Pairing is finding fans at technology companies… By Joseph Walker (Writer, Wall Street Journal) Virginia Woolf argued that a woman writer needs a room of her own. In Silicon Valley, some companies are questioning whether software programmers even need their own cubicles. Their method is “pair programming” — where two people share one desk and [...]
Posts Tagged "Silicon Valley"
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 – [...]
Top 10 Ways 500 Startups Open Doors For Love With Food
August 22, 2012 – 1:00 pm
The 500 experience has definitely helped us grow in many unimaginable ways, more than I can list… By Aihui Ong (Founder & CEO, Love With Food) There are so many incubator/accelerator programs in Silicon Valley (e.g. AngelPad, 500 Startups, YC) and each has a different application process, providing different levels of investment in exchange for [...]
Win PITCH NYC 2012, Win A Meeting With VC Marc Andreessen
August 21, 2012 – 8:00 am
PITCH NYC applicants – here’s your chance to access one of the Valley’s most prominent venture capitalists! By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) The prize for Women 2.0 PITCH NYC Startup Competition got even better – today we are announcing one of the prizes for the winner of PITCH NYC 2012 Startup Competition: [...]
Analogies Between The Olympics And Being A Startup CEO
August 12, 2012 – 5:00 pm
There are many analogies between Olympic events and being a startup CEO here in the valley. By Laura Yecies (CEO, SugarSync) Like many of you, our family has enjoyed watching a bit of the Olympics. While I’m usually not one to watch much TV in the evening I’ve enjoyed a few hours of watching the [...]
Women Heroes In Tech: The Best Kept Secrets Of Silicon Valley
July 24, 2012 – 1:00 pm
I seek to widen the pool of female heroes in tech. They might not have a huge PR machine behind them, but these women have truly made their mark on the professional landscape in Silicon Valley. By Marilyn Nagel (CEO, Watermark) If you Google “women in tech,” it’s likely that the same 5-10 women will [...]
Do’s & Don’ts For Raising Money As A First Time Founder
July 23, 2012 – 7:00 am
Get a mentor! Actually, get a couple. One who is light years ahead of you and one who is not quite as far along to help you take things one day at a time. By Courtney Powell (Founder & CEO, PublikDemand) One day I hope to describe in greater detail my lessons from fundraising for [...]
Pitch Investor Event Bubble Tank Produced And Won By Women
July 16, 2012 – 6:00 am
The big winner of last week’s Bubble Tank in Palo Alto was Melanie Perkins of Canva. By Sarah Austin (Founder, Pop17) & Tina Hui (Co-Founder & CEO, The Leisurely) What better way to embody Silicon Valley and startups than the investor startup pitch? Having been to dozens of pitch investor conferences, we organized Bubble Tank [...]
Connecting Startups, Investors To Make An Impact On The World (Bubble Tank)
July 5, 2012 – 11:07 am
Bubble Tank works with VCs and angel investors to bring a young fresh face to the world of investing. By Sarah Austin (Founder, Pop17) Bubble Tank is a series inspired by Pop17 to get advice, input, and strategy from some of the top investors in Silicon Valley. It’s a way to work with VCs and [...]
Female Seed-Stage Companies Wanted For 11th Founder Showcase
June 27, 2012 – 1:00 pm
Early-stage women-led ventures: apply by Friday, June 29 for the free Founder Showcase Pitch Competition! By Jonathan Greechan (Partner, The Founder Institute) For our last Founder Showcase event in April, only 2 out of 70+ Pitch Competition applicants were female-led companies. That was the lowest percentage we’ve seen (by far) across all past 10 Founder [...]
