A Founder Friday Thank You + Special Holiday Event

A Founder Friday Thank You + Special Holiday Event

Women 2.0 IS our community, so we’d like to take a moment to thank all of our volunteers, friends and event attendees.  By Sepi Nasiri (VP, Women 2.0) and Arti Sharma (Global Founder Friday Coordinator, Women 2.0) As Women 2.0 closes out 2013 and with the...
Why Don’t More Girls Become Engineers: Dumb Toys

Why Don’t More Girls Become Engineers: Dumb Toys

GoldieBlox lights up the internet with an awesome commercial offering a fun alternative to the endless stream of pink princess toys for girls. By Jessica Stillman (Editor, Women 2.0) What stops more women from getting interested in STEM careers? It’s certainly not...
We Got Rejected by Y-Combinator

We Got Rejected by Y-Combinator

A founder talks about why she decided to go public with her failure, and what happened when she did.  By Karen X. Cheng (Co-founder, 100) Why is this news? Well, it’s not supposed to be. News is when so-and-so raised a $15 million round from Sequoia-this or...
Going Mobile: My Journey From San Francisco to Istanbul

Going Mobile: My Journey From San Francisco to Istanbul

A startup pro moves from the Bay Area to Turkey and talks about the extremely innovative and “gender agnostic” scene she found there.  By Peri Kadaster (Head of Strategy & Marketing, Pozitron) I remember laughing a couple of years ago when my relatives...
A “Social” Recap of #W2conf13

A “Social” Recap of #W2conf13

We loved reading all of your tweets! Some were humorous and colorful, while others were more insightful. Here is a compilation of some of our favorites! By Jessica Schimm (Assistant Editor, Women 2.0) [View the story “A \Social\” Recap of...