When we weaken the power of one woman, we weaken the power of all women. When we weaken the power of women in workplaces that already have way too few women, we contribute to further reducing the number of successful women and we end up with only one woman survivor at the top – the [...]
Posts Tagged "Sheryl Sandberg"
The Benefits Of Having A Partner In Startup Land
March 5, 2013 – 6:00 am
To all the partners who love, support, and nurture ambitious entrepreneurial women – I say thank you. By Zuhairah Scott Washington (Founder & CEO, Kahnoodle) One aspect of the entrepreneurial journey that is rarely discussed is the role of our partners – the individuals who love and support dreamers and doers. Brad Feld recently wrote [...]
Raising Your Girl Like A Boy
February 27, 2013 – 9:00 am
It still grates at me that my parents consider their parenting strategy to be “raise your girl like a boy.” By Julie Zhuo (Director of Product Design, Facebook) For as long as I can remember, my parents have told me that they raised me like a boy. As soon as I could grasp that the [...]
The Value Of Promoting Yourself To Your Harshest Critic
February 11, 2013 – 7:00 am
“Fortune does favor the bold. I promise that you will never know what you’re capable of unless you try.” – Sheryl Sandberg By Janet Choi (Chief Creative Officer, iDoneThis) Women who promote themselves experience greater career advancement, compensation and career satisfaction. So I say “amen!” to Oprah’s advice that “in order to get people’s attention [...]
(Infographic) Women 2.0 Conference 2013 In Pictures & Quotes
January 30, 2013 – 6:00 am
On February 14, 2013 – join hundreds of like-minded entrepreneurial individuals who aim to build high-tech and high-growth ventures. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) Learn from dozens of successful women entrepreneurs, startup executives and early-stage investors at the Women 2.0 Conference in San Francisco for a full-day of inspiration, education, connection and [...]
2013: The Year Of The Female Entrepreneur?
December 13, 2012 – 6:00 am
It is no surprise then that four of the major global consumer tech businesses – Facebook, Groupon, Zynga and Twitter – have more female customers than male. However, each suffers from a lack of female representation at board level, and this is true throughout the business world. By Wendy Tan White (Founder & CEO, Moonfruit) [...]
We Need More Women In Tech, Here’s Why
November 21, 2012 – 6:00 am
By being examples of tech savvy women who are generous with their talents and relentlessly hard working, we’re setting the stage for women who will come after us, building a legacy of real impact. By Audrey Tan (Founder, Waggit) Marissa Mayer and Sheryl Sandberg have recently made headlines for their high profile jobs at top [...]
Key Takeaways From The Atlassian Bay Area Girl Geek Dinner
November 19, 2012 – 4:57 pm
BizeeBee’s Poornima Vijayashanker suggested that “women need to get more comfortable with making the ask.” By Emily Gonzales (CTO, Bookigee) The panel at the 29th Bay Area Girl Geek Dinner hosted by Atlassian was an impressive mix of admirable women drawn from the online media, venture capital and SaaS sectors of technology. Rather than focus [...]
Makers, First And Foremost
October 10, 2012 – 7:00 am
At Hack’n Jill, our hackathon attendees are concentrating on building amazing products and services. By Eugenia Koo (Co-Founder, Hack’n Jill) Recently Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg gave some serious kudos to software engineer Nora Mullaney on Quora for Mullaney’s response to the question, “What advice would seasoned women in tech give to younger girls deciding to [...]
Sheryl Sandberg Explains Why Younger Women Should Pursue Tech Careers
October 8, 2012 – 2:00 pm
Facebook leaders Sheryl Sandberg and Jocelyn Goldfein share advice. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) The most influential woman in tech right now, Sheryl Sandberg, outlined some clues for younger women searching for a career or job in today’s economy. In a post to Quora last week, she gave three pieces of advice [...]
