Sony Entertainment Television pulls back the curtain on the recent Women 2.0 conference, interviewing speakers backstage and talking with Women 2.0 co-founder Shaherose Charania about her story. By Jessica Stillman (Editor, Women 2.0) What goes on backstage at a tech conference? If you’ve ever wondered what the speakers were talking about after they left the [...]
Posts Tagged "Women 2.0 Conference 2013"
Sneak Peek: Backstage at the Women 2.0 Conference
March 14, 2013 – 8:55 am
Sony Entertainment Television was at the recent Women 2.0 conference interviewing speakers backstage and talking with Women 2.0 co-founder Shaherose Charania – the resulting show airs Saturday (but a sneak preview is out now). By Jessica Stillman (Editor, Women 2.0) What goes on backstage at a tech conference? If you’ve ever wondered what the speakers [...]
Women 2.0 Conference And My Startup – TableCrowd
February 28, 2013 – 9:00 am
I am currently pitching and demo’ing for TableCrowd and I am a confident and comfortable doing so, but I certainly picked up some tips from the ladies on stage. By Kate Jackson (Co-Founder & CEO, TableCrowd) We’re currently fundraising for TableCrowd and as well as looking at UK investors, I wanted to scope out the [...]
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 [...]
Co-Founder Lynda Weinman, Leader Of The Online Education Pack
February 21, 2013 – 9:00 am
The site was so successful without outside capital that it didn’t really make sense to accept it. But today, lynda.com is a 400 person company with plans to expand its content and platform (Weinman won’t say more than that just yet). It can use the funding. By Ariel Schwartz (Contributing Writer, Women 2.0) If you’ve [...]
The Women 2.0 Conference Rocked My World
February 21, 2013 – 7:00 am
Exchanging information, celebrating each other’s successes, the act of learning as a group – all this collective experience feels like a powerful counteraction to the plain-as-day fact that startup culture is not exactly women-friendly. By Angelina Strosahl (Co-Founder, DonationPay) I was lucky enough to attend the Women 2.0 “The Next Billion” Conference last Thursday and [...]
Women 2.0: My Best Valentine’s Day In Silicon Valley!
February 19, 2013 – 6:00 am
Entrepreneur Thuy Truong flew in from Ho Chi Minh City to officially release her Smartboard app on Valentine’s Day and pitch her company at the Women 2.0 Conference in front of a thousand people! By Thuy Truong (Co-Founder & CEO, Greengar) I learned more about entrepreneurship in the last two weeks than I have my [...]
Fran Maier At Women 2.0 Conference 2013: “Embrace The Female Consumer And Do NOT Apologize It!”
February 18, 2013 – 9:00 am
“The Next Billion”: Consumers, Markets & Products – The 2013 Women 2.0 Conference had superstar pitches and the presents REALLY knocked our socks off! By Megan Conley (Founder & CEO, Social Tribe) Tatiana and I attended the Women 2.0 Conference 2013, entitled “The Next Billion.” We were totally blown away by the quality of presenters, [...]
How To Scale Your Company The Right Way: 6 Tips To Avoiding Growing Pains
February 18, 2013 – 6:00 am
When your company growth doubles every week, there’s plenty of room for error. Michelle Zatlyn explains how to survive it. By Francesca Fenzi (Staff Writer, Inc.) CloudFlare, a service that protects websites from security threats and speeds up online performance, has been growing at lightning-speed since its creation in 2009. The company saw more than [...]
Angaza Design, Founded By CEO Lesley Marincola, Wins Women 2.0 PITCH SF 2013 Startup Competition
February 14, 2013 – 8:39 pm
Today’s Women 2.0 Conference on February 14, 2013 is being livestreamed here today and video will be available post-event. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) With 290 applicants from 28 countries and 27 different states in the United States, 30 investor judges selected 10 finalists to present onstage today at the Women 2.0 [...]
