backCode founder Sophia Viklund is on her fourth startup. Here are four things she learned along the way. By Sophia Viklund (Founder, backCode) I founded my first technology business in Moscow while I was in college in the mid-90s. It helped pay for my studies in London. I was studying to become a teacher, but [...]
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Female Founders To Watch: Game Developers Conference Edition (GDC 2013)
March 29, 2013 – 8:17 am
Celebrate the women in gaming – female founders edition! By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) This week, GDC (Game Developers Conference) was held in San Francisco and brought with it thousands of gaming enthusiasts and designers/producers/artists – the whole gaming ecosystem! Women in gaming came out to represent as speakers and attendees. Special [...]
Interview With JPL Systems Engineer Nagin Cox
February 13, 2013 – 8:00 am
The following are excerpts from an interview with JPL Engineer Nagin Cox. She helped send the Curiosity Rover to Mars in August 2012. By Sophia Viklund (Co-Founder, BackCode) & Esther Nam (Web Developer, Cars.com) Nagin Cox joined Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in 1993 and has since served as a systems engineer and manager on multiple [...]
Advice From Los Angeles-Based Female Founders Of Tech Startups
July 25, 2012 – 7:00 am
“Doing startups rewards doing high quality work instantly. If you can build/design a good site or product, you’ll get attention right away,” said Holden Steinberg, co-founder of PageWoo. By Kevin Winston (Founder & CEO, Digital LA) From Westwood in California – “Perfect your pitch PPT,” “find mentors and investors” and “assemble a rock star team,” [...]
Los Angeles Holds First “Silicon Beach Fest”, Brings Together Entrepreneurs In Tech, Startup And Entertainment Industries
June 26, 2012 – 10:00 am
A great addition to the festivals and tech events already on the Los Angeles startup scene. By Debra Eckerling (Founder, Write On Online) Silicon Beach Fest took place in Santa Monica and Venice last weekend and had the same feel as our vibrant town: fun, innovative and entertaining. There were too many events within Silicon [...]
Female Founders To Watch: “Silicon Beach” Edition
June 22, 2012 – 9:00 am
Tech startup founders who happen to be women come out for Silicon Beach Fest this weekend in LA. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) There’s Silicon Valley in the San Francisco Bay Area, Silicon Alley in New York – and now Silicon Beach in Los Angeles. We heard about Silicon Beach Fest, the [...]
Silicon Beach Fest In Santa Monica & Venice (June 21-23)
June 18, 2012 – 8:00 am
Los Angeles tech amps it up with Silicon Beach Fest. By Debra Eckerling (Founder, Write On Online) In Los Angeles, we have surf, sand and tech – and all of it in abundance. What better way to celebrate tech, entertainment, and startups than with Silicon Beach Fest! Silicon Beach Fest runs June 21-23, 2012, at [...]
How An Electrical Engineering Ph.D Made Her Fortune Running A Chinese Restaurant
May 18, 2012 – 11:00 am
How a PhD in a Electrical Engineering made her fortune by running a Chinese restaurant. By Sophia Viklund (Partner, BackCode) & Esther Nam (Web Developer, Self) Currently co-chairman and co-CEO of Panda Restaurant Group, Dr. Peggy Cherng got into the restaurant business with her husband, who started their first Chinese restaurant. Prior to that, she [...]
PyLadies: Events, Workshops, Hackathons and Startup Kits
August 15, 2011 – 11:27 am
By Esther Nam & Sophia Viklund (Co-Organizers & Board Members, PyLadies) The PyLadies’ mission is to promote and improve the Python community through workshops, outreach and social activities. It was started by a core group of seven female Python developers who decided that calls for diversity required action, rather than… repeated calls for diversity. We [...]
Intro to Python Web Programming in Los Angeles
May 3, 2011 – 1:50 pm
By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) Pasadena, CA — Come and learn the Python programming language on Sunday, May 15 in Los Angeles. The Intro to Python Workshop will be taught by Audrey Roy and Katharine Jarmul, and assisted by Christine Cheung, Esther Nam, Jessica Stanton, Sandy Strong, and Sophia Viklund. The PyLadies [...]
