Women and Startups and other “little” things.

by maya on November 23, 2011

As of today, we officially have a Mother’s Room at 500 Startups space in MountainView. Yeah! It probably does not seem like a big deal BUT  …over the years of nursing, bringing up babies, sleepless nights, competitive work environments and now startup life, I know it is the seemingly little things make the biggest difference. [...]

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Why Girls Should Code

July 14, 2011

Technology is everywhere. No matter what field you choose to be in, you will need to know tech and interact with it closely. So, is there any question that coding today is much like Math or English? Coding is a language. A tool in your toolbox. A way to get things done. Bring ideas into [...]

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How to get your app on the itunes “New and Noteworthy” list – or how we did it with the MeMeTales app

May 24, 2011

Less than a week ago, the MeMeTales app got approved in the Apple App Store. It went live Wednesday, May 18th and was on Apple’s New and Noteworthy list under Education when I woke up on Friday, May 20th. We have had hundreds and hundreds of downloads. We force a registration and I have to [...]

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How to “Sell” as a Startup Founder – A Formula + Hack

April 7, 2011

Disclaimer – The role of sales (bringing leads and customers) is critical in a startup. When I talk of sales here, I talk more broadly – pitching the idea, product vision, hiring etc. I do not consider myself good at selling at all.Yet, as a founder, especially over the past year, I have learned to [...]

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WHY BEING AN ENTREPRENEUR SHOULD MAKE YOUR BUCKET LIST (OR NOT)

April 4, 2011

As I sit and think back to 2 years ago when I just started working on my business idea, hardly did I know that 2 years later I will be still be sitting here, working on a launch, so furiously. I have pivoted a million(4-5 big pivots) times with the product and though the vision [...]

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3 Secrets to Success With Social Media

November 3, 2010

Last week, we had an awesome 22nd sold out SMCSeattle event! @Armano (NOT Armani, although that is what your iphone spell checker will default it to ) was our special guest for the night and our event was generously sponsored Swedish Hospital. During the course of the evening,  David Armano (@Armano ) and Melissa Tizon [...]

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The Problem with *Talking* about Women In Tech

October 1, 2010

As much as I want to weigh in on this (I have pages and pages of text and pictures of this women-in-tech issue), I figured it is best to draw a picture.  It is time we all smiled a little Yet, all perspectives are incredibly valuable  and I will be probably post mine too but [...]

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5 things to think about BEFORE you build your brand on Social Media

September 30, 2010

I recently gave a talk about “How to Accelerate your Brand Using Social Media” to the Microsoft Alumni Community. SMCSeattle partnered to produce the content for the event. As I was starting to upload my presentation to the blog, I realized that perhaps, this post is a good precursor to that post. It is interesting [...]

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Why NOT to do a startup

September 25, 2010

I am at StartupDay 2010. I was not going to be here if I did not win the trivia contest by Techflash. I am incredibly excited though. Since I have been working on my own startup and navigating the startup world for more than a year, I relate to the talks rather differently. Dave McClure [...]

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10 ways kids and startups are similar

September 14, 2010

Last week, my older daughter turned 4. It has also been 6 months since my alpha site for my startup opened. It feels like time flies and then again, it feels like so much has happened in so little time. I realized that since I had kids and stepped out of he corporate world, the [...]

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