Posted by Megan Bergtholdt on Wed, Jul 29, 2009
I recently read an article by The Washington Post titled "Up-and-Comers Who Are Breaking Down A Digital Divide". It discusses how women are "leaving their mark as entrepreneurs, social media enthusiasts and policy experts." The article highlights five women who are making a splash in Washington:
- Shireen Mitchell: Founder of Digital Sisters, a non-profit that helps women bridge the technology gap, Shireen encourages women to take advantage of social media.
- Larissa Fair: Larissa is president of Social Media Club's Washington chapter, a group with over 900 members who meet monthly to discuss trends in social media.
- Alexis Rodich: Alexis's past includes experience as a professional dancer and labor union worker, though she now consults entrepreneurs on getting their businesses going at LaunchBox Digital.
- Kady Chu: Kady founded a consulting firm, Kadidid, that focuses on helping organizations "integrate social media tools into its management system." Find Kady on Twitter @kadidid.
- Shana Glickfield: Blogger and entrepreneur, Shana recently held several "workshops for Capitol Hill staffers to help them learn about using social networks, online video, Twitter, and blogs." Now that's cool!
It's great to hear how women are making a mark in the tech start-up world. What SF Bay Area women would you like to see featured on the FWL blog?
Posted by Dyna Lopez on Wed, May 06, 2009
http://www.sfsmallbusinessweek.com/
Attention all future and current entrepreneurs! Join San Francisco in celebrating National Small Business Week. In various venues throughout the city, the week long festivities include resource events, networking mixers, sidewalk sales and workshops in social media, green business, technology, marketing, etc.
Learn, educate, inspire or (get inspired), sell yourself (but not your soul), distribute your business cards and make connections.
Make the time. Make it happen!
Posted by Dyna Lopez on Wed, Apr 29, 2009
I attended HubSpot's San Francisco Meet Up at Julian's at Metreon on Monday. HubSpot is the ultimate internet marketing machine powering up small to medium sized online businesses and organizations such as Future Women Leader's (FWL) site. The Cambridge based software company is in town for the two day Inbound Marketing Summit, its co-founders Brian Halligan and Dharmesh Shah are guest speakers.
I say machine in a figurative sense to describe their extensive services such as marketing analytics and lead tracking...and...just for kicks, since it's such an archaic term that represented the 1ate 18th and early 19th century when great discoveries and inventions, such as coal and electricity, transformed society and was only made possible by an entrepreneurial and capitalistic spirit. Fast forward 180 years...
That same spirit was buzzing all night at the mixer as I weaved my way through a reserved corner section of the bar. Approximately 60 or so of the mostly 25-35 year old looking crowd of multimedia entrepreneurs and startup founders were a friendly bunch. I arrived about half an hour into the event as people were engaged in lively conversations while noshing on hearty appetizers and drinks - free!
I spotted the only familiar face in the room, FWL Leader and HubSpot's Inbound Marketing Expert, Erin Colbert who invited me to the mixer. We chatted for a bit before she was whisked away into the thick of the mingling crowd - a hostess' got to do what a hostess' got to do - keep the party moving and guests happy.
I met some interesting folks such as Get Talked About's co-founders, Andy Angelos and Marty Hitzeman, a month old Chicago based startup and Castro Valley's Crashproof Solutions, one of ten startups that CEO Leonid Knyshov is hatching. I met a young woman; I apologize for not having her information, from a London based public relations firm that has a San Francisco satellite office. Impressed by her ambition, I told her about FWL, its workshops, special events and blog and she seemed intrigued. It helped that I told her "I'm sharing this information with you because I see you as a Future Woman Leader!" in my poor Ed McMann (You've won XX million dollars!) impersonation.
This was HubSpot's first open to all social mixer and it looked like it was a success. I left a little more than hour upon arriving and about one third of the crowd was still engaged in each other's ideas, plans and aspirations.
I asked my roundtable of fellow diners (Get Talked About and the PR woman) if the recession is affecting their business and their city. Unaffected, they shrugged the over used word off, saying they're not worried, that their business is not being negatively affected by it. Actually the PR woman said her firm is doing very well. That's the no fear spirit that consumers and businesses need to hear. That same talent and ambition that fueled the industrial revolution will only help steer this 21st century year old country upward.
Posted by Xuan Thu Pham on Tue, Mar 10, 2009
This week, I interviewed Penelope Trunk, CEO of Brazen Careerist as our guest for the Women's Leadership Blog. With a plethora of tips and advices for people at the intersection of work and life on the Internet, it is interesting to come across someone who adds her own little twist. Her say-it-like-it-is style and delight in sharing her life experiences and thoughts catalyzes an open dialogue in the Web community, particularly for those in Generation Y.
Listen to the interview below:
A short bio on Penelope:
She is the founder of 3 startups -- most recently, Brazen Careerist,
a web service to help companies find candidates. Her career advice
appears in more than 200 newspapers and magazines including Time magazine, San Francisco Chronicle and Boston Globe. In a review of this blog, Business Week and called Penelope's writing "poetic."
Posted by Katherine Monahan on Thu, Nov 13, 2008
The Forte Foundation launched a new pre-MBA blog where you can get expert advice on the MBA. Forte has corralled admissions experts from leading business schools, current MBA's and MBA alumnae, and staff to help you navigate the MBA application and decision process.
How do I find my dream school? What events should I attend? Part-time versus full-time program? And what about the application? Check it out and subscribe to receive updates by RSS or email.
Posted by Megan Bergtholdt on Wed, Nov 12, 2008
We're on Facebook and are looking to connect with you! The new Facebook group has over 90 members. Have you already joined us? Invite some friends! Not yet a member of Facebook? It's a great way to reconnect with old friends, network with new ones, and follow organizations you're passionate about.
Posted by Erin Colbert on Thu, Oct 30, 2008
We're on Twitter @futurewomenldrs and are looking to connect. If you haven't signed up yet you should check it out. It's a great way to network with new people and share ideas. Who knows, you may even meet them at a "tweetup." Stay tuned for the FWL tweetup!
Do you use Twitter? Reply to the post and link to you name so we can follow you.
Posted by Erin Colbert on Thu, Oct 16, 2008
Future Women Leaders is now on Twitter! You can follow us online @futurewomenldrs. I know a lot of people may use Twitter just for fun to share with friends and family, but there are actually some great business and networking uses.
For one, you can search Twitter for terms and the conversation around those keywords. Visit http://search.twitter.com and search for some keyword phrases about your current company, the company you'd like to join, your industry or your interests. You can subscribe to this feed by RSS and get an update every time someone posts using that keyword. If any topics look interesting you can reply directly to the person (@username or hit reply) and send them a message. You can also start following that person and get updates every time they post. This is a great way to learn more about a new company you're thinking of joining or preparing for an interview because you're getting the pulse of hot topics related to those keywords.
What are some of the ways that you use Twitter? If you're not currently using Twitter, why not? We'd love to hear your comments.