Females to Watch Floating in Space

Females to Watch Floating in Space

Females Founders to Watch gets futuristic this week with a list of women who are working to learn more about space! By Jessica Schimm (Assistant Editor, Women 2.0) Our conference theme is focused on the future, and really, what’s more futuristic than space? This week...

Design This: Why You’re Wrong About Girls and Games

To change the demographics of the tech industry, we have to get rid of tired and incorrect assumptions like these.  By Amy-Willard Cross (Editor, Vitamin W) As well as fire-starting and hiker badges, the Girl Scouts now have one for game design. Earlier this month,...

Entrepreneurship: The Second Time Around

Four thoughts on how serial entrepreneurs can best apply lessons from their earlier forays as founders. By Sarah Merrion Isaacs (CEO, Conventus) For some startup leaders, launching another company after an initial foray into entrepreneurship is comparable to marrying...

4 Lessons From Space Missions for Launching Your Startup

Designing, building, and launching a spaceship to the Moon, Mars, and beyond is a near-perfect metaphor for launching a startup. By Kathryn Lewis (Co-founder & CEO, dMASS, Inc.) Humanity is capable of amazing things. Recently, I returned from LAUNCH, an event...

Dating and the Single Founder

An entrepreneur who once thought being a founder was an impediment to finding love shares what she’s learned about dating while starting up.  by Alicia Morga (Contributing Writer, Women 2.0) I used to think entrepreneurship and dating were incompatible. I...

Does All the Talk About Gender Discourage Women in Tech?

“Don’t automatically assume that men won’t respect you in this industry. Don’t believe the hype – assume that they will.” By Sarah Morris (Marketing and Community Manager, Sequence Agency) There’s been a lot of talk about sexism in...

Announcing Our 9th PITCH Finalist

Congrats to Katelyn Lyster, co-founder of ReOrient Media, and her team! By Jessica Stillman (Editor, Women 2.0) The countdown to our upcoming conference continues and so does the countdown of selected PITCH finalists who will be pitching live on stage in front of a...