Why aren’t more women run startups funded? Because there aren’t more women run start-ups! According to Women 2.0, women found only 11% of technology companies. The question remains: Whose job is it to change that? I recently went to LA to help conduct a panel with venture capitalists and entrepreneurs on the state of the economy. Topics to be discussed included the start-up bubble, new accelerators, and financing options for
Can we still get anywhere by taking the untraditional road? Thanksgivings prior our family played roles out of a Norman Rockwell painting. Mom and I cooked for three days straight to make multiple courses from family recipes. Dad sharpened knives for his customary meat carving duties. My brother came in and out of the kitchen sampling the fruits of our labor…only stopping his role as chief taster to help my
H.L Mencken once wrote. “Man is always looking for someone to boast to; woman is always looking for a shoulder to put her head on.” Want to argue this? We have some work to do first.… Unfortunately for feminists, studies indicate that men are still more likely than women to promote their achievements, negotiate better deals, and generally position themselves better for success. We need to change this…and the best
Upon graduation, Calgary born Maeghan Smulders was offered not one, but 29 different jobs.Overwhelmed with choices, she decided to do something innovative. She decided to “date” her companies. “Rather than just pick one, I decided to see if I could try out all of them first!” Pick a Career Like a Spouse: First Date Around Most college graduates take a traditional route and accept the first job offer they receive, often
It has been over a year since I traveled across America’s canvas to take down stories of “unconventional’ women. I’ve re-read, I’ve reflected, and now it’s time to share some thoughts from my journey from its impetus to its end. 13 months ago, well before I knew how to work a GPS, I went to a cocktail party with beautiful women in form fitting couture. They expressed their desire for
Italy is a place where people go to eat, to love, and to slow down. Pleasure comes in a variety of forms and not taking the time to enjoy it is regarded upon not just as careless, but inhumane. I was only in the country for two weeks but hope to bring back a few lessons to my San Francisco world of fast and cold. Lessons from Italian Pleasure Be
Why is it accepted for a woman to be stupid as long as she’s beautiful?” “Why can women be objects of desire in advertising but shunned if they seek contraception for casual love affairs?” “Why must women choose between a family and a career when men don’t have to?” These are the questions that Ana Teresa Fernedez paints. I first met the Mexican born artist at a cocktail reception for
Years ago I spent at lot of time in Toronto working for a large retail client. During the project’s bone chilling winter, the project sponsor Anne and I became close. We spent many afternoons braving snowy sidewalks to explore café menus and deep conversations. Our retail planning chit-chat quickly evolved to theories on friendship and love. Perhaps it was from years of watching the seasons dramatically change, but Anne believed
“I need to redo my life, “I said. “You are always redoing your life,” said a friend But I wasn’t really redoing…I was just adding on. I had accumulated too many projects, too many hobbies, too many identities. Without focus I was becoming meaningless. In the words of Robert Hanson, President of Levi’s North America, I needed to ‘edit and amplify.’ In order to kickstart the process I decided to