How to Raise Funds From Your Friends and Family

27 March 2013 | Uncategorized

Sqeeqee Founder Jenny Q. Ta (pictured) talks about fundraising from your loved ones and other survival tips for aspiring entrepreneurs. By Insiyah Saeed (Founder, TheLipGloss) The worsening of the “Series A Crunch”, and the stresses involved in managing...

Get More Time and Money by Making Good Decisions Quickly

27 March 2013 | Uncategorized

Most generation Y folks have grown up hearing how smart and talented we are, how the world is our oyster and we can do anything we put our mind to. Unfortunately, it is that same mind that freezes when faced with too may options. By Ellen Ercolini (Founder, The...

Leaning In at Textiles for Thinkers, STEM Games

26 March 2013 | Uncategorized

A Silicon Valley veteran from the Sun Microsystems days (before Facebook took over their Menlo Park campus) became a serial entrepreneur, STEM proponent and venture advisor in San Diego. By Lisa C. Clark (Founder & CEO, Thinker Clothing & STEM Games) I...

The Value in Disrupting Yourself: Apprentice at a Startup!

26 March 2013 | OOO

‘Disrupt’ is a word that gets thrown around often in entrepreneurial and tech startup communities. But in order to disrupt an industry or market, you have to first disrupt yourself. By Jasmine Gao (Data Strategist, Bitly & Fellow, Enstitute) “You always have to do...

Remembering How to Lean In – Like a Little Girl

25 March 2013 | OOO

The truth is, it doesn’t matter. It doesn’t matter because you have to decide what you want, not “them,” not “the racists,” not “the sexists.” By Carla Rover (Editor, The Advertising Technology Review) Do you remember...