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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.
"While the bus is already a pressure pot for these young startups to make their idea happen within three days, it is also a melting pot of people with many different backgrounds."
It's a pretty brilliant idea she had: Help Baby Boomers find housemates. Meet Wendi Burkhardt, and hear her entrepreneurial success story with Silvernest.
It's just not right, they thought. Then they did something about it. Meet the American high school students who started a petition to help an Afghan girls robotics team.
There was such a huge demand for her expertise analyzing data and teaching others to do it too that she opened an academy. Meet data science guru and business founder Vivian Zhang.
Want to talk on the phone to the former Chief of Russian Operations for the CIA for an hour? Now you can. It's as easy as calling for an Uber driver, just a bit more pricey.
She figured that her experience with family business, consulting, and the heartbeat of her own generation, the Millennials, perfectly positioned her to launch a new VC firm.
As a tester, she realized she wanted more input, more respect, and more money. So she created a company to make that happen.
Former NFL player-turned-public-thinker Wade Davis on patriarchy, the tech industry, and how you can tell if a man is a feminist. Davis also sits on the Women 2.0 Allies Committee.
CTO of Bosch startup Mayfield Robotics Kaijen Hsiao talks about her company's home robot Kuri, a friendly, adorable robot that does not vacuum.
Ilit Raz founded Joonko to apply Artificial Intelligence to the problem of diversity in recruiting and hiring in tech.
Human Ventures' CEO and co-founder Heather Hartnett is a matchmaker and a people person building new businesses one introduction at a time. Venture Capital, meet founder. Founder, meet money and a network and the help you need.
Miki Berardelli says don't call boxes a trend. Trends go out of style, but boxes won't. Meet the CEO of KIDBOX and get a peek into her daily life at home and at work.
Yasamin Miller used to run survey research for Cornell University. Now, as founding CEO of her own company, she's advancing survey techniques for her many clients, which include the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
First he founded Craigslist, which has since gone on to revolutionize selling. Then he started a charitable foundation. Now he is trying to increase women's role in the tech industry. He thinks that more women in tech should be "the new normal."