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- In Conversation >> “Femgineer” Poornima Vijayashanker on Second Software Startup
During Women 2.0’s recent “Will It Launch?” weekend workshop for prospective entrepreneurs, moderator Poornima Vijayashanker spoke about her decision to leave Mint.com (where she was the founding engineer) to create software for small businesses. She discussed knowing when to take a risk–including leaving Stanford grad school to start a company that was later sold to [...]
- Investment or Indentured Servitude? HUB asks Entrepreneurs
On Wednesday the community space The HUB will host The Life Investment panel to raise the question of whether speakers and participants would “sell themselves for social change”–the context being company founders who seek to offer three to six percent of their life’s earnings to raise $300K to $600K in the short term in the [...]
- Hello!Lucky for Love Hangovers
Two creative shops I’ve got my eye on in 2010, video house Lucky NY and local stationary creator Hello!Lucky, have a common fortune theme in their monikers. It’s reason enough for me, especially when both have inventive sets of business partners and the latter’s production facility is within walking distance of my junior one bedroom. [...]
- In Conversation with Skimble’s Maria Ly
In advance of the most recent Skimble iPhone app update, company co-founder Maria Ly talked with Women 2.0 and VidSF about creating the activity tracking platform. She certainly didn’t sit down for the In Conversation series interview at Mission Cliffs, but she did discuss transitioning from a Fortune 500 company to selecting activities for personal [...]
- Cork’d Community for Discussing Wine
One of the best things about spending last week in the Big Apple–besides coming back to warmer weather and recycling bins–was the chance to learn more about the wine lovers community Cork’d from CEO Lindsay Ronga. The four person team is based in NY, but I know more than a few Bay Area winos and up-and-coming [...]
- Ignite Bay Area II: Tickets & talks
In advance of Global Ignite Week, Ms. Carmel Hagen and I are excited to announce the speakers for March 2’s event at Automattic. We hope you can join us for five-minute talks to include achieving enlightenment through nightclubs, a contemporary perspective on marching bands in America, and the opportunity costs involved in modern dating. Tickets [...]
- Companiesandme Launches; Seeks Local Co. Love Stories
Ever liked a company more than a Yelp review can express? Triple Pundit alum Ryan Mickle’s Companiesandme might help should you have a story to share about supporting or founding a local organization, and stories by Joie de Vivre’s Chip Conley and Numi Tea’s Reem Rahim about the inspiration for going their own ways are [...]
- “Grow Great Grub” (Or Being Thankful for Rain)
One week to the day after Alt Design Summit in Salt Lake City, I’ve devoured gardener/blogger Gayla Trail’s upcoming “Grow Great Grub: Organic Food from Small Spaces.” Her sophomore book explores ways to grow and prepare fruits and vegetables in places where space is limited, and the result is a beautiful set of images and [...]
- Hatch’s “Modern B-School for Women Entrepreneurs”
Since I first visited the women’s entrepreneurial education startup Hatch Network’s site a few weeks ago, I’ve been visiting every few days and appreciating the clean look of its interaction design. But the vision of local co-founders Alison Covarrubias and Claire Fontana is even more important: to reduce barriers that keep first-time entrepreneurs from launching [...]
- Pilloton & Project H Take to the Road
Bay Area native and designer Emily Pilloton was underwhelmed with the home product decision-making that made up much of her working life when she started Project H, an organization of volunteer designers who work to connect design with communities most in need. Her work encouraging local Project H chapters to bring better products to schools, [...]
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