23 May 2017 | Gender, Workplace
Studies show that gender-diverse companies are 15% more likely to outperform compared to more homogeneous ones, while companies that are ethnically diverse are 35% more likely to outperform.Companies with more female leaders are also proven to be more profitable. In...
19 May 2017 | Uncategorized
Looking forward to the Detroit Startup Week (May 22-26) and Techweek Detroit (May 23), here’s a look at just how fertile Detroit is when it comes to growing and sustaining new tech business. Announcement: Detroit is up off its deathbed, thank you very...
18 May 2017 | Career, Workplace
Tenni Theurer, Senior Director at Yahoo, has focused on finding ways to challenge herself and broaden her scope, which has ultimately helped her carve out a rewarding career in the tech industry. She shares these tips with us.When you’re just starting out...
17 May 2017 | Career, Interview, Leadership
When I sat down with Dr. Rebecca Parsons, chief technologist at ThoughtWorks, at the 2017 Collision Conference in New Orleans last week, she dropped some insights about the various paths to job satisfaction in the tech sector.Her own path was not conventional....
16 May 2017 | Founders, Funding
Denise Bevers shares additional tips on how effectively communicating your business can lead to more successful fundraising efforts.Making your career dreams come true is not for the faint-hearted. I recently wrote about how I combined my passion and my experience to...
12 May 2017 | Gender, Motivation, Workplace
Like wine, women are stereotypically viewed as sweet, classy, and “not as strong” as let’s say, scotch. Men are like scotch: strong, bold, and powerful.Of course, women have long claimed seats at the table as the heads of multimillion dollar companies, startups, and...
9 May 2017 | Career, Interview
Meet the dynamic mother/daughter duo Kerry Shrader and Ashlee Ammons, co-founders of Mixtroz, a company that aims to make conferences and other big networking opportunities more productive and less awkward. Women 2.0’s Ariana Blossom met up with the two at...
9 May 2017 | Gender, Interview
Last week, we had an insightful, honest conversation with Rachel Katz, the Director of Social Innovation at AngelHack, a woman-owned company that’s a pioneer of global “Hackathons.” We sat down together during Collision Conference to talk...
