Insights From a Panel: How to Turn The Numbers Around for Female Founders and Funders
I recently participated in a panel discussion, it was part of the Women in Technology Summit. On the Panel were five awesome women: Helena Ronis...
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A Founder With a Special Appreciation for Working Mothers Explains Why
This former CMO for the NYSE has noticed that teams provide much better marketing for clients when they truly care and get a kick out of the client's product. And it helps to have working mothers on your team, too.
Dark Ambition Syndrome and How to Cure Yourself of It
How one ambitious entrepreneur learned to take a deep breath, smell the roses on her own side of the garden, and appreciate South Africa over Silicon Valley.
Being a Successful, Fast-Growing Startup Doesn’t Always Mean Getting VC Funding and Giving Up Equity
She's founded two fast-growing companies including one that's valued at $20 million, and she's done a lot of things right. But she's also made her share of mistakes. What she's learned is the importance of equity and how to keep it.
“You Cannot Succeed by Winging It,” Says Co-Founder of Latinas in STEM
Jazlyn Carvajal (pictured above, right, with her mother), is an energetic woman with a permanent smile (“My passion project has become my...
“Not Investing in Black Women Will Forever Be a VC’s Worst Mistake.”
Jasmine Crowe has built a company that makes money, saves company clients money, improves efficiency and reduces waste, all to stamp out hunger in America.
“The West and East Coasts Are Overcrowded and Overfunded” Says This Successful Startup CEO
tilr co-founder and CEO Carisa Miklusak attributes much of her startup's success on location, location, location (Ohio).
How Raising a $2+M Seed Round Really, Actually Went
Finally, someone gets totally real about what it's like to raise investment money for a startup.
Entrepreneurs: Like Executives, but More Curious
Recent research suggests that C-suite skills with an extra dollop of curiosity, resiliency, and focus is the recipe for highly successful entrepreneurs.
Want to Succeed as a Founder? Work on These 5 Aspects of Yourself
When it comes to succeeding as a company founder, CEO Daniela Corrente thinks it's just as important to work on developing yourself--your patience, passion, self-awareness...
10 Worst Mistakes Beginner Entrepreneurs Make (If only they’d read this article!)
Just don't make these rookie mistakes, even though you're a rookie, and you'll have a much better chance at startup success.
The Business-Growing, Market-Expanding Power of Empathy
A tech founder and CEO talks about how empathy (listening, paying attention, noticing, caring) allowed her to start a business and grow it.
Women Startup Challenge Finalist Dishes on Holograms, Contests, and How DJs Got Her Started
It all started with the idea to maximize DJs by letting them play multiple venues at once. Now Ashley Crowder, Women Startup Challenge finalist and co-founder of VNTANA, runs the world's first interactive hologram company. Here, she tells Women 2.0 how it's done and what she's expecting from holograms in the future.
How Fundraising Will Impact You in 2018, Whether You Are a Startup Founder Or Employee
Poornima Vijayashanker debunks some startup fundraising misconceptions and then interviews Bitnami co-founder XFactor Ventures investment partner Erica Brescia, who has been on both sides of the fundraising table.
I thought discrimination against women in tech was bullshit. Then it happened to my wife.
Suddenly, the scales fell from his eyes and this husband and co-founder could see all the times his wife had been the victim of gender discrimination.