Women 2.0 Business Plan Competition
Women 2.0 is having a business plan competition for a chance to win one-on-one meetings with some of the top venture capital investment firms in the world.
Your company must be in concept or beta-stage and have not received significant funding and your team has to be at least 50% female ownership to be eligible. The deadline is April 15th, so hurry! Fill out the online application form (here)
Selected finalists will pitch in front of a judging panel and live audience at the Women 2.0 Conference and Pitch Night on May 10th for a chance to win one-on-one meetings with some of the top venture capital investment firms in the world. Previous year’s prizes were meetings with Michael Mortiz, Sequoia Capital and Tim Draper, Draper Fisher Jurvetson. This year, prizes include a meeting with Esther Dyson, CEO of EDventure and investor in companies such as Flickr, del.icio.us, and 23andMe.”
Good Luck!
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Microsoft Social Media Outreach Case Study
Last week, I had the pleasure moderating a panel/case study at the BlogHer Business ‘08 conference here in New York City, where I interviewed three prominent Microsoft bloggers. The panelists were Ani Babaian, Sara Ford and Ariel Stallings, and we discussed how their blogging helps to build a bridge between the world of corporate social media and their own personal technology passions.
I really enjoyed getting to know these three very dynamic women and learning how their efforts are helping Microsoft add a new dimension to the corporate perception.
Ani Babaian is a senior product manager with the LiveSearch team at Microsoft and she blogs on a variety of topics with a focus on SEO.
Sara Ford is a program manager for codeplex.com, Microsoft’s open source project hosting site. She is a hardcore techie and blogs about the Microsoft product that she works with, interacts with the open source community, and participates in the conversations to help users find solutions to their issues.
Ariel Stallings is a marketing manager with staffing marketing. It’s her job to convince you that working at Microsoft is cool. She profiles microsoft employees by focusing on the diversity and life style of the Microsoft employees…their fun side…their personal side. Continue Reading “Microsoft Social Media Outreach Case Study”
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Listen and Learn from Women Entrepreneurs in IT
The National Center for Women in Technology (NCWIT) published podcast interviews about women entrepreneurs in information technology (IT) careers.
The women profiled so far are:
- Lucy Sanders, CEO and Co-founder, NCWIT
- Helen Greiner, Co-founder and Chairman of the Board, iRobot Corp
- Elaine Wherry, Co-founder, meebo.comÂ
- Sangita Verma, Founder and CEO, TAG Networks
- Elizabeth Charnock, CEO and founder, Cataphora
Listen and learn from these great role models…how they first got into technology, why they chose to be entrepreneurs, and what advice they would give to young people interested in IT or entrepreneurship.
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Solving the Tech pay gap between men and women
According to a salary survey conducted by Dice.com, “men are making more money than women in technology jobs, about 12% more than they did last year”
I find this outrageous that in our day and age this problem still exists. One way to solve any issue is to find possible causes and offer a solution. Below is my attempt at discovering the causes and offering some solutions for the pay gap.
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Tech Republic’s Women in IT series: Esther Dyson
Sonja Thompson, a news editor at Tech Republic, has launched a Women in IT podcast series, which consist of interviews of women who are currently working in IT, their careers and technology in general. I had the pleasure of participating in the Women in IT series in September 2007.
This month Sonja interviewed Esther Dyson, who is a commentator on emerging digital technology and is known as a pioneer in many technology circles. She is a great role model for Women in IT and I would definitely recommend listening to the podcast interview.
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