Breaking the Glass Ceiling in Tech (liveblog) #cwc09
“Breaking the Glass Ceiling-Women in Tech Start-ups”-Megan Cole, Victoria Revay, Alexandra Samuel, and Maura Rodgers. Moderated by Jordan Behan
| Breaking the Glass Ceiling in Tech (#cwc09) |
(06/27/2009) |
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Raul: “Breaking the Glass Ceiling-Women in Tech Start-ups”
Megan Cole
Victoria Revay
Alexandra Samuel
Maura Rodgers
Moderated by Jordan Behan |
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lacouvee: RT @EricaHargreave: If u want convos follow ppl that interest u.Don’t be egotistical&think ur so interestng ppl shld follow u. #cwc09 |
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lacouvee: RT @EricaHargreave: If somebdy tries 2 engage u negatively on Twitr, don’t engage back.Let it go.They’re making themselves look bad. #cwc09 |
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Partnerpedia: Getting ready to listen to Women in Tech Start up Panel #cwc09 |
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Zoeyjane: Envious of those attending Chicks Who Click today in Vancouver #cwc09 |
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monicahamburg: Done presentation  Excited about watching the next panel. #cwc09 |
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RobCottingham: Looking forward to the stream from #cwc09! |
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hummingbird604: Happy birthday @maurar! #cwc09 |
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jamjar_media: excited about next panel: Breaking the Glass Ceiling Women in Tech Start up #cwc09 |
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awsamuel: Happy birthday to @maurar who is celebrating on our panel at #cwc09 |
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CathyBrowne: @monicahamburg Great content, Monica – I’ve been following the live feed on @hummingbird604′s blog:-) #cwc09 |
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RobCottingham: So… anyone I know on this next panel? #cwc09 |
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hummingbird604: @RobCottingham Hehehe maybe… possibly #cwc09 |
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Raul: Megan Cole – I worked a little bit in traditional media. I had an entrance into the social web. I was web-designing and we all have our “aha” moment and I was lucky to be working with the CBC in the Torino Olympics, she started a blog with the “behind the scenes” and at the time she was hiding it from the CBC (her employers) and she was broadcasting that to the internet, and her experiences running these venues but blogging about them. |
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wired_crow: nxt up, Women in Tech Panel w/ @megancole, @victoriarevay, @awsamuel, @maurar & @jordanbehan hosting, #cwc09 (forgot 2 add hashtag) |
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Raul: That was only 3 years ago. Megan jumped into a social web marketing director (Agent 99) for a local design shop. Before people were calling it social media. It was Megan representing the company online. |
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Raul: That wasn’t all that long ago. It wasn’t really Megan being a journalist jumping into the field (Gillian is an actual journalist). She had this side-gig. What’s the transition to splurge now. |
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Raul: VICTORIA REVAY
Can you quickly tell us about Splurge? – It started not too long ago. Victoria met Megan for coffee and Victoria was freelancing. |
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Raul: Megan will sum it up – they both had been working on the web and this is how you start a web start up- they met for coffee and knew each other. They were both frustrated with what was happening online for women and disheartened with the content.
Victoria is an excellent writer and they wanted to build a tool that would change the web and women could implement into their lifestyles. They both have varying skill sets and get along very well and have the same sense of humour. They just said “let’s do this”. |
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Raul: They ended up meeting with a lot of people and brainstormed with them and then you get into the gamut of “do you have a revenue model“. What is your business model?
They really wanted to change the way things were going. |
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EricaHargreave: BreakingtheGlassCeilingPanel is starting! @maurar AlexandraSamuel @megancole VictoriaRevay JordanBehan #cwc09 http://twitpic.com/8l9ci |
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Raul: ALEXANDRA SAMUEL
The funny thing about my experience – Social Signal is the first business that I’ve worked in (before I was in government and public service). Alex decided to do a PhD dissertation on the impact of the internet on public participation). |
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Raul: Alex started blogging (Rob Cottingham is her husband and partner). As the social web started happening in 2005 they blogged about the new tools that they were doing. Alex had researched online participation for 10 years. They both were working on testing these new tools. |
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zaellen: right now #cwc09 “Breaking the Glass Ceiling-Women in Tech Start-ups”-Megan Cole, Victoria Revay, Alexandra Samuel, and Maura Rodgers. |
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Raul: All of these really delivered on the online participation and how organizations could be using these tools for public participation and citizen participation. Their first client asked them to build the site (in 2005, way before people started doing social media).
Alex is describing how they created tools to get people to participate online. They had the opportunity to help people and companies use their projects and how things could be done in this space. VanCity’s online framework was their third project. |
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Raul: JORDAN – Both women are Presidents of their companies (Alex and Maura). |
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hummingbird604: I love how @awsamuel is sharing her experience researching for her PhD – we are both research geeks #cwc09 |
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monicahamburg: Thanks everyone for support & tweets! – P.S. “Making Ultimate Porno refers to this post  http://bit.ly/d9JMC #cwc09 |
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Raul: MAURA RODGERS
Started her own marketing consulting at the time (for a couple of years). She moved to California from Boston and Danny Robinson (her husband) is in the tech business and she came home from one of her business trips and they had this huge wall map. He took it off the wall and he said “this is what we are going to do”
5 ideas, just stapled to the wall. They just jumped in and they had no knowledge on how to start a tech business, how to raise money, what was key at the time was … finding the right people to do it with. |
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Raul: How important it is in selecting your co-founder. It is challenging to start a company with your partner, but Danny and Maura have different strengths (1998) – co-branded internet access. At the time K-Marts and Targets and all the big companies were trying to figure out a way to get online and have people shop online. So they offered free internet access for them, branded it for them, partnered with Yahoo! – delivered advertising through the application they created and they had 30,000 users a day (the fastest growing in the business) |
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Raul: It was dial-up. At the time what was also being innovative was that – they offered ‘full motion video’ advertising. |
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Raul: Procter & Gamble were looking for this kind of advertising and saying “there’s so much opportunity”. They were growing (their start up) like crazy. They raised tonnes of money through venture capitalists and Silicon Valley investors. |
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Raul: Align yourselves with your investors and make sure that they offer a lot of value.
Jordan |
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ZoomAlbum: at #cwc09 in Vancouver. So many amazing, interesting women in tech doing cool things |
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hummingbird604: I love @jordanbehan’s way of moderating. I’m inviting him to my next event, period #cwc09 |
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ZoomAlbum: get to do a ZoomAlbum giveaway here #cwc09 |
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zaellen: we’re about to get hard and fast rules of starting a tech company @megancole #cwc09 ~ community is your asset |
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Raul: Both Megan and Maura were describing how to start up
Megan – your community is your best asset. They both (Victoria and Megan) have a passion for it. So now what? They went to their friends and media community and said “here is our first idea“. Oh and yeah, there were tears. In 6 months they have learned so much and gained so much knowledge from a lot of different avenues.
You get to the point where you got an executive summary, you understand your revenue model, your business model. You have a business plan. That first level of money can easily come from friends and family. Include your immediate community that is knowledgeable. |
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awsamuel: @jordanbehan I have my 5 too! #cwc09 |
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EricaHargreave: Cool! Both AlexandraSamuel & @maurar own their company’s with their husbands, & they are both the presidents of the company. #cwc09 |
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Raul: Megan talked to a lot of people who know a lot about stuff. They wanted to deliver a product directly to their mobiles. They talked to lawyers, others. You need to open up your channels, and ask questions and figure out things. |
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Raul: Surround yourself with good people (rockstars).
Maura’s take on the team building. – Strutta – platform for creating online contests. So having a co-founder that you trust is very important. |
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Raul: Especially in the early stages, the people that you choose to run your marketing and the developers, are not employees. Maura does not consider herself an employer, they are in this together. They are family. Those people in the very beginning help shape how your company grows.
Know your own strengths and find people that are stronger and smarter than you – and find who can fill those gaps. |
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EricaHargreave: ’In tech start-ups, it’s important involving your community, especially the people you love.’ @megancole #cwc09 |
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wired_crow: Out of juice for my netbook. Hard to tweet play by play for panels but great hearing these startup experiences from these ladies #cwc09 |
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zaellen: know your own strengths and find people to fill the gaps. find peeps who are smarter than you ~ @maurarodgers #cwc09 |
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Raul: Alex – exploiting the strengths of women collectively
When Alex was thinking of her list of 5 tips – issue of work/life balance. For women in tech startups the experiences have a lot to do with balancing. The first thing you need to do is throw out the concept of balance.
You either are walking out on your kids saying “please Mommy don’t go” or “hell I need to connect to the internet to be able to talk to my kids”.
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Raul: Think about the fact that you’re ‘just a techie’. The secret for Alex is the way in which social media supports us to be as transparent as we want to be in our personal lives. If any of you follow us on Twitter. They banter online. Their kids have a Twitter feed. They use to refer to them by their twitter handles. |
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EricaHargreave: ’Important to know your strengths & find people that are strong & creative to fill in the holes & encourage them to do so.’ @maurar #cwc09 |
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hummingbird604: Alex and Rob created Twitter feeds for both their kids. That’s AWESOME. #cwc09 |
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zaellen: work life balance is like a teeter totter…one extreme to the next. @alexandrasamuel #cwc09 |
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Raul: Alex is not willing to work after hours. They launched Web of change 2 weeks before she had given birth to her first child.
Being transparent about the fact that you have personal commitments is the first step.
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sonsryan: RT @hummingbird604:I love @jordanbehan’s way of moderating. I’m inviting him to my next event, period #cwc09 |
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Raul: Megan – Women need to support each other as women. Apparently women are stopping each other from advancing. And Megan really doesn’t like this (article in the New York Times) |
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Raul: It’s really important that women support each other in the tech community. |
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[Comment From Rob Cottingham]
Quick clarification: it was actually ChangeEverything we launched 2 weeks after our second child was born. |
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wired_crow: Abandon the work-life balance idea. Integrate the 2 instead of 2 diff boxes. Hmmm, why put only the techie persona on only at work? #cwc09 |
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Deetells: This is such a fantastic panel! Women supporting women, doing the juggling act, but making it work & kicking ass in tech! #cwc09 |
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Raul: Men in our era are so supportive of women. Chris Messina and Tara Hunt (they broke up but Tara runs BarCamps). |
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EricaHargreave: ’impt that u value the ppl helping u to start-up a new company & empower them to feel ownership over the company or project’ @maurar #cwc09 |
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sonsryan: Listening to my lovely boss @maurar speak on the “Breaking the Glass Ceiling – Women in Tech Start-Ups”. #cwc09 |
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Raul: If you don’t have the kind of support by men (and by other women) then things don’t really work. |
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zaellen: @jordanbehan first tech event where he’s been outnumbered by women #cwc09 |
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Raul: Maura – the difficulty that you have with investors. Maura has been in situations where she was the only woman. It was an invite only event and for entrepreneurs and investors. She introduced herself but was overlooked by one person who represented the Angel community. But the man did not introduce himself. |
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Raul: There are fewer of them in technology. Maura hasn’t had many issues with investors because (possibly) she is partnered with a man. But Danny has done a lot of the capital raising. |
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Raul: Aligning yourself with the right people – introductions are very important. |
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Raul: Alex is adding one thing about working with your partner. |
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Raul: One thing to be really clear is, as Jordan alluded to, there are different kinds of balances. Who is the front man(woman)? In their business, Alex is in the leadership role, she does not do any decisions without consulting him, but Alex is in the lead.
Rob is an extraordinary man. They evaluated whether they wanted to have a business together. They wanted to model a different balance for gender. |
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monicahamburg: Gross & worrisome that this still happens: Being dealt w/ differently by men (esp. of different generation) because of your gender. #cwc09 |
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lisa_dawson: RT @wired_crow: Abandon work-life balance idea. Integrate the 2 instead of 2 dif boxes. Hmm, why put techie persona on only at work? #cwc09 |
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Raul: Alex had a meeting with a guy who made an inappropriate comment about whether they asked whether they (each of one) were ‘gay’, like “what’s your arrangement”. But they are just a great couple who know how to work with each other.
I’m really impressed with the positive way in which Rob and Alex work. |
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Raul: THROW WORK BALANCE OUT THE WINDOW
If you are going to start a tech startup. When you are creating a product (Maura says). Scale is a big thing. |
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EricaHargreave: Panel discussing issues of doing biz as a gal&what u do when men setup meetings that end up being ‘dates’.Sadly this has happened. #cwc09 |
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CathyBrowne: @monicahamburg I’ve had that sort of experience before…doubly frustrating when you are ignored as a woman AND disabled! #cwc09 |
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monicahamburg: Fascinating discussions re: startups, relationships, gender & related issues – @jordanbehan hit on fascinating & provocative items #cwc09 |
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Raul: Question to Alex
What they do is they create online communities (social media presences) – some of those are for-profit. |
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Raul: Those would become startups. |
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Raul: They created a community for Happy Frog. |
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Raul: Change Everything – It’s an online community they created for VanCity. A list of changes you want to make and blog about them. |
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CatherineOmega: @EricaHargreave Dude, that actually happened to ME once. I think it might have made me even gayer. #cwc09 |
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EricaHargreave: Also what do you do when men don’t treat you as the gal seriously in business? At SocialSignal, you’ve just lost their business. #cwc09 |
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Raul: Could that become an independent community? Possibly. These things help.
The web space – when you look at the biggest success stories, they are often accidental start-ups. They ended up being this other thing. You really never know (as Alex says) to be really very responsive. People are demanding. |
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wired_crow: Business vs startup Business=consulting, service base; startup=selling an idea that turns into a platform. #cwc09 Still chewing over that. |
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hummingbird604: You have to look at opportunities and numbers, says @maurar #cwc09 – know what you’re going to build, know your stuff, research competitors |
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GillianShaw: @awsamuel on tech start ups: One of the things that is key about this whole sector is being really responsive. Be ready to change. #cwc09 |
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Raul: * Have a plan
* Be prepared to change and evolve.
MAURA – Align yourself with people who will help you build that. |
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Raul: MEGAN – They learned a tonne by researching. They went out of the gates a little too early. They knew from their gut and from other very well respected unofficial advisors that this could be really big and could actually work, which is really exciting. |
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jamjar_media: RT @EricaHargreave: what do you do when men don’t treat you as the gal seriously []? At SocialSignal, you’ve just lost their business #cwc09 |
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Raul: They went running to the hill tops, and went back and switched a lot of things after that. You are challenged by a lot of people. You have to have thick skin. If people don’t respect you, then you don’t want to be around them. They are upfront about the fact that they don’t know anything. |
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EricaHargreave: @CatherineOmega Happened to me too! Total casting couch scenario. Made me wonder how blonde he thought Iooked. #cwc09 Highly insulting. |
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Raul: That they don’t know everything but they know a lot of things. They understand the language and have some hard answers for people. It’s ok, not to know everything “hey we haven’t gotten that far yet“. We are in a competition right now, learning that next week.
VICTORIA – Being women helps get away with it. For men would be a bit more difficult to say “i’m not sure what we are doing”. It kind of helps that we are kind of new. |
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Raul: ALEX
When she comes into organizations there’s that kind of “wearing us”. Knowing your stuff is important – you need to establish your credibility. You need to do the instant credibility. It gets Alex past the first 5 minutes (having a PhD from Harvard). |
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hummingbird604: Yes, having a PhD can indeed actually help with your credibility – I agree @awsamuel – #cwc09 |
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Raul: QUESTION – JORDAN TO ALEX
As the community building expert, what is your advice for people in the room to stay in touch?
Alex loves Twitter. There’s a lot of energy. You want to stay where the action is happening. Boys do talk more than girls online. |
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GillianShaw: Learn all you can, be knowledgeable when launching a startup but don’t be afraid to admit you don’t know all the answers, @megancole #cwc09 |
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Raul: On the Social Signal account – seeing people and dividing by the interest and the love. There are more women in her ‘love’ Twitter feed (i.e. good friends, etc.) – more balanced. |
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harrietglynn: technology, ain’t it grand -thanks! >> RT @hummingbird604 Chicks Who Click #cwc09 Twitter livestream – http://bit.ly/LOD7y |
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Deetells: @jordanbehan is a kick ass moderator! I love his enthusiasm and questions, he has captured some fantastic content! Thanks Jordan! #cwc09 |
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Raul: DOYLE – Are there places where people can go? Is there enough, too much help for women? |
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EricaHargreave: ’Regardless of gender in biz if u don’t know something, be honest & say u don’t know. Honesty & transparency is key in biz.’ @maurar #cwc09 |
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hummingbird604: @harrietglynn Thanks! I’m liveblogging the second session (post – @monicahamburg) on my site #cwc09 |
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Raul: Alex just finished a Forum for Women Entrepreneurs – 6 month program.
https://www.fwe.ca/
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hummingbird604: I hope @awsamuel can say the name of the program she just completed (6 month program) women in business #cwc09 – I missed it |
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EricaHargreave: ’being an entrepreneur, I want to help people starting a business, not just women starting a business’ @maurar #cwc09 |
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zaellen: the eseries for women entrepreneurs recommended by @awsamuel 6 month program that is excellent http://fwe.ca #cwc09 |
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Raul: MEGAN – They spent a lot of time trying to find out what they wanted to do. At what stage do you invite feedback? From the get-go. |
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zaellen: RT @EricaHargreave: ‘being an entrepreneur, I want to help people starting a business, not just women starting a business’ @maurar #cwc09 |
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awsamuel: @kimappleton can tell you about the fab e-series program from fwe.ca #cwc09 |
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Rob Cottingham: Program is “Forum for Women Entrepreneurs” |
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hummingbird604: Sitting right besides @miss604 at #cwc09 – Rebecca rocks the PHP – she is very techie/geeky and I love that! |
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Raul: Denise is describing the fact that sometimes we need gender-specific conferences. |
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Raul: ALEX – it’s easy at times to feel in a sector that is pretty young. Most of these guys are pretty savvy. It’s easy to forget that there are structural imbalances. Alex was invited to the Industry Canada conference on the future of the digital industry. The power tech crowd. And 150 people in the room (20 women) 20 people who spoke, 1 women. The reality is … there are |
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Raul: There is a tipping point – where you can just feel it, that there are just so few women in the room that it’s just uncomfortable. |
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Raul: Inclusivity needs to be in everyone’s agenda. It’s not a ‘should’, not a moral imperative. The market is diverse. We need to reflect that if we are going to learn and make the best calls. |
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Miss604: @megancole says men whose target audience includes women could have benefitted from being here today #cwc09 |
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lisa_dawson: Great suggestions for making Twitter more manageable, relevant RT @awsamuel: To focus your Twittering see http://bit.ly/twean #cwc09 |
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Raul: MEGAN – In 7 years maybe this won’t be the same. Jordan is very forward thinking and of that group that thinks forward. 10 years ago Megan worked in Montreal, sports journalism. Montrealers’ intimidating backroom, old boys club. It’s all men in 3 piece suits. She should have been (to them) the cocktail girl. And that’s how she was treated. That awful feeling came back a few months ago to her and Victoria. |
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hummingbird604: 100% agreed RT @Miss604: @megancole says men whose target audience includes women could have benefitted from being here today #cwc09 |
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GillianShaw: @hummingbird604 @awsamuel was talking about Forum for Women Entrepreneurs. www.fwe.ca. #cwc09 |
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Raul: Erica Hargreave – in Yorkton – all the men had been addressing Erica first. She found that very interesting. |
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hummingbird604: @gillianshaw Yeah, captured on my liveblog – also @robcottingham and @miss604 gave me the URLs thx! #cwc09 |
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5minutesformom: RT @Miss604: @megancole says men whose target audience includes women could have benefitted from being here today #cwc09 |
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hummingbird604: Ok, liveblog is over #cwc09 – lunch |
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Raul: LIVEBLOG OVER |
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Rob Cottingham: Bon appetit! Thanks everyone – a great session, even from the dining room |
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liamevans: ’Ill second that…….RT @hummingbird604: Yes, having a PhD can indeed actually help with your credibility – I agree @awsamuel – #cwc09 |
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wired_crow: Lunch is pretty good. I was skeptic of the soup but this is really really good! #cwc09 |
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ColleenCoplick: Finally on my way to the conference that began 5 hours ago. #cwc09 |
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wired_crow: Carrie McCarthy-Marketing your image-online and off next. Underscore on authenticity @cwc09 |
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Miss604: Lunchtime at #cwc09 – Carrie McCarthy is speaking about “Marketing your image-online and off” |
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Raul: @hummingbird604 is having lunch [this is Rebecca]. We’re now listening to Carrie McCarthy speak about managing your online brand & authenticity. |
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Raul: ”When people say ‘Dont just a book by it’s cover’, I totally disagree.” She adds “Yes let’s not judge but we need to be aware of what the cover is saying.” — “Communicate who you are in all you do” — Carrie |
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wired_crow: I like her! Screw the people that think you have to be in a suit. If you’re not going to be comfortable with it, you shouldn’t do it. #cwc09 |
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zaellen: Consistency is power #cwc09 |
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EricaHargreave: Love the fact that CarrieMcCarthy on marketing your image just told me I don’t need to wear a suit to be successful. I can be myself! #cwc09 |
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zaellen: Definition of style is how anything and everything is expressed – Carrie McCarthy at #cwc09 |
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EricaHargreave: In developing, your online image, know what your drawn to. Listen to your body. It will tell you. #cwc09 |
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lisa_dawson: instead of looking for balance, try think about proportion. #cwc09 |
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sonsryan: Keeping your life in portion and being aware of what that portion is – Carry McCarthy #cwc09 |
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wired_crow: Know when to let go, to quit. Don’t have to go through that dip where you are drowning. #cwc09 |
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wired_crow: ”Comparison is violence” #cwc09 |
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EricaHargreave: Being aware of what ur drawn to & what ur bodies telling you is echoed with those gut feelings in biz meetings. Listen to your gut. #cwc09 |
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[Comment From Raul]
Thanks to @miss604 for covering for me while I got lunch. She rocks! |
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EricaHargreave: ’Don’t compare yourself to others. This causes pain. We are all unique snowflakes. Celebrate your uniqueness.’ CarrieMcCarthy #cwc09 |
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Raul: The more that you know who you are (the core values) – to not differentiate those – look at how it impacts our own lives. |
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wired_crow: Really good point in that even in business, knowing yourself helps you make the decisions that align with your goals. #cwc09 |
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lisa_dawson: @carriedanielle talking about creating a style statement, or your own personal brand for living authentically #cwc09 |
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Raul: The more you are yourself, the more you’ll attract the right everything for you. |
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EricaHargreave: @IanAMartin I don’t look hot in a suit. I look uncomfortable and I look my best when Im smiling. Time to chuck out the suits. #cwc09 |
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zaellen: Success comes from knowing who you are and walking the talk of what you believe in – Carrie McCarthy #cwc09 |
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5minutesformom: RT @zaellen: Success comes from knowing who you are and walking the talk of what you believe in – Carrie McCarthy #cwc09 |
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Raul: “the priviledge of a lifetime is being yourself”
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EricaHargreave: Be authentic! Your brand should reflect you. #cwc09 |
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GillianShaw: Make choices lined up with your core beliefs, says Carrie McCarthy, Style Statement expert at #cwc09 |
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zaellen: Need to get Style Statement… Carrie McCarthy’s book…wasn’t fast enough for the giveaway #cwc09 |
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wired_crow: Have anyone else ever found that if they wear the “wrong” thing that day, it hurts their decisions through the day? I’ve had that. #cwc09 |
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Deetells: @CarrieDanielle nailed it! Love all the point, be who you are, totally authentic and own it! YES! #cwc09 |
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EricaHargreave: Consistency important when your building your online image. #cwc09 |
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hummingbird604: From “Good to Great” book – #cwc09 – what you’re very passionate about – Carrie McCarthy – company Patagonia |
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EricaHargreave: Book Rec from CarrieMcCarthy ‘Good to Great’ #cwc09 |
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hummingbird604: Read The Sartorialist #cwc09 – takes photos of real fashion on the street |
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EricaHargreave: Another Book Rec from CarrieMcCarthy ‘The Leader’ #cwc09 |
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hummingbird604: I’ll admit that I rarely think about seed money, venture capital, fundraising #cwc09 – thanks to @maurar for giving such great advice |
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wired_crow: Ask yourself: “is this joyful for me”? #cwc09 |
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lisa_dawson: @5minutesformom Thanks for your passionate statement about challenges for women in the tech world. #cwc09 |
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EricaHargreave: Important to ask yourself is this enjoyable for me. Even though this opportunity is here, is this what I want. #cwc09 |
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hummingbird604: Great advice from @carriedanielle on authenticity and being yourself #cwc09 |
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EricaHargreave: ’Knowing what your good at @ letting others do what their great at is so important.’ CarrieMcCarthy #cwc09 |
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EricaHargreave: CarrieMcCarthy’s book, ‘Style Statement’ #cwc09 |
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bootuplabs: @ericahargreave just mentioned that she’s going to make us work during her presentation. Should be fun! #cwc09 |
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sonsryan: @ericahargreave just mentioned she’s going to make us work during her presentation at #cwc09. |
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