Meet four women in California and New York who learned to code for very different reasons – and results! By Angie Chang (Co-Founder, Women 2.0) People learn to code for all sorts of reasons, from building their own startup to building on top of their partner’s startup. In the case of a San Francisco-based marketing [...]
Posts Tagged "Tracy Osborn"
Customer Acquisition for Your Freemium Product Launch
April 24, 2013 – 9:00 am
For WeddingCakeLove, I spent about four hours on this pre-launch process to acquire customers. After launch, my process is a lot different — more on that in part two, coming soon. By Tracy Osborn (Founder, WeddingLovely) This week, WeddingLovely launched our newest wedding vendor directory for wedding bakeries, WeddingCakeLove.com. I’ve launched five other directories so [...]
Why And How An Online Startup Released A Print Product
November 20, 2012 – 10:00 am
As a two-person startup, it’s vastly easier and cheaper to upload to Magcloud and just do print-on-demand. By Tracy Osborn (Founder, WeddingLovely) In startup land, it’s very rare to hear about a startup launching a print product, much less a startup that primarily revolves around internet properties and only has two people. But WeddingLovely has [...]
Spotted: WeddingLovely Startup Founders In Inc. Print Magazine
July 13, 2012 – 11:00 am
CTO Julia Grace and CEO Tracy Osborn are featured in this month’s Inc. print magazine for WeddingLovely. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) WeddingLovely founders Julia Grace and Tracy Osborn have something to celebrate – getting in the print edition of Inc magazine this month! The article at Inc. online asks “Will Investors [...]
International Applicants Encouarged To Apply To PITCH NYC By August 31
July 10, 2012 – 7:00 am
Deadline to apply for $25k and more prizes for PITCH NYC Startup Competition is August 31, 2012. By Rebecca Lipon (Application & Judges Coordinator, PITCH Competition 2012) Women 2.0 is actively accepting applications for our PITCH NYC 2012 competition, and we have received many questions from applicants. Below I’ve answered the most common ones. Please [...]
How To Survive The “Trough Of Sorrow” As A Solo Non-Technical Startup Founder
May 12, 2012 – 6:00 am
And then my co-founder and CTO in Julia Grace joined my startup. Having a co-founder is infinitely better! By Tracy Osborn (Founder, WeddingLovely) In the last year, I’ve gone from building a random side project (after finding a co-founder ultimately failed), to running a revenue-generating company which just finished the F11 batch of 500 Startups. [...]
Notes From CEO Joanne Lang: Presenting At Founder Friday
March 2, 2012 – 4:58 pm
By Joanne Lang (Founder & CEO, AboutOne) A couple of weeks ago I received an email from a friend Ellie Cachette, CEO of ConsumerBell (one of AboutOne’s strategic partners) asking me if I was interested in being a presenter at the Women 2.0 Founder Friday in New York. I am very proud to be a [...]
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 [...]
Recruiting A Designer To Your Early Stage Startup (Hint: It’s Not All About The Perks)
February 7, 2012 – 1:37 pm
By Dana Rosenberg (Startup Enthusiast, Self) For startups, the design element is becoming more important than ever. Consumers are developing an appreciation for design that is driving their purchase and engagement decisions. Simultaneously, the expanding global market for mobile and interactive web services is creating a need for designers to take on new interfaces and [...]
On Building Measurable Design Into Your Startup (Lessons From Warm Gun, 500 Startups, Etsy, Instagram, Mint, The Designer Fund)
December 6, 2011 – 7:00 am
By Tracy Osborn (Founder & Designer, WeddingLovely) Warm Gun, the design conference run by 500 Startups, was held last Friday in San Francisco. Dedicated to measurable design, Warm Gun advocates design that isn’t just pretty visuals. Instead, design should influence the user and convert visitors into loyal fans and paying customers. With over 20 speakers [...]
