By Vanessa Richardson on March 17, 2011 | No Comments
Three years ago, Shaherose Charania left Vancouver for Silicon Valley with two backpacks and no job contacts, just a passion for making a difference in technology. Now, at age 27, she’s doing exactly that as co-founder of Women 2.0, a networking group aiming to increase the number of female tech entrepreneurs. It holds monthly mixers, quarterly conferences, and an annual business-plan competition, all designed so that aspiring CEOs can mingle with other women in the industry.
Women 2.0’s other goal is to increase the stock of female role models, Charania says. “As a woman, how can you relate to Bill Gates? There are so many women who have great ideas but aren’t making them realities. To do that, they need capital and inspiration from peers.”
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By Marguerite Rigoglosio on April 2, 2010 | No Comments
Just out of college, independent film enthusiast Danae (Da-NAY) Ringelmann was working as a financial analyst with J.P. Morgan when she attended a Hollywood-meets-Wall Street event. Sporting her company badge, she instantly became the most popular guest at the party. “People thought I was there to finance films. I remember clearly an
accomplished 70-year-old filmmaker who was begging me for money,” Ringelmann said. “I thought, ‘This is wrong. There’s got to be a better way.’”
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By Diversity Woman on January 15, 2010 | No Comments
Each week, Sumaya Kazi, a 25-year-old Bangladeshi-American living in the San Francisco Bay Area, puts in 40 to 50 hours at her full-time job as a social and new media marketing manager at Sun Microsystems. She then puts in another 20 to 40 hours every week as executive director of her own company, TheCulturalConnect.com.
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