Startup founders – stay hungry, stay foolish. By Samihah Azim (Founder & CEO, GleeBox) I recently went to an event on Fundraising where Ajit Medhekar, part of Band of Angels, sat on the panel to discuss early stage fundraising and the various seed investment structures. He mentioned that if you’re getting paid, you’re most certainly [...]
Posts Tagged "Salary"
Negotiating My First Offer As A Female Developer Fresh Out Of Hackbright Academy
January 17, 2013 – 1:18 pm
I remembered what I’d been told – that in this case, most men would just forge on and make a counter offer, so that’s what I should do, and it was not a big deal on the company’s side. By Michelle Glauser (Alumna, Hackbright Academy) Hackbright Career Day was December 4th and graduation was December [...]
Know Your Worth: 3 Steps To Determining Your Value
April 16, 2012 – 1:00 pm
You should constantly be asking people about salary. Go ahead – ask. By Rania Anderson (Co-Founder, Women’s Capital Connection) “Let me say it again: You are not prepared unless you know the market value of your contributions. I can’t stress this enough. Why is it such a big secret? Seriously. What are you worth? What [...]
For Financial Independence, Keep Talking About Money
March 19, 2012 – 5:00 am
Ask for compensation. Discuss salary. Negotiate. Be financially independent. By Leah Eichler (Contributing Writer, Femme-O-Nomics) My first job in journalism, as an intern at a magazine in Jerusalem, paid approximately $500 a month. At the time I felt thrilled by the opportunity and promptly found a part-time job in retail to support my full-time job [...]
Hot Topic on Reddit: XX Chromosome Equals Lower Pay
November 30, 2011 – 10:58 am
By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) How’s this for an opening line: “I work for a large multinational tech company, I regularly hire woman for 65% to 75% of what males make. I am sick of it, here is why it happens, and how you can avoid it.” The hot topic on Reddit [...]
