| Entrepreneurial Heroes 2008-2009
NCWIT Heroes is a series of magazine-style audio interviews highlighting
women entrepreneurs in information technology (IT) careers, sponsored by the
NCWIT Entrepreneurial Alliance
and the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. An extension of our Entrepreneurial
Heroes series from 2007, the 2008
series includes interviews with a
diverse group of women innovators from small companies, larger corporations,
and non-profits, whose ideas and products are changing the way we think, work,
play, and communicate. Listen as these successful, creative, and technical
women discuss their lives and their work -- how they first get involved with
technology, why they chose to be entrepreneurs, and what advice they would
give to young people interested in IT or entrepreneurship.
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Interview with Elisa Camahort Page
Co-founder, BlogHer
Entrepreneurial Heroes 2008-2009
Date: June 1, 2009
Women are quite multi-faceted creatures", says Elisa Camahort Page -- women are interested in technology, the economy, parenthood, politics, and much, much more. That's why the BlogHer network comprises 2,500 women writing about a broad range of "verticals", attracting more than 14 million unique visitors per month.
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Interview with Ellen Siminoff
President and CEO, Shmoop University
Entrepreneurial Heroes 2008-2009
Date: June 1, 2009
Entrepreneurs are "people who would be just dreadful employees", says Ellen Siminoff. For those who go the entrepreneurship route, however, the appeal is in "the idea and the people and the excitement of creating something."
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Interview with Lisa Rau
Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Confluence
Entrepreneurial Heroes 2008-2009
Date: April 27, 2009
Lisa Rau wanted to create something rewarding, something of her own, something of value when she created Confluence. As she discusses here, entrepreneurship is scary but incredibly satisfying: "with the risks come the rewards."
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Interview with Rashmi Sinha
CEO & Co-founder, SlideShare
Entrepreneurial Heroes 2008-2009
Date: April 27, 2009
"It was entirely an accident" that Rashmi Sinha became an entrepreneur, she says. After backing into technology and entrepreneurship, however, she advises that it's important to decide what interests you, and then follow your interests.
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Interview with Carol Realini
CEO and Founder, Obopay
Entrepreneurial Heroes 2008-2009
Date: April 7, 2009
Carol Realini is an imaginative pioneer whose foresight and
business acumen have changed the landscape of
technology, and whose global vision is providing hope and a
future for people in developing countries.
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Interview with Mena Trott
Co-founder and President, Six Apart
Entrepreneurial Heroes 2008-2009
Date: March 24, 2009
When Mena and Ben Trott started Six Apart in 2001, starting an Internet-based business in a stagnant, post-9/11, post-Internet-bubble economy seemed like a big gamble. But their success can be credited to some fundamental entrepreneurial tenets: Know your business model. Be passionate. Aspire to sustainability. Be open to new ideas.
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Interview with Dina Kaplan
Co-founder and Chief Operations Officer, blip.tv
Entrepreneurial Heroes 2008-2009
Date: December 22, 2008
blip.tv wants to provide a great service for great shows. A new class
of entertainment is emerging that is being made by the people without
the support of billion-dollar multinationals. blip.tv's mission is to support
people by taking care of all the problems a budding videoblogger,
podcaster or Internet TV producer tends to run into. They take care of
the servers, the software, the workflow, the advertising and the
distribution, leaving clients free to focus on creativity.
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Interview with Lena West
CEO, xynoMedia Technology
Entrepreneurial Heroes 2008-2009
Date: November 17, 2008
From blogging to Facebook, Lena West, CEO of xynoMedia, helps hi-growth companies make sense of everything they're hearing about social media and the best ways to use these online outlets to their advantage.
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Interview with Jessica Jackley
Co-Founder, kiva.org
Entrepreneurial Heroes 2008-2009
Date: September 29, 2008
Jessica is a remarkable social entrepreneur who is Co-Founder and Chief Marketing Officer of www.kiva.org -- the first peer-to-peer micro-lending website. Kiva connects lenders with entrepreneurs from the developing world, empowering them to rise out of poverty.
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Interview with Lee Kennedy
CEO and Co-Founder, Tricalyx, Inc.
Entrepreneurial Heroes 2008-2009
Date: September 17, 2008
Lee's got some great advice for getting kids interested in IT and entrepreneurship. In fact, you might want your kids to listen to this interview.
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Interview with Jean Kovacs
Senior Vice President of Corporate Marketing and Strategic Alliances, Sterling Commerce
Entrepreneurial Heroes 2008-2009
Date: August 19, 2008
Jean Kovacs is the Senior Vice President of Corporate Marketing and
Strategic Alliances for Sterling Commerce, responsible for driving
global strategic alliances, including the AT&T strategic
relationship, and all corporate marketing and communications.
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Interview with Audrey MacLean
Co-Founder & VP, Network Equipment Technologies; Co-founder & CEO, Adaptive
Entrepreneurial Heroes 2008-2009
Date: July 30, 2008
Audrey MacLean has a unique track record for entrepreneurial success as a founder, CEO, seed investor, and board member.
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Interview with Kristin Asleson McDonnell
CEO, LimeLife
Entrepreneurial Heroes 2008-2009
Date: July 15, 2008
When Kristin McDonnell and the LimeLife team thought about what they wanted our cell phones to be able to do for us, more fun and more help were at the top of the list: more games and downloadable content like recipes, horoscopes, and lifestyle tips; less blood, bullets, and galactic aliens.
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