What Got Us Talking This Week at Women 2.0

Check out the latest edition of our weekly Women 2.0 reading guide and join the conversation. By Jessica Stillman (Editor, Women 2.0) Each week we’re sharing some of the awesome abundance of tech and startup stories that got us chatting at Women 2.0 HQ. Here’s the...

Dating Tech: We’ve Only Seen the Tip of the Iceberg

Dawoon Kang, co-founder of Coffee Meets Bagel and Women 2.0 conference speaker, compares online dating today to ecommerce before PayPal. By Jessica Stillman (Editor, Women 2.0) Probably you know a few happy couples who met online, but it’s also probable that you’ve...

Teenage Girl Develops App to Help the Blind

“The fact that I’m the only girl in my high school interested in going to these hackathons is really sad.”  By Justin Reyes (Editor-in-chief, Femgineer) Maitreyee Joshi, senior at Lynbrook High, has a deep passion for building technologies that help the...

Female Founders to Watch: New York Edition (Part 1)

Here are just some of the founders in NY who are leaving their mark on the world, (part 2 to come).  By Jessica Schimm (Assistant Editor, Women 2.0) Want to get to know some awesome female founders in New York? Sign up for Founder Friday, next week, October 4! In the...

Entrepreneurship Isn’t Supposed To Be Easy

Think entrepreneurship is brutal? It’s supposed to be, according to one founder. Read on to see what your options are if your business doesn’t work out.  By Dan Martell (Founder, Clarity) It wasn’t Nasty Gal CEO Sophia Amoruso’s fancy degree, tailored...

What You Don’t Get About PR

According to a startup communications guru, the way most young companies go about attracting press attention is completely backwards. Try this instead. By Jessica Stillman (Editor, Women 2.0) You’re doing amazing things at your startup. Now you just need to make sure...

5 Things I Wish I Knew Before 500 Startups

All set to join a world-class technology accelerator? Here are five key lessons from 500 Startups alumna, co-founder of GreenGar.  By Thuy Truong (Co-founder, GreenGar) There are tons of things that I learned throughout my time at 500 startups. However, these are the...

Perspectful: Building the Edtech Ecosystem in India

“It’s an insanely exciting time,” says Shabnam Aggarwal, co-founder of Perspectful, an advisory firm that helps connect investors and Indian edtech companies. By Jessie Arora (Founder, TeacherSquare) India’s education technology industry is poised...