“Why San Francisco?” Why not start a company in a place where the cost of living is lower and real estate prices make you feel like an extra zero was left out. By Dr. Danielle Applestone (CEO, Otherfab) I love to be in the factory. I love thinking about what can be made via which [...]
Posts Tagged "San Francisco"
Wanted: More Girl Gamers! An Engineering Student Gets Inspired at the SF Game Developers Conference
May 3, 2013 – 1:00 pm
Some of the most inspiring people I met at GDC were women. During some of the Women in Gaming events throughout the week, I was able to listen to and learn from the experiences of other women who have worked diligently to expand the game development “boy’s club” into a more inclusive group. By Brittany [...]
Top 10 Technovation Challenge World Pitch Teams Announced, Will Pitch Next Week at Twitter HQ in SF
April 24, 2013 – 9:00 am
High school girls have prototyped game-changing mobile apps for the Technovation Challenge. The best teams will be flying in from all over the world – New York, Texas, Nigeria, Brazil and England – to compete on May 2 at the World Pitch 2013 event in San Francisco. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) [...]
Starting Up in Chile and San Francisco, and Back Again
March 28, 2013 – 10:42 am
For me, the best place to live out my dream of developing new technologies for the world is, without a doubt, San Francisco. By Cecilia Carolina Calderon (Founder, DentiDesk) After the mega-quake of February 27, 2010, with its epicenter in the city of Talcahuano in the south of Chile, where thousands of Chileans perished beneath [...]
Sponsored: Women Professionals Mixer for Charity (March 28)
March 21, 2013 – 9:00 am
Sponsored by: San Francisco’s Savvy, Innovative, Professional (S.I.P) Women featuring speaker Lauren Bass, Founder of LolaBee’s Harvest. Join us at a Wine Charity Mixer for Savvy, Innovative, Professional (S.I.P) Women on March 28 in San Francisco. This is a can’t miss-event for savvy, innovative and professional women in the San Francisco Bay Area. Come drink [...]
How We Became Software Developers In 10 Weeks (The Rising Femme Elite Of Tech)
March 1, 2013 – 6:00 am
Learn about the 6 uncommon things the women at Dev Bootcamp learned in the process of going from no formal programming experience to finding jobs as software developers at top companies in 10 weeks. By Janet Chang (Alumn, Dev Bootcamp) It has been almost three months since the end of my software development training at [...]
Sponsored: Women In Big Data Summit (April 11 & 12)
February 19, 2013 – 8:00 am
Sponsored by: Women in Big Data Summit, taking place in April 2013 as part of the overall Big Data Innovation Summit, discussing the unique challenges faced by women in this industry. How can women working in Big Data challenge the stereotypes they are faced with in a predominantly male dominated environment? How can women inspire [...]
Knitter Turns Hobby Into Multi-Million Dollar Business (Video)
February 18, 2013 – 2:00 pm
How did she manage to overcome a variety of challenges and build a company in a sector she knew virtually nothing about? Watch Jimmy Beans Wool founder and CEO Laura Zander on The Story Exchange. By Karin Kamp (Director of Digital Media, The Story Exchange) When Laura Zander started her yarn shop in a small [...]
Engineering Romance At Zoosk – Meet 4 Women In Tech
February 13, 2013 – 2:20 pm
This Friday, join Women 2.0 for Founder Friday San Francisco at Zoosk’s office in San Francisco – hosted by Ruchi Sanghvi (Co-Founder, Cove – acquired by Dropbox) along with special guest Beth Budwig (UX Manager, Zoosk). By Kristin Bradley (UI Developer, Zoosk) “A Zoosk engineer promised me I would learn more in my first year [...]
This Is What An Angel Investor Looks Like – Edith Yeung
February 13, 2013 – 6:00 am
Women 2.0 profiles women angel investors in our weekly “This Is What An Angel Investor Looks Like” series. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) Based in San Francisco, the Hong Kong-born and raised Edith Yeung is a founding partner at RightVentures, where she focuses on mobile and consumer internet companies. She currently runs [...]
