A Company Is Born: Working Mothers, Sustainability, and Subscription
All at once, she knew what kind of company to launch. BellaNove combines Jenny Leung's main interests: fashion, sustainability, and working mothers.
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7 Rules for Funding Your Business Without Selling Your Soul
Investment consultant and attorney Jenny Kassan details what’s involved in clarifying goals and values, learning the legalities, identifying the right kind of investor, and creating a winning offering. Here's how to forge a path to success and longevity.
Does This Shirt Make Me Look Fabulous?
Two college students develop an app to help people take even more selfies, in the name of friends helping each other decide what to wear. Here,...
People Clearly Didn’t Expect Me to Be a Technical Lead
Marina Shumaieva, a co-founder and CTO of a startup b2b cruise itinerary aggregator, could tell that many people at TechCrunch Disrupt were surprised to learn she was the tech-lead for the company. Here's her take on how to best overcome sexist assumptions.
I Started a Company to Stop the Game of Telephone in Tutoring
Megan O'Connor, co-founder and CEO of Clark, writes about the inspiration for Clark's app, a virtual-assistant for tutors to improve scheduling and communication with families and teachers.
These 5 Women-only Travel Companies Are Putting a Feminist Spin on Wanderlust
Travel solo, but not alone, with travel companies by and for women. Writer AnnaMarie Houlis describes five startups to watch.
Dear Entrepreneurs: This Is How to Ace the New Seed Round
What do you as a founder need to know to ace the new seed round raise?
Nina Luu, CEO of Shippabo, Points to Shipping as Tech’s Next Frontier
Nina Luu's new company, Shippabo, is filling what she sees as a big, unclaimed, gaping vacuum in one of the largest industries there is: shipping. And wherever there's room for improvement, there's room for two other things, too: new tech and new profits.
Fixing Global Email Problems While Building a Perfectly Balanced Remote Team
Andrea Loubier, co-founder and CEO of Mailbird, writes about her experience launching and growing a unified email client.
A Smart Startup That Makes Saving Fairer and Is Giving Banks a Run for Their Money
Yuliya Tarasava talks with Women 2.0 about founding a new financial company, CNote, that competes with banks as a place to save money.
A Candid Talk With Vanessa Ogle, CEO of a Tech Company You’ve Probably Used
Five years ago, she made transformed her company into a services and content provider. Today, Enseo is the largest fully monitored out-of-home network in the world with 45 million users in 2017.
Techstars Anywhere: A Chance to Tap into a Worldwide Network for Entrepreneurs … from the Comfort of Home
Accelerator giant Techstars is launching a new, mostly virtual program for startups run by people who don't want to relocate to participate: Techstars Anywhere.
Up Close and Personal with Women Entrepreneurs
Mary Betsy, co-producer of adorable and insightful "dope masterpiece" video series featuring women founders and entrepreneurs, talks to Women 2.0.
This 21-year-old Greek Woman is Trying to Blockchain the Shipping Industry
Christiana Zoupa just co-founded a blockchain company that aims to improve the lives of millions of seafarers and to reward the scientific community by accelerating new technologies in the shipping industry. Will it work? The next 25 days or so will be telling.
Sheleader, Episode # 4 Introduces Us to the Founder of Vote.org and She’s Awesome
Debra Cleaver of Vote.org is the subject of Sheleader vlog, episode #4. We love this series, which introduces viewers to female founders. It's that rare combo: inspiring AND adorable.