for $25k and more prizes for PITCH NYC Startup Competition is August 31, 2012. By Rebecca Lipon (Application & Judges Coordinator, PITCH Competition 2012) Women 2.0 is actively accepting applications for our PITCH NYC 2012 competition, and we have received many questions from applicants. Below I’ve answered the most common ones. Please [...]
Why YOU Should Apply To PITCH NYC 2012
May 29, 2012 – 6:00 am
A technology startup needs to have a technologist on the founding team. By Rebecca Lipon (Application & Judges Coordinator, PITCH Competition 2012) PITCH NYC is an entirely unique event: a conference, networking event and competition solely focused on encouraging more female founders in technology startups. Every year we get questions about who should apply to [...]
3 Things About Mexican Startups That May Surprise Investors
March 27, 2012 – 6:30 am
By Rebecca Lipon (Application & Judges Coordinator, PITCH Competition 2012) Last week I trekked up to the Microsoft’s San Francisco campus to see Mexican.VC‘s Demo Day. Mexico is not known for spawning Internet companies, but with our sister site, Ellas 2.0, we wanted to know what is happening in Mexico. Mexican.VC styles itself as Silicon [...]
4 Myths About Female-Founded Startups Debunked By 2012 PITCH Competition Finalists
March 1, 2012 – 11:00 am
By Rebecca Lipon (Application & Judges Coordinator, PITCH Competition 2012) Women 2.0 PITCH Conference culminated in a PITCH Startup Competition five months in the making. Online applications were judged by representatives from 20 VC firms to select our finalists. Our finalists demonstrated exactly what we at Women 2.0 have been saying for a while – [...]
5 Lessons Learned From A Day With 1000 Women Entrepreneurs
February 20, 2012 – 7:00 am
By Thomas Korte (Founder & Managing Partner, AngelPad) I was invited this week to judge the Women 2.0 PITCH Competition. I blocked out the day with one goal: give a lot of feedback and advice to entrepreneurs. And I am glad I did. The conference was unlike any I have attended in recent years. 1000 [...]
Two Weeks Left To Apply: Women 2.0 PITCH Startup Competition
November 15, 2011 – 7:00 am
By Rebecca Lipon (Application & Judges Coordinator, PITCH Competition 2012) Competitors for PITCH 2012 have two more weeks to submit their applications! If you’ve been considering applying, read this: DO IT! This is the time of The Lean Startup — start early, iterate often. Applying to PITCH is a great way to access investors and [...]
4 Reasons Why You Should Apply To PITCH With Women 2.0
November 1, 2011 – 5:00 am
By Rebecca Lipon (Application & Judges Coordinator, PITCH Competition 2012) Pitching your early-stage startup is hard work – and investigating funding sources is a serious task for those who want to go big. There is no secret sauce for startup success, but early exposure to VCs is a key component in getting investment and iterating [...]
