So many impressive women from different backgrounds showed up to the conference and I’m really glad I met them. By Audrey Tan (Founder, Waggit) I volunteered at the Women 2.0 PITCH NYC conference this week and I’m really glad I did. The conference was a mix of keynote speakers, panelists, pitches and of course – [...]
Posts Tagged "The Daily Muse"
Female Founders To Follow: 9 CEOs From PITCH NYC 2012 Startup Competition Finalists
November 9, 2012 – 2:23 pm
Out of the 10 finalists for PITCH NYC Startup Competition, 9 of the startups have women CEOs. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) On November 14 in New York, PITCH NYC Conference & Competition is expecting 15 conference speakers – 95% of them women. 100% of the speakers have founded successful startup companies, [...]
Top 10 Finalists Announced: PITCH NYC 2012 Startup Competition, Competition Culminates November 14!
October 2, 2012 – 9:00 am
Join us for PITCH NYC Conference & Competition on November 14. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) The PITCH NYC 2012 Startup Competition received 275+ applications from over 24 countries. Today, we announce the 10 women-led startups selected by 30 seasoned VCs and angel investors to compete on November 14, 2012 at PITCH [...]
Why Women Continue to Lag Behind Men In The Startup Community – And What We Can Do About It
April 6, 2012 – 11:00 am
Interviews reveal five common themes contributing to the fewer number of women starting up. By Beverly Tam (Student, University of California San Diego) Over the past few decades, women have overcome tremendous obstacles and have made a lot of progress in the area of gender equality in America. We now make up 46% of the [...]
The Women Of Y Combinator – And They Are Awesome
April 2, 2012 – 5:00 am
This article has been syndicated from TechCrunch. By Kim-Mai Cutler (Writer, TechCrunch) I would normally rather have a root canal instead of write about the issue of women in technology. I just find most essays on this really tedious and obvious. (Sorry Alexia.) But I do want to point one thing out. When I went [...]
Put Your Name In For Y Combinator: Interview With Kathryn Minshew, Founder Of The Daily Muse
March 28, 2012 – 2:07 pm
Daily Muse founder Kathryn Minshew talks about applying and getting into Y Combinator. By Doreen Bloch (Author, The Coolest Startups in America) Formerly a consultant at McKinsey, Kathryn Minshew – founder of The Daily Muse, a destination website for women – has been named a Forbes 30-Under-30 and one of Inc.’s “Women to Watch in [...]
The New Girls Network: Building A Bigger Pie For High-Growth Women-Led Companies
February 29, 2012 – 7:00 am
By Joshua Henderson (Director of Programming, Springboard Enterprises) There are incredible things happening in the startup world for women entrepreneurs. Media platforms like Women 2.0, The Daily Muse, EZebis and The Next Women are showcasing the talents and expertise of women founders and entrepreneurs. Investment firms like BELLE Capital, Golden Seeds, Phenomenelle Angels, KC Women’s [...]
The Daily Muse Names Five Startups To Watch From PITCH 2012
February 17, 2012 – 12:08 pm
By Adrian Granzella Larssen (Writer, The Daily Muse) When Shaherose Charania came to Silicon Valley from Canada a decade ago, she was shocked to find that the start-up scene was overwhelmingly male. So, she turned her awe into action, and co-founded Women 2.0, a network and media company for female entrepreneurs. Fast forward to today: [...]
The Rise Of The Consultant-Turned-Entrepreneur
February 8, 2012 – 8:00 am
By Dana Rosenberg (Startup Enthusiast, Self) I’m an East Coast transplant to the West Coast – I come from the world of suits and business casual, investment banking and consulting. When I decided to transition into tech startups, I met some resistance from people who thought that I would be too focused on long-term strategy [...]
The New Startup Scene: Silicon Strip To Silicon Mitten
December 27, 2011 – 7:00 am
By Anneke Jong (Contributing Writer, The Daily Muse) It all started with a computer chip. Coined 40 years ago, the term “Silicon Valley” originally referred to the silicon chip manufacturers that helped build the high-tech movement in the San Francisco Bay Area. The region has been a technology hot spot since, but today, it’s evolved [...]
