03/03/22 | Founders, Funding, Ideas, Leadership, Menu-Homepage
Hello, and welcome to Switch! If you’ve followed Women 2.0 for the past few years, you probably know we usually take March – Women’s History Month – in stride, and don’t make a big hullabaloo. The way we see it, every single day we work...
06/17/20 | Funding, Leadership, Menu-Homepage
Moving the diversity needle in the startup space requires a multifaceted approach. The importance of investing in women and other traditionally underrepresented founders simply can’t be overstated – as my Founding Partner at the W Fund, Allyson Kapin (also...
06/28/18 | Leadership, Northeast, Regional, US
Anil Dash, CEO of Fog Creek Software, opened up the third annual Tech Inclusion NY conference on 27 June. The event convenes central members the tech industry to focus on solutions to diversity and inclusion. The theme this year was “Voices of Innovation” – featuring...
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06/13/18 | Book Review, Gender, Media & Culture
“White people can be exhausting” is the first line of I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness. If that doesn’t signal what’s to come, I’ll tell you this book is a complete page-turner. Not like “I’m...
01/15/18 | Founders, Leadership, Menu-Homepage
When I took over Women 2.0 in August 2016, the company had been around for 10 years, but we were straight back to startup mode, with a slim team to start (two people!) and an almost completely new business model. We had an intense focus on riding the fine line between...
