Elaine Wherry: Never Let a Good Mistake Go to Waste

The Meebo co-founder on why she keeps a mistake diary, and why you might consider doing the same.    By Janet Choi (Chief Creative Officer, iDoneThis) As a first-time, 20-something founder of the chat website Meebo (acquired by Google), Elaine Wherry found...
How Love With Food Found Its Working Rhythm

How Love With Food Found Its Working Rhythm

Founder Aihui Ong shares her secrets for streamlining her team’s workweek using an innovative schedule and a handful of tech tools.   By Janet Choi (Chief Creative Officer, iDoneThis) Love With Food is a subscription service that delivers a specially curated box...

Chinese Women Catching Startup Fever Too

Startup fever is going global as young Chinese women come down with the itch to start their own companies. By Lin Guo For most college students, the summer of junior year in all about GRE preparation, summer internships, summer courses, traveling, etc. But in the...

The One Thing VCs Could Do Immediately to Increase Returns

Ignoring inclusion is something VCs do at not only their own peril but also at ours, argues a former CEO and Stanford lecturer. By Nilofer Merchant (CEO, Rubicon) If the person who can cure diabetes came to you for money, if you were a VC you’d likely turn that person...

Staying True to Your Mission When Starting Your Company

Our Mexico City (virtual) and San Francisco Founder Friday speaker, shares how to focus on your vision when starting your company. Sign up for Founder Friday in your city here.  By Christine Lemke (Co-founder, AchieveMint) When I cofounded AchieveMint, a health...

Sponsored: How I Got Into the Web Industry

One software engineer shares how she proactively molded her studies in computer science to help her become more employable and how she landed her job at Zoosk.   By Sara Navidpour (Software Engineer, Zoosk) My friends are surprised when I tell them that more girls...

7 Female Investors to Watch

The number of female founders getting VC money is rising and dynamic female investors like these most likely have a lot to do with it. By Jessica Stillman (Editor, Women 2.0) This morning we highlighted new data that shows women founders are taking an increasingly...

Women Taking a Growing Share of Venture Capital

Data shows that women-funded companies have begun to hit their stride, increasing their share of VC dollars every year for the last ten years.  By Peter Fogel (Data Analyst, PitchBook) The topic of women’s limited access to highly competitive venture capital (VC)...

Running Remote and Making Progress

How one founder overcame her initial skepticism and found freedom and efficiency by running a remote team. By Poornima Vijayashanker (Founder, Femgineer) When I started BizeeBee, I had one word in mind, freedom. More specifically, I wanted the freedom to be able to...