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 "Samihah Azim"
Do We Have to Give Up Our Femininity?
February 6, 2013 – 8:00 am
I do love video games, hate shopping, love the color pink, could talk about software product design and development all day, and am obsessed with anything that sparkles, but I’ve been unintentionally hiding that side of me that loves shoes and the color pink. By Samihah Azim (Founder & CEO, GleeBox) I recently had a [...]
What Is A Design Product Manager?
August 26, 2012 – 7:00 am
Design Product Managers sit at the intersection between technical and business (engineers and marketers). By Samihah Azim (Design Product Manager, BizeeBee) This is a question I’m often asked. Sometimes we’re labeled as Product Designers, other times it’s Product Managers, and even other times we’re Product Managers of User Experience. But labels are just that – [...]
A Designer Goes To Photo Hack Day 3
July 17, 2012 – 7:00 am
Overall, I really enjoyed my first experience at a hackathon and won’t hesitate to go to another one. By Samihah Azim (Lead Product Manager & Designer, BizeeBee) This past weekend was absolutely gorgeous in San Francisco – a real treat. However I stayed indoors all weekend at Dropbox’s headquarters for the Photo Hack Day hackathon [...]
The “Glamour” Of Silicon Valley And Technology
July 12, 2012 – 11:00 am
If glamour is defined as working on something you are passionate about, looking forward to Mondays, and truly enjoying your job, then yes, Silicon Valley is glamorous. By Samihah Azim (Lead Product Manager & Designer, BizeeBee) I’m often pinged by people outside of technology that are looking to transition into working in the tech field [...]
Dropbox Acquires Online Collaboration Tool Cove, Co-Founded By Ruchi Sanghvi (AKA Facebook’s First Female Engineer)
February 28, 2012 – 6:00 am
By Samihah Azim (User Experience Product Manager, 6waves Lolapps) The past week has been a particularly exciting week for women in technology. First, mobile search engine startup Chomp, co-founded by CTO Cathy Edwards, was acquired by Apple. Then Dropbox announced their acquisition of Cove, an online collaboration tool for groups, co-founded by Ruchi Sanghvi. She [...]
