Only 4.2% of venture capitalist funding goes to women. Why so little? A new study out of Stanford offers aggravating but enlightening answers. By Jessica Stillman (Editor, Women 2.0) The amount of VC funding that goes to women is low, pathetically low, at just 4.2%....
Researcher and academic Vivek Wadhwa is a researcher of topics and issues in entrepreneurship, including minority, immigrant and women entrepreneurs. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) Vivek Wadhwa is not afraid of going on TechCrunch to...
By Danielle Fong (Co-Founder & Chief Scientist, Lightsail Energy) One month ago, I was interviewed by Jane Affleck as a profile piece for my Alma Mater, Dalhousie University. Interviewer: You “started” a PhD at Princeton… why did you stop? Was it boring? Did you...
By Danielle Fong (Co-Founder & Chief Scientist, Lightsail Energy) One month ago, I was interviewed by Jane Affleck as a profile piece for my Alma Mater, Dalhousie University. Interviewer: You “started” a PhD at Princeton… why did you stop? Was it boring? Did you...
By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) Researchers at the University of New Hampshire Center for Venture Research found that women angel investors gain strength in their numbers. They defy the stereotype of women as cautious investors —...