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Friday Roundup: Women Entrepreneurs Make News This Week

January 27, 2012 – 9:00 am

By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) This week, Vivek Wadhwa on Inc.com featured and pictured Shaherose Charania in a story titled “The Face of Success: Women And Venture Capital”. Meanwhile, Women 2.0 PITCH Conference speaker Danielle Fong (pictured, right) is touted in Forbes magazine as a “24-year old wunderkind” and venture capitalist Vinod [...]

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The Face of Success: Women and Venture Capital

January 25, 2012 – 10:31 am

By Vivek Wadhwa (Contributor, Inc) In my last two articles, I discussed why, based on my research on immigrant entrepreneurs, I believed that Silicon Valley was the world’s greatest meritocracy. That was before I moved to the Valley and learned that this so-called meritocracy is highly imperfect, omitting women, blacks, and Hispanics. When I researched [...]

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FailChat: Go Fund Yourself!
Wednesday, February 22, 2012, 6:30pm - 9pm
San Francisco, CA

Having a hard time raising money? Failing to manage your funds? Join AppBakr, Intel Capital, and other leading funding experts to share how you can survive withOUT raising stacks of cash. Whether you believe in organic growth, the power PR, crowdsourcing, or personal investments - it's time to discuss how to avoid common mistakes and learn how to navigate funding in a way that's best for your situation. Each FailChat attracts an intimate and targeted group of early-stage founders and entrepreneurs to discuss the common mistakes and missteps that startups and small businesses take. Beer, wine,non-alcoholic beverages, and appetizers are provided throughout the seminar. For more info and to register, click here.


Berkeley Entrepreneurs Forum: Making Money - What Every Entrepreneur Needs To Know About IPOs
Thursday, February 23, 2012, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Berkeley, CA

Startup investors need liquidity to make money which in turn drives entrepreneurs’ access to capital. Liquidity can be achieved from a company acquisition or an IPO. Healthy markets support returns to investors, free up cash and increase investor willingness to deploy risk capital and fund entrepreneurs. Come hear from David Weild, former vice chairman of the NASDAQ Stock Market, and one of the world's top experts on IPOs what you, as an entrepreneur, need to know about achieving liquidity for your investors and making money for yourself. For more info and to register, click here.


CodeChix presents Wikipedia - How does it work?
Monday, February 27, 2012, 7pm - 8:30pm
Palo Alto, CA

CodeChix is hosting a talk by Wikipedia's senior engineers who will present how Wikipedia is architected and how it works. Content will include the existing infrastructure and evolution to the next generation, including the major reasons causing the evolution. So, come join us and get a peek into the inner workings of the top open source site in the world! There is a nominal charge ($5) to pay for snacks and drinks. We hope you can join us for a fantastic evening with Wikipedia. For more info and to register, click here.


Bloomberg Technology Session: What is Next for the Asian Consumer?
Tuesday, February 28, 2012, 6pm - 8pm
San Francisco, CA

The Singapore Sessions will feature a discussion amongst some of the smartest technology entrepreneurs, developers, venture capitalists and big company executives on the next wave of technology products that aspire to make Asia their next big market. Confirmed speakers: Geoff Tudor, Chief Cloud Strategist, Hewlett-Packard Company; David Chao, Co-Founder and General Partner, DCM; and Jack Zubarev, President and Co-Founder, Parallels. For more info and to register for free, click here and enter code "WOMEN2".


Berkeleyside Local Business Forum 2012: Startup Berkeley
Monday, March 5, 2012, 6pm - 9pm
Berkeley, CA

Berkeleyside, Berkeley's independent news website, brings together leading figures to talk about the strengths and weaknesses of the city of Berkeley for startups and how to create a climate of innovation. Is Berkeley's reputation as a business-hostile place merited? Are things changing for the better? What steps need to be taken to improve the startup climate? Speakers include Will Wright (creator of The Sims and founder of Stupid Fun Club), David Hyman (founder and CEO of streaming music service MOG) and June Taylor (founder and CEO of jam maker The Still Room). For more info and to register, click here.


How to Quit Your Day Job: The Launch of Nestio
Thursday, March 8, 2012, 7pm – 9:30pm
New York, New York

Damsels in Design, a professional networking group for women in design, along with General Assembly, the collaborative workspace and technology incubator, are hosting “Women in Design & Technology,” a conversation series dedicated to celebrating and highlighting successful female entrepreneurs in New York City. We kick-off the series over an intimate conversation with Caren Maio, CEO and Co-Founder of Nesito. Maio will give many personal and professional anecdotes for excelling in the design and technology industries as well as reveal what advantages exist for women entrepreneurs in tech. Learn how to create, launch, and manage your start-up over complimentary beer and wine. For more info and to register, click here.


Global Women's Journey
Thursday, March 8, 2012, 6pm - 9pm
San Jose, CA

We launched the Global Women's Journey series last year to discuss women's path to leadership. We are happy to continue the conversation and kick-off the 2012 series on International Women’s Day! Come celebrate with us at this joint program organized by BayBrazil, GABA, and SVForum Tech Women. Panelists include Rebecca Fannin Journalist (author of Silicon Dragon - speaking about women in China), Jen Shelby (VP Client Services, Astia - speaking about women in Europe), and Katy Dickinson, Director (Huawei Technologies - speaking about women in MENA). For more info and to register, click here.


Women Entrepreneurship Retreat
March 9-11, 2012
Monterey, CA

This is an opportunity for business women to get away for the weekend, incubate ideas, rally resources, access peer mentoring, and network with other entrepreneurs. There will be keynote speakers as well as skills workshops covering marketing/differentiation, scaling for growth, mentoring, and negotiations/inter-personal leadership skills. There will also be a bonfire on the beach and s'mores. Invest in your future and well being connect while connecting with other inspirational women. For more info and to register, click here.


Women in Wireless SF Chapter - San Francisco Launch Party
Wednesday, March 14, 2012, 6:30pm - 9:30pm
San Francisco, CA

WiW San Francisco is hosting an exclusive SF launch event, "MOBILE IS THE NEW BLACK", an evening of networking with other innovative women from leading mobile and wireless companies at The Rotunda, San Francisco. Event is sponsored by AT&T Adworks, Jiwire, and Smaato. Wine and hors d'ouvres will be served. Event is free, space is limited so please RSVP if you will be attending. For more info and to register, click here.


CodeChix 2012 March Speaker Series
Wednesday, March 21, 2012, 6:45pm - 8:30pm
Palo Alto, CA

Speakers include Alolita Sharma (Director of Engineering, @Wikipedia, SF), Tim Kimmet (VP of Engineering, @WalmartLabs, Silicon Valley HQ) and Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0). We will be providing dinner and beverages sponsored by @WalmartLabs! And we will be raffling T-shirts and other stuff. For more info and to register, click here.


Jumpstart Your Startup with Women 2.0!

A unique workshop for women with the next big startup idea, Jumpstart Your Startup is available for aspiring women entrepreneurs in the Silicon Valley.

  "Jumpstart Your Startup exposed us all to
     incredible advice, well seasoned speakers and
     a nurturing environment to help evolve
     and strengthen our ideas."
    - Zuzy Martin Lynch, Jumpstart Your Startup participant
  "This class was the perfect format to clarify
     our business idea and perfect our pitch."
    - Lynnee Jimenez, Jumpstart Your Startup participant

Quotable Quotes

Pitch 2009 is a unique startup competition open to early-stage ventures globally. Eligible startups are in alpha or beta stage, and must have at least one female founder. Deadline to apply: April 10th, 2009.

 "A recession is the best time to start a company.
  The opportunity cost is low, hiring good people
  is relatively easy, rent and equipment are cheap
  (sometimes free) and established competitors are
  focused on reducing costs and staying in
  business, not on innovation. The key is being in
  a good position when the economy picks up."

  - Rebecca Lynn
    Partner, Morgenthaler Ventures

 "Some of the best products and services come
  out of some of the worst times. In the early 90s,
  tens of millions of dollars had gone down the
  drain in a futile effort to develop 'pen computing'
  (early phase of mobile computing) and a
  recession was shriveling the economic outlook."

  - Chris Shipley
    Chairman, Guidewire Group