Women 2.0 - Founding Startups » How To Make a Simple Facebook App in 20 Minutes. Published on: May 2, 2011 Posted By Angie By Anna Billstrom (Developer, Momentus Media) Women_in_America+WH+March+2011. Women 2.0 Spins Out, Expands Founder Labs Program To New York. An organization that aims to diversify and strengthen the pool of successful startup founders in tech, Women 2.0, today announced that it will spin out its mobile focused Founder Labs pre-incubator program as a standalone entity, and expand it from San Francisco to New York City this May.
Women 2.0 and Founder Labs founder, Shaherose Charania, told TechCrunch: “We want to change the ‘founder force.’ There’s a pretty diverse work force here. But the founder force looks kind of homogenous. Founder Labs will create teams working in mobile that are diverse, in terms of experience levels, gender and ethnicity.We want people not to just create apps, but mobile health, payment, and smart grid [technologies].
Lately, NYC has seen an influx of funds, incubators, co-work spaces, and other programs to support and inspire the formation of technology startups here, including from: Accel Partners, General Assemb.ly, HackNY, Turing Fellows, TechStars, DreamIt Ventures, and others. Women 2.0 - Founding Startups » Investor and Entrepreneur Roundtable on April 11. Share0 Share0 Tweet0 Share0 Share0 Leave a Reply Your email address will not be published.
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Gradually, she discovered that a hobby could become a degree--a bachelor's and then a master's in electrical engineering and computer science at MIT. Finally, she discovered it could become a business. Prerna Gupta CEO, Khush Inc. Do women play more games than men? Women now play games more than men, according to a report by mobile app analytics provider Flurry.
At least that’s true in the realm of mobile and mobile social games, where the likes of Zynga’s FarmVille and Popcap’s Plants vs. Zombies are at the forefront. More than half of all mobile and mobile social gamers — 53 percent, to be exact — are women, bucking the stereotype that gaming is typically a male-dominated form of entertainment, according to the report. Only 40 percent of “traditional” gamers are women, according to the report. The report found that women social gamers were typically older than their male counterparts — as women outnumbered men in the 26 to 65 age range.
A majority of mobile and social gamers also appear to come from middle-class origins and make between $50,000 and $80,000 yearly, according to the report. [Photo: popculturegeek.com] Don't let cyber attacks kill your game! Women and Tech: Focus On Female Consumers And The Founders Will Follow. Editor’s note: This is a guest post written by TheIceBreak CEO Christina Brodbeck.
Brodbeck is a UI designer, angel investor and entrepreneur based in San Francisco, CA. Women in tech. I hate to say it, but I am tired of hearing about women in tech. Women 2.0 - Founding Startups » Partner event: She’s Geeky Bay Area 2011. Share0 Share0 Tweet0 Share0 Share0 Leave a Reply Your email address will not be published.
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Women 2.0 - Founding Startups » Partner event: Kauffman Lab’s Women in Science and Engineering Business Idea Competition. This week, Kauffman Foundation announced the launch of “Women in Science and Engineering Business Idea Competition” — designed to recruit highly educated and creative women with world-changing ideas consider entrepreneurship and commercialization of those ideas. Co-sponsored by Astia and the Kauffman Foundation, the competition ends January 15, 2011 with the prize being an all-expenses-paid trip to TED 2011. Participate in the business idea competition by January 15, 2011. This competition announcement comes on the heels of recent survey figures from the U.S. Census Bureau, which reveal that women-led businesses are growing rapidly, but their revenues are not keeping pace.
Women 2.0 - Founding Startups » Partner event: Pipeline Fund Fellowship to create more women angel investors. Women 2.0 - Founding Startups » 2nd Women 2.0 Startup Weekend Creates 22 Startups. 50 Inspiring Women Entrepreneurs. Young Entrepreneur We’re thrilled to announce the latest issue of Self-Made Magazine, which launched last week, and we’re especially excited about our cover story, “50 Women Entrepreneurs Who Inspire Us.” While gender is hopefully becoming less and less of an issue in today’s business world, and while every entrepreneur who achieves success is inspiring, we recognize that women still have many unique obstacles to overcome as entrepreneurs, and we wanted to recognize those who have broken through barriers and found the ultimate success in entrepreneurship! Here is our blog version of this inspiring story.
Please help us congratulate these women and honor their inspiring stories by spreading this post around. This post originally appeared at Young Entrepreneur and is republished here with permission. This post originally appeared at Young Entrepreneur. Diane Heavin – Curves Curves With her husband Gary, Diane Heavin founded the fitness chain, Curves in 1992. Abrams Media Network Launches “The Mary Sue,” New Site For Nerd Girls. Sheryl Sandberg Why we have too few women leaders.
TED Talks Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg looks at why a smaller percentage of women than men reach the top of their professions -- and offers 3 powerful pieces of advice to women aiming for the C-suite.Sheryl Sandberg is Chief Operating Officer at Facebook. She oversees the firm's business operations including sales, marketing, business development, human resources, public policy and communications.
Prior to Facebook, Sheryl was Vice President of Global Online Sales and Operations at Google, where she built and managed the online sales channels for advertising and publishing and operations for consumer products worldwide. She was also instrumental in launching Google.org, Google’s philanthropic arm. Before Google, Sheryl served as Chief of Staff for the United States Treasury Department under President Bill Clinton where she helped lead the Treasury’s work on forgiving debt in the developing world.
Why Women Rule The Internet. Editor’s note: This guest post is written by Aileen Lee, Partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. Aileen focuses on investing in early stage consumer internet ventures and previously worked at Gap, Odwalla, The Northface and Morgan Stanley. She was also founding CEO of KP-backed RMG Networks. Full disclosure: some of the companies mentioned below are KP-backed companies. You can read more about Aileen at KPCB.com and follow her on twitter at @aileenlee. It feels like we’re in a Golden Age of the web, led by consumer internet services and e-commerce.
But here’s a little secret that’s gone unnoticed by most.