The fact that 10% of founders presenting at this week’s YC Demo Day are women might not sound like a victory, but it’s actually more than double the percentage in previous classes. By Jessica Stillman (Editor, Women 2.0) This week 47 startups presented at...
Female-founded fashion startup launches out of Y Combinator Demo Day. By Simone Brummelhuis (Founder, TheNextWomen) Australian entrepreneur Nikki Durkin has re-launched 99Dresses at the Y Combinator Winter 2012 Demo Day. Tech pundits Robert Scoble and Ben Parr (former...
By Christina Pan (Social/Mobile Games Product Manager, Self) I found Mark Zuckerberg’s class Product Development at Facebook. As someone who has long drank the Facebook kool-aid, I had to see what he had to say – especially if it was about product. The class is...
By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) You know the adage “two guys in a garage”? Well, not anymore — there are a new crop of accelerators, incubators and programs aimed at creating diverse and remarkably innovative startups. Thanks to this...
It’s Women 2.0 Wednesday at StartupQuote with Jessica Livingston, Co-Founder of Y Combinator — “Lots of people were skeptical, but that’s always true when you do something that hasn’t been done before.” — Jessica Livingston (Co-Founder, Y...