What’s Holding Girls Back From Tech Careers? (Infographic)

2 September 2013 | OOO

“Girls are just as good at boys are at computer science, but their misconceptions hold them back.” By Jessica Stllman (Editor, Women 2.0) Here on Women 2.0 we publish plenty of stories about the pipeline problem and how to get more women interested in STEM, from...

Why Resisting Change is a Good Thing

30 August 2013 | Uncategorized

Want to make a change, but not getting anywhere? Here’s how to overcome the change resisters. By Christine Comaford (Neuroscience-Based Leadership & Culture Coach, Christine Comaford Associates LLC) Not everyone in your organization is going to embrace and...

8 Female Founders to Watch in Vancouver

30 August 2013 | Uncategorized

Women who are doing amazing things like this are part of the reason why we’re so psyched to host a Founder Friday event in Vancouver. By Jessica Stillman (Editor, Women 2.0) When Inc.com aimed to round up reasons Vancouver is hot for startups earlier this year they...

My Week at Code Camp

30 August 2013 | Uncategorized

The co-founder of Code Fellows on his amazing week teaching coding at a women’s shelter. By Will Little (Co-founder & CEO, Code Fellows) Every day I read about hot, new companies that have been forged with the help of incubators like Y-combinator or...

Why I Left Google

30 August 2013 | OOO

Thoughts on trading in pride and security for authenticity. By Ellen Huerta (Founder, Mend) ‘It takes courage to grow up and be who you really are.’ — e.e. cummings About six months ago, I decided to quit my very good job at Google to explore a different way to live...

Where Are All the Women in Neuroscience?

29 August 2013 | Uncategorized

Only one-in-five papers published in Nature Neuroscience had a female author in 2006, but male dominance of neuroscience is slowly changing.  By Laura Dubreuil Vall (Research Engineer in Neuroscience, Starlab) In my job I usually spend my time among books in...

3 Ways Women Can and Should Have It All

29 August 2013 | OOO

One co-founder argues that women can have it all.  By Elizabeth Brown (Co-founder, Maiden Nation and Uncommon Union) A generation after many prominent feminists encouraged women to “have it all,” we continue to decry the absence of women in politics, business and...

Know Your Limits Says COO/CFO and Mother of Two

28 August 2013 | OOO

One COO/CFO says to listen to what other working moms are doing, but at the end of the day, do what works for you.  By Ronette Kite (COO & CFO, Adly Inc) Anything is possible. I always knew that I wanted to be an accountant, get my CPA, land a job at a Big 4 Firm,...