Why women are at the heart of the future of the quantified self movement. By Ida Tin (Founder & CEO, Clue) The Quantified Self movement is becoming mainstream with an increasing number of sensors all around us. You can track your exercise, your weight, even your...
Organizers of an all-women hackathon respond to critics who call such events discriminatory or are skeptical of their value. By Tina Egolf (Co-founder & CEO, wellcome:familie.unternehmen) and Diana Kondel (Product Owner, XING) A few weeks ago, the second Berlin...
I tried to get some programming done while Oskar was sleeping and scheduled times with my husband so I would have a couple of hours for SpeedSpiration every now and then. It worked pretty well. By Diana Kondel (Co-founder, SpeedSpiration) When I was pregnant last...
Women entrepreneurs emerge from global Wayra startup accelerators. By Patricia Araque (Co-Founder & Director, Ellas 2.0) At the Americas Venture Capital Conference in Miami, Wayra drew nearly 200 investors to present 17 startups who have participated in...
Is it possible to have 50% female attendees at Startup Weekend Hamburg this June 8-10, 2012? By Lara Obst (Organizer, Startup Weekend Hamburg) Imagine rockstars, creatives, computer nerds… all together in one room – cheering, clapping and shouting. Then...