McClure is also focused on female entrepreneurs. "There are a lots of smart women in the market who don't as much attention as they should—the growth of female entrepreneurs in last 2 years exploding and there is better quality," he says. "We have one of the largest investment portfolios of women. 45 of our CEOs are women and we have over 70 woman co-founders.
McClure is also focused on female entrepreneurs. "There are a lots of smart women in the market who don't as much attention as they should—the growth of female entrepreneurs in last 2 years exploding and there is better quality," he says. "We have one of the largest investment portfolios of women. 45 of our CEOs are women and we have over 70 woman co-founders.
Hackers believe that something can always be better, and that nothing is ever complete. They just have to go fix it — often in the face of people who say it’s impossible or are content with the status quo.
La 'armada digital española', a la conquista de Silicon Valley
Mil gracias a Miguel Ángel por la mención! Aún así, que conste que yo no he venido a conquistar nada ;)
Hace casi tres años Women 2.0 me conquistaron a mí. Hoy, Women 2.0 y Ellas 2.0, juntas, trataremos de llevar el mensaje al resto del mundo desde Silicon Valley. El proceso inverso, aunque el hambre es el mismo.
an act of giving up something valued for the sake of something else regarded as more important or worthy
There’s a big difference between being exposed to a large audience, and being exposed to a comparatively smaller (but still large) audience which is ridiculously passionate.
The former is very nice; the latter is priceless.
Your job, your internet access, your education, your role in a civilized society... all of them are a platform, a chance to do art, a way for you to give back and to honor those that enabled you to get to this point.
For every person reading this there are a thousand people (literally a thousand) in underprivileged nations and situations that would love to have your slot. Don't waste it.
Further information on education sector IT spending is available in the Gartner report: ‘Forecast: Enterprise IT Spending by Vertical Industry Market, Worldwide, 2009-2015, 3Q11 Update’, available at http://www.gartner.com/resId=1821741. This vertical industries forecast provides total enterprise IT spending, including internal spending and multiple lines of detail for spending on hardware, software, IT services, and telecommunications for vertical industries and 43 countries within seven geographies.
It’s our theory that it can be done by catering to a local community, very much like the corner shop. At this moment businesses have little money to spare, so they want to spend it with brands that they trust. If a creative entrepreneur caters to a specific community they can begin to build contacts, referrals, and trust.
Even as Wall Street is being occupied and corporations are reviled, there is a revolution quietly raging across the country that empowers corporations to be a strong force for good. This week, California joined that revolution when Governor Jerry Brown created two new classes of corporations for businesses that seek to pursue both profit and purpose: Benefit Corporations and Flexible Purpose Corporations.
