Women 2.0 Business Plan Competition

By: Nelly Yusupova
Posted: April 14, 2008
Topics: Events, Women in Technology, Business
Tags: competition, esther dyson, venture capital

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!

Tech Republic’s Women in IT series: Esther Dyson

By: Nelly Yusupova
Posted: December 21, 2007
Topics: Women in Technology, Career, Networking, Technology
Tags: esther dyson, role model, women in IT

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.