Being a developer is like being an architect or a car designer. She takes input from the customers and product manager, and figures out how to make it work in the code. By Josie Gillan (Director of Quality Engineering, Salesforce) There are many different career options in technology, and it can be overwhelming to figure [...]
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From Individual Contributors To The COO, Women Make An Impact At Salesforce’s Girl Geek Dinner
November 5, 2012 – 10:00 am
Women represent nearly every level of leadership at Salesforce, from business to technical roles, inspiring others to strive towards that goal. By Courtney Mayeda (MBA, UCLA Anderson) Upon entering the expansive One Spear Street, we were greeted by the many smiling faces of Salesforce’s Women in Technology group, sporting their nifty red t-shirts. The space [...]
Salesforce Acquires Buddy Media, Co-Founded By COO Kass Lazerow, For $689M
June 4, 2012 – 10:18 am
The husband-and-wife entrepreneur team at Buddy Media celebrates yet another company acquisition today. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) Social media management software company Buddy Media, co-founded by COO Kass Lazerow and her husband Michael Lazerow, had raised $54 million in Series D funding last year. Today, news broke that Buddy Media will [...]
Can Product “Disruption” Become a New Paradigm?
October 17, 2011 – 2:00 pm
By Sarah Tavel (Senior Associate, Bessemer Venture Partners) Facebook is an incredible company, and it’s incredible for many, many reasons. But one of the things that most impresses and amazes me is Facebook’s relentless reinvention. The company has disrupted its product, and therefore its users, on multiple occasions. I’m sure everyone remembers the backlash Facebook [...]
High School Intern’s Experience at a Women-Led Software Startup
August 11, 2011 – 6:00 am
By Carmen Vargas (Intern, Experience in Software) I’ve been in Eureka! since the 7th grade, and I was thrilled to finally get an internship this year. Eureka! is a program that takes place during the summer and school year. It helps teenage girls prepare for college and it prepares them to work in a world [...]
