By Chiu-Ki Chan (Founder & Developer, Monkey Write) Editor’s note: Congrats to Chiu-Ki Chan and Judy Tuan, the latter who led the winning team at 2011 Women 2.0 Startup Weekend. Vote for their latest hackathon-winning app “PlayPitch” here! I...
By Lukas Black (Build & Release Engineer, Mozilla) On November 18th, 2011 — I jumped into the deep end of the Bay Area startup culture I have been lurking on the periphery of for the past two years of living here. After going to my first Girl Geek Dinner at...
By Anita Schillhorn van Veen (Contributing Writer, Women 2.0) There’s a dizzying energy around startups in America these days — New York City’s Silicon Alley, tech corridors in states throughout the country, and of course Silicon Valley are all abuzz with new...
By Ipsheeta Furtado (Co-Founder & Consultant, FTW Group) The butterflies in my stomach finally quietened and I felt at ease — our team completed a demo and a presentation that didn’t run over time. As Chung-Hay Luk and I sat down, I passed off my cue cards,...
By Farrah Bostic (Founder, Near Future Media) Here’s the problem. There is a massive drought in Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia and Djibouti. People are starving. The crisis is so bad, people are fleeing their home countries to seek refuge in neighboring nations where...
