We are now looking for the next batch of Female Fellows, and there are over 10 Fellowships available for the upcoming Spring 2013 semesters across the globe. By Jonathan Greechan (Partner, The Founder Institute) As you may or may not know, we introduced the Female Founder Fellowship program two years ago in an effort to [...]
Posts Tagged "Skimble"
Female Fellowship Program Spurs 62% Increase In Female Founder Institute Graduates, New Fellowships Available
January 15, 2013 – 6:00 am
Female Founders To Watch: Rock Health’s Women Entrepreneurs
June 15, 2012 – 5:00 am
Health tech startups utilize domain expertise in analytics and turn smartphone cameras into biosensors! By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) Health startup accelerator Rock Health held demo day for their second class of health startups yesterday. If you didn’t already know, Rock Health is a five month program and seed accelerator targeting health-related [...]
The Founder Institute Seeks Female Founders, Offers Fellowships
May 4, 2012 – 11:01 am
Founder Institute’s Female Founder Fellowship program increased 30% female graduates globally. By Jonathan Greechan (Partner, The Founder Institute) Last year, we unveiled a new program – Female Founder Fellowship (FFF) – in an effort to grow the number of female technology founders by providing free course fees for our best female applicants. At the time, [...]
Starting A Women-Led Healthcare Or Life Science Startup?
March 19, 2012 – 1:00 pm
By Joshua Henderson (Director of Programming, Springboard Enterprises) Several weeks ago, I wrote about resources available to high-growth, women-led companies. Besides missing a few important organizations like SmartGirlsWay, NewME Accelerator, Alliance of Women Entrepreneurs, BlogHer Entrepreneurs and ACTiVATE, I said that we wanted to partner with non women-focused groups/events to champion more women through the [...]
Female Founders To Watch: Health Innovation
January 20, 2012 – 7:00 am
By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) Rock Health hosted the 2012 Health Innovation Summit in San Francisco this week, showcasing a remarkably gender-balanced set of interdisciplinary innovators in the burgeoning health/tech space. As keynote speaker Mitch Kapor stated, “It is possible to go up the learning curve yourself without the basics of the [...]
Skimble’s Backflipping Presentation Earns Top Score
September 30, 2011 – 5:00 am
By Shana Lynch (Assistant Managing Editor, Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal) Heavy-hitting health venture capitalists and professionals were on hand for the DC to VC: Hit Startup Showcase event, organized by Morgenthaler Ventures. And one startup founder was doing backflips for their attention. Literally. Maria Ly, co-founder of Skimble, which makes exercise applications [...]
Tracking Fitness with Skimble’s Maria Ly: Her Latest Mobile Apps for the Quantified Self
June 29, 2011 – 9:00 am
By Maria Ly (Co-Founder, Skimble)
