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Seeking Female Founders In The Tech Startup Scene. Hide captionThe founders of startup accelerator Women Innovate Mobile (clockwise from top right: Deborah Jackson, Kelly Hoey and Veronika Sonsev) aim to boost the profile of tech companies founded by women. Lisa Tanner/Courtesy Women Innovate Mobile The founders of startup accelerator Women Innovate Mobile (clockwise from top right: Deborah Jackson, Kelly Hoey and Veronika Sonsev) aim to boost the profile of tech companies founded by women.
More often than not, when we hear about hot tech companies, all the founders are male (see: Google, Facebook, Twitter and Zynga). But in an effort to change that profile, a new funding source is targeting companies founded by women. Kelly Hoey thinks a lot of investors may be missing some good business opportunities because they aren't coming from someone who looks like the next Mark Zuckerberg.
"You're looking for a white guy in a hoodie, and that next visionary is ... going to be wearing a skirt and a great pair of shoes," she says. Startup Princess – For Women entrepreneurs & business owners | Startup Accelerator Supports Minorities and Women in Tech. The World at Work is powered by GE. This new series highlights the people, projects and startups that are driving innovation and making the world a better place.
Name: NewME Accelerator Big Idea: NewME startup accelerator guides and mentors minorities and women — two groups underrepresented in the tech space — by working to lower the industry's barrier to entry. Why It's Working: NewME's 12-week immersion programs nurture startup founders' ideas, foster discussion, encourage co-working and offer mentorship from some of the industry's most prominent leaders. Each program concludes with a "demo day," during which NewME participants present their ideas and products to influential tech attendees. Today's tech industry is comprised of only 25% women, and a paltry 1.5% African-Americans make up Silicon Valley's tech workforce. San Francisco-based startup NewME wasn't having it. As both a woman and an African-American, NewME founder Angela Benton has managed to surpass the overwhelming odds.
Navigating the quarterlife crisis. Scott Newberg flew into Logan airport in the middle of the night. He went straight home to his office, and in the dark room the blue light of his computer glared — a screen full of unfinished work that piled up while he was gone. He sat down at the keyboard, and that's when he had the revelation. He gave notice. He has no other job lined up. He has no real plan for how he will make money. But the career he had was not fulfilling. One of the contributions Generations X and Y have made to the workplace is the quarterlife crisis. The journey toward crisis begins at college graduation, when the typical student has about ten thousand dollars in loans and no skills to land a decent job.
With little to lose, most twentysomethings use their post-college time as an opportunity for finding oneself, seeing what's available, and trying a lot on for size. Yet this new phase in one's career is unnerving in light of the stability of previous generations of people in their 20s.