Singularity University’s Vivek Wadhwa got the ball rolling on a crowdsourced project to collect the stories of women working in the innovation economy worldwide. Now he needs women to step up and share their experiences, he tells Women 2.0. By Jessica Stillman (Editor, Women 2.0) Globally, women are increasingly participating in and shaping the innovation [...]
Posts Tagged "Vivek Wadhwa"
As for Innovation: My Bet Is on Women in STEM
May 14, 2013 – 9:00 am
The visionary founder of USA Network explains why she’s thrilled to be an Ambassador for Innovating Women. Kay Koplovitz (Founder, USA Network) I am so gratified to read all the activity around the Innovating Women project created by Vivek Wadhwa as a part of the Singularity University initiative together with Google For Entrepreneurs. Not only am I a devotee of Singularity, [...]
Crowdsourcing a Book on Women in Innovation: How Can You Help?
May 14, 2013 – 8:00 am
Women 2.0 is a proud partner in Innovating Women, a groundbreaking project aimed at crowdsourcing a book detailing women’s contributions to STEM and innovation. By Jessica Stillman (Editor, Women 2.0) Women’s contributions to entrepreneurship, innovation and science and engineering are impressive, but their voices are often muted and their stories fade into the background. Innovating [...]
Ambassadors Wanted for Crowdsourced Book on Women in Tech
March 11, 2013 – 10:00 am
Instead of writing a book in the traditional sense, we will be crowdsourcing both the funding and content to produce the book. By Neesha Bapat (Lead Researcher, “Women in Technology” study, Duke/Stanford University) We set the stage and you took the mic – telling us about your experiences in the technology industries. Stanford University and [...]
Bizarro World, And How Women Will Save Mankind
February 21, 2013 – 10:10 am
Though venture capitalists in Silicon Valley shun women entrepreneurs — who are usually modest and trying to build socially and financially responsible startups — women are forming their own support networks. Women 2.0 is the best of these. By Vivek Wadhwa (VP, Singularity University) At the Women 2.0 “The Next Billion” conference last week, I [...]
Vivek Wadhwa Announcing Results Of Women Entrepreneur Study At Women 2.0 Conference (February 14 In San Francisco)
January 21, 2013 – 11:38 am
Researcher and academic Vivek Wadhwa is a researcher of topics and issues in entrepreneurship, including minority, immigrant and women entrepreneurs. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) Vivek Wadhwa is not afraid of going on TechCrunch to write about the Silicon Valley as a white boy’s club. He made quite an impression with “Silicon [...]
Dreaming Of Being An Investor? Learn From The Best In Silicon Valley WIth Smart$
October 23, 2012 – 4:00 am
Smart$ program informs, inspires, educates, and prepares business angels and venture capitalists for future investments in IT startups. By Pemo Theodore (Founder, Ezebis) Join us at the StartupMonthly Smart$ (SmartMoney) (November 12-15, 2012 in Silicon Valley). I am very excited to be asked to coordinate this program and it is shaping up to be an [...]
New Kauffman, Stanford And Women 2.0 Study On Women Entrepreneurs Seeks Survey Participants
February 4, 2012 – 8:00 am
We are kicking off an exciting study on women in entrepreneurship led by Vivek Wadhwa of Duke/Stanford University and Lesa Mitchell of The Kauffman Foundation, with the support of Women 2.0. Women who are founding CEOs, Presidents, CTOs or lead technologists of tech startups founded between 2002 and 2012 are invited to participate! By Neesha [...]
The Face of Success: Women and Venture Capital
January 25, 2012 – 10:31 am
By Vivek Wadhwa (Contributor, Inc) In my last two articles, I discussed why, based on my research on immigrant entrepreneurs, I believed that Silicon Valley was the world’s greatest meritocracy. That was before I moved to the Valley and learned that this so-called meritocracy is highly imperfect, omitting women, blacks, and Hispanics. When I researched [...]
Nominate “Women 2.0″ for “Biggest Social Impact” Today!
December 13, 2011 – 6:30 pm
By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) TechCrunch contributor Vivek Wadhwa identified a catalyzing moment at the Crunchies, the glittering awards show for the tech set hosted by TechCrunch. His wife accompanied him to the Crunchies awards show and asked the perennial question, “But where are the women?” Indeed — the entire night of [...]
