24 April 2013 | Uncategorized
High school girls have prototyped game-changing mobile apps for the Technovation Challenge. The best teams will be flying in from all over the world – New York, Texas, Nigeria, Brazil and England – to compete on May 2 at the World Pitch 2013 event in San...
12 March 2013 | Uncategorized
Anyone, no matter how young or old, can be an entrepreneur. You just need to have ideas, perseverance, and an iterative framework to test your ideas until you find one that makes money (ie. creates revenue). By Jennifer Arguello (Co-Founder, Latino Startup Alliance)...
2 January 2013 | Uncategorized
Girls need to be encouraged to pursue STEM in the classroom, not just in extracurricular activities. But these programs are a start. By Ariel Schwartz (Senior Editor, FastCompany’s Co.Exist) 10 years ago – even five years ago – it was incredibly...
30 November 2012 | Uncategorized
We have teams of girls from Alaska to Yemen signing up to learn to code apps and launch companies – and they need mentors! By Dara Olmsted (Director of Development, Iridescent) Technovation Challenge, a 12-week program that teaches high school girls to create...
7 November 2012 | Uncategorized
The trick to increasing the underrepresented groups in tech is to make sure they get an invitation to be part of the tech community. By Jennifer Arguello (Co-Founder, Latino Startup Alliance) “Ever want to start programming or understand startups more and just not...