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) [...]
Posts Tagged "Technovation Challenge"
Top 10 Technovation Challenge World Pitch Teams Announced, Will Pitch Next Week at Twitter HQ in SF
April 24, 2013 – 9:00 am
How to Start a Business: Rinse and Repeat
March 12, 2013 – 10:00 am
Anyone, no matter how young or old, can be an entrepreneur. You just need to have ideas, perseverance, and an iterative framework to test your ideas until you find one that makes money (ie. creates revenue). By Jennifer Arguello (Co-Founder, Latino Startup Alliance) Think about an app or gadget you love to use. Is it [...]
4 Programs Teaching Girls How To Code
January 2, 2013 – 6:00 am
Girls need to be encouraged to pursue STEM in the classroom, not just in extracurricular activities. But these programs are a start. By Ariel Schwartz (Senior Editor, FastCompany’s Co.Exist) 10 years ago – even five years ago – it was incredibly difficult for tech-minded girls going through the K-12 school system to find instruction tailored [...]
(Video) 60 Seconds Of Inspiration In Technovation Challenge PSA
November 30, 2012 – 10:00 am
We have teams of girls from Alaska to Yemen signing up to learn to code apps and launch companies – and they need mentors! By Dara Olmsted (Director of Development, Iridescent) Technovation Challenge, a 12-week program that teaches high school girls to create phone apps and start businesses, just released an inspiring, short public service [...]
Building “Get TEKD” At AT&T Social Good Hackathon To Find The Right Class For You To Learn New Technology
November 7, 2012 – 2:59 pm
The trick to increasing the underrepresented groups in tech is to make sure they get an invitation to be part of the tech community. By Jennifer Arguello (Co-Founder, Latino Startup Alliance) “Ever want to start programming or understand startups more and just not know where to start?” That was the line I used to pitch [...]
Mentor A Teenage Girl At Technovation And Give Back!
October 10, 2012 – 9:00 am
When you were a teenager, did you have a female mentor or role model who showed you that girls can grow up to be programmers, entrepreneurs, and leaders? By Dara Olmsted (Director of Development, Iridescent) Help the next generation of girls learn to code and start companies – sign up to be a Technovation Challenge [...]
From Tickle Me Elmo! With Dad – To Building An Android App In High School For The Technovation Challenge
June 17, 2012 – 9:39 am
Technovation has given me the confidence to pursue a science/business/technology career. By Lisa Illés (Sophomore, Albany High School) It all started with Tickle Me Elmo. I was one and a half and my dad took me on his lap and showed me the first computer game of my life, Tickle Me Elmo! Later in life, [...]
High School Girls Learn To Code And Design Mobile Games
June 9, 2012 – 9:00 am
Iridescent’s program gives high school girls the skills and confidence needed to succeed in computer science and entrepreneurship. By Karen Holst (Co-Founder, Pick-A-Prof & VP Institutional Development, MyEdu) While volunteering with Iridescent’s Technovation Challenge, I would often come home from mentoring the group of teenage girls with a smile on my face and a fist [...]
Technovation Challenge’s Emilie Robert Wong Encourages Girls To “Hammer Up!”
May 10, 2012 – 11:00 am
“Technovation recognizes that technology needs the talents of both men and women.” By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) Emilie is currently a high school junior in San Francisco. Since winning the first Technovation Challenge, Emilie Robert Wong has developed three more apps (two for Michelle Obama’s Healthy Kids initiative and one with an [...]
Mentorship From Silicon Valley Techies Encourages High School Girls To Dream Bigger
May 9, 2012 – 1:36 pm
How mentoring a team of underserved high school girls affected a Silicon Valley techie. By Harini Sridharan (Senior Strategist, Rosetta) Let me start with a statistic that some of you might already know: While women make 47% of the U.S. workforce, only 5% of startups are owned by women. And here’s another: In 2010, only [...]
