Want to run a meeting that is actually good for all involved? Do a bit of up front planning using PALO, suggests Ellen Leanse. By Ellen Leanse (Tech Veteran, Investor & Entrepreneur) Here’s a question I wish I heard more often: “What would make this awesome...
Learn how a young mother overcame the odds by teaching herself how to code and created of one of mobile sports’ most highly rated apps. By Ellen Leanse (Tech Veteran, Investor & Entrepreneur) This is a guest post by Ellen Leanse. Here in “The Valley,” we...
An inside look at how Sheryl Sandberg’s book and the groups it spawned are impacting three Bay Area companies. By Christina Farr (Reporter, VentureBeat) Lean In is more than just a book. It’s a plea for Silicon Valley’s tech companies to evolve beyond the...
Tech veteran Ellen Leanse to female founders: Stop adding “just” and start adding impact. A few months into the three-plus years I spent at Eastwick, a Silicon Valley tech strategic communications agency, I noticed something: the frequency with...
The tech industry is an exemplar. Yet often we forget to act like it. By Ellen Leanse (Tech Veteran, Investor & Entrepreneur) My friend Jerry – strategist, community architect, and notable brain – worked for an oil company back in the ‘80s. While in the men’s...