YEC Q&A With Sarah Ware (CEO, Markerly)

The founder of Markerly does a quick Q&A about what she’s learned as an entrepreneur.  By The Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) Sarah Ware is the founder of Markerly, a platform that connects brands to bloggers and advertises content to over 300 million...

Female Founders to Watch: Wearable Tech

This week we are profiling leading women in the world of wearable tech!  By Jessica Schimm (Assistant Editor, Women 2.0) We’re getting excited for our conference fashion show here at Women 2.0! That’s why this week we decided to focus on female founders in...

What We’re Reading at Women 2.0 This Week

Check out the latest edition of our weekly Women 2.0 reading guide and join the conversation. By Jessica Stillman (Editor, Women 2.0) We’re in the final, hectic stages of conference planning, so we need all the fuel we can get to drive us towards the finish line. This...

Human-Centered Design v. Youth Unemployment

One founder explains how her company is using the principles of human-centered design to empower Gen Y to find jobs.  By Adrienne Rochetti (Co-founder & CEO, Akimbo) The dialogue around youth unemployment is often saturated with daunting numbers that paint a grim...

A Casual Meeting in an Elevator Can Change Your Startup

How a serendipitous encounter in an elevator on the way to Founder Friday lead to startup success! By Bianca W. Loew (Co-founder & CEO, Life of Two) I was on the way to my first Women 2.0 Founder Friday event in San Francisco. I had only been living in the city...

Announcing the Sixth PITCH Finalist

Congratulations to Cynthia Schames, founder and CEO of AbbeyPost, who will be pitching live in Vegas. By Jessica Stillman (Editor, Women 2.0) Applications to our PITCH Competiton is now closed and our extraordinary judges have been hard at work weighing the remaining...

Humanities Students Make Great Geeks

It’s easier to make a move into technology from an arts or humanities background than many people believe.  By Caitlin McDonald (Guest Blogger, Little Miss Geek) You might remember Belinda Parmar’s Guardian editorial I wasted four years of my life – don’t make the...