VC Heidi Roizen shares four lessons she learned going toe to toe with Steve Jobs earlier in her career. By Heidi Roizen (Operating Partner, DFJ) Fresh out of Stanford Business School, I started a software company, T/Maker, with my brother Peter. He was the software...
Padmasree Warrior will join Dana L. Evan to become the second female director on Box’s board. By Betsy Mikel (Contributing Writer, Women 2.0) While bigwig tech companies like Facebook, Twitter and Apple have faced criticism for the lack of diversity on their boards of...
Like many Silicon Valley companies, Apple has faced criticism for a lack of female and minority leadership. Now, the company is vowing to diversify. By Betsy Mikel (Contributing Writer, Women 2.0) Apple shareholders Trillium Asset Management LLC and the Sustainability...
Here’s a round-up of what’s going on today in the sphere of women and tech! By Jessica Schimm (Assistant Editor, Women 2.0) Apple hires on its first female to join its exec team, a female-founded San Francisco startup joins forces with another female-founded company...
In a 2011 study, researchers found that innovative executives spend 50% more time on discovery activities than their counterparts. Discovery activities include associating, questioning, observing, experimenting and networking. By Nancy Lin (Founder & Host,...