By Katherine Hague (Founder, ShopLocket) This is the story of how my startup, ShopLocket, found its first investor, Heather Payne. In startup land, we spend a lot of time thinking about that elusive first dollar. Whether it’s from a customer, a bank, or an investor,...
By Heather Payne (Founder, Ladies Learning Code) We’re getting ready to send acceptances to the girls who will be receiving scholarships to attend our Girls Learning Code March Break camp. (We’re accepting them on a rolling basis, but the deadline...
“We’re hoping to make everyone literate about the basics of programming while creating a generation of new and talented programmers” Zach Sims, co-Founder of Codecademy told me in an email. By Blake Landau (Blogger, Artemis) Codecademy’s mission is to democratize...
By Leah Eichler (Contributing Writer, Femme-O-Nomics) Women in technology love to talk about the lack of women in technology, especially those who reside at the top. So on January 1, 2012, when Virginia Rometty takes the helm of IBM Corporation as its first female...
By Heather Payne (Head of Sales and Marketing, Pinpoint Social) (Based on “Date an Entrepreneur” by Bridget Porowski and “Date a Girl Who Reads” by Rosemarie Urquico) Date an entrepreneur. Date a girl who spends her money on iPads and web apps instead of trips to the...