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 [...]
Posts Tagged "Technovation"
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 [...]
Photos From Women 2.0 PITCH Conference & Competition 2012
February 17, 2012 – 2:11 pm
By Erica Kawamoto Hsu (Online Media Producer & Photographer, Kuishimbo) The 2012 Women 2.0 PITCH Conference & Competition on Valentine’s Day was amazing – the agenda and speaker lineup made me realize it was something I had to be at. I brought my camera to the PITCH Conference on Tuesday to shoot candids at the [...]
The Giving Season: Stories Of Leadership, Mentorship (Videos)
December 16, 2011 – 1:00 pm
By Dara Olmsted (Grant Writer & Ethnographer, Iridescent) Did you miss the Technovation Challenge’s Women in Leadership panel at Andreessen Horowitz last month? The science education non-profit that runs the Technovation Challenge, Iridescent, teaches high school girls how to design a mobile phone app prototype, write a business plan, and pitch their plan to a [...]
Women App Developers And The Mentorship Continuum
November 11, 2011 – 5:00 am
By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) High school girls across the country gain hands-on programming experience — by building Android apps and writing business plans — at Technovation Challenges held nationwide. The 10 week program culminates in a pitch night where VCs ask tough questions — and the girls take it well! With [...]
“Stories of Leadership” Free Event on November 2 in Menlo Park
October 30, 2011 – 4:23 pm
By Tara Chklovski (Founder & CEO, Iridescent) The Technovation Challenge is a technology and entrepreneurship program for high school girls, founded by Dr. Anuranjita Tewary (Sr. Data Scientist, Linkedin) and implemented by Iridescent, a national, science-education nonprofit. Over the course of ten weeks, girls work with professional women in technology to develop mobile phone apps. [...]
NEWLY ADDED JOB: Network Engineer (SOMA, San Francisco)
August 22, 2010 – 7:05 am
Iteon Tech Consulting seeks Network Engineer in SOMA, San Francisco, CA. (more) Want to post your job here? Email jobs@women2.org to find out how.
