667_ Only 12% of graduates are women - we need a huge segment of the population to be involved.
The first annual NCWIT Symons Innovator Award was presented to Anousheh Ansari this past Monday, May 11th, and it was a remarkable event. We stood 100 strong in the foyer of Heidi Roizen's home as Jennie Symons, the orphaned 9 year old daughter of Jeanette Symons presented the award to Anousheh Ansari, the first woman private explorer in space, the first astronaut of Iranian descent and with her family, title sponsor of the Ansari X Prize. She is Chair, CEO and Co-founder of Prodea Systems, and formerly Chair, CEO and Co-Founder of Telecom Technologies, Inc. a technology company sold for $750 million. These men and women, gathered here, are outstanding examples of the promise and the future for 'women and information technology'. We begin this story in Atherton, CA, to celebrate one woman's success and to work on preparing the road for future young women and for the competitive advantage of our country... Statistics show that better than 50% of new entrepreneurs are female. They receive 3% of the VC investments and only 5% of the Federal funds set aside for new businesses. It is a gender issue to be sure. While many women of varying ages and interests are taking the entrepreneurial plunge, Lucy Sanders points out another big issue, not so readily recognized, is the Global competitiveness of our country so adversely affected by a subtle gender bias. Today the numbers of students going into computer science studies are plummeting. As this workforce dwindles, the best job opportunities grow. While attending the NCWIT Conference hosted by Google, Jeff Huber, Sr. VP of Engineering at Google said, "It's a critical problem! A crisis for the industry, for Google." Only 12% of graduates are women at a time when we need a huge segment of the population to be involved. Is the study of math and science important to our collective future? We certainly believe so and the National Center for Women and Information Technology is making the difference.
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575_ From Venture Capitalist to Entrepreneur Music Producer
Lucy Sanders, CEO and Founder of the National Center for Women & Information Technology and NCWIT board member, Lee Kennedy along with Larry Nelson interviewed Heidi Roizen, CEO of Skinny Songs. Heidi Roizen has achieved success as an entrepreneur, a corporate executive, a corporate director and venture capitalist. She has held positions of leadership within a number of industry organizations, and is a recognized and popular spokesperson for the technology industry and entrepreneurial community. Currently, Roizen is CEO of SkinnySongs, which she launched in January of 2008. SkinnySongs introduced the first-ever collection of radio-hit-quality music in which the lyrics are specifically designed to motivate people to reach their weight and fitness goals. This is the first in this new NCWIT series, The Entrepreneurial Tool Box. Each interview will have a particular focus this interview addresses the best way to network. Many listeners will be very surprised at some of her comments, but remember Heidi is royalty when it comes to networking...ask Bill Gates. Lucy asks her to define Networking and references a comment made by Heidi that it isn't stalking. Lee wanted to know what entrepreneurs need to do to be prepared. Larry asked, "What types of people are in your network and how do you avoid compromising them?" Heidi has some great advice about the best way to reach out to venture capitalists and what not to do. This is a great series, listen now..LISTEN - Part 1 of 2

581_ Networking 2.0 from a Venture Capitalist and Entrepreneur
(Part 2 of 2) "Networking is not an event driven thing. It’s not something you go out and do and then you’re done. It’s sort of a lifelong component of building your career. Frankly so many of the people in my network are my personal friends, I think it’s a lifelong component of building an interesting life", said Heidi Roizen during an interview with Lucy Sanders, CEO and Founder of the National Center for Women & Information Technology and NCWIT board member, Lee Kennedy along with Larry Nelson. The long-term strength and stability of an organization is dependent on networking. Lucy is always interested in looking into all the aspects of a topic asked Heidi, "Do you have examples of bad networking or the right way to act?" Heidi replied, "There are a number of trade associations in any industry, and that has always been part of my (I don’t want to call it networking) but building relationships and learning more about your industry. First of all it is a way to give back to the industry and a way to do some constructive things and you build relationships outside of what your immediate needs might be, but ultimately come in very handy for you as well. And I definitely would credit my affiliations with the trade associations within my industry as things that really helped me build out my network. Pitfalls – When you’re going out to meet someone, you have to think, ‘what do I have to offer?’ I think that people have more to offer than they think they do. Every other person you meet out there is a human being and they have interests, children, and hobbies and passions and causes they support. I think you can build relationships with people by looking more deeply at the whole person." There's more great advice...
Related Links: Heidi Roizen Website || SkinnySongs || USA Today || NCWIT Heroes || NCWIT Home || Keywords: Heidi Roizen, Networking, Skinny Songs, Venture Capital, National Center for Women & Information Technology, NCWIT, Lee Kennedy, Lucy Sanders > Channels: NCWIT Bytes: 14773919 > LISTEN 11/3/08

670_ It’s IP TV. Listen and watch the four interviews listed below. They are archived for anytime viewing. And, BTW, if you have any entrepreneurial interview ideas, contact us. We are going to be launching a new series in June 2009.

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2:00 Sue Wyman - New Job Market
2:15 Brad Bernthal - Silicon Flatirons
2:30 Michael Vaughn - Botanic Gardens
2:45 Chris Wood - Green Summit

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669_ Come See Applied Trust's Engineers and the Barking Seal Off-leash
Trent Hein and Ned McClain, co-founders of Applied Trust Engineering who also co-authored the, " LINUX Administration Handbook" (Second Edition) have launched a new series called, "Dear Ned...I'm in over my head". In this first issue they discuss the Conflicker Worm. They said, "There are new things about this worm that make it interesting and others that make it the same old game. We've had malware like viruses and worms around over the past 20 years now. In fact this past fall we celebrated the anniversary of the Morris Internet worm, one of the first major malware to spread over the Internet. Unlike viruses and worms of the past, this one is controlled by a human or group. It might have appeared that nothing happened April 1st, but if your computer is infected, your computer is controlled. What are the implications of this? Your computer data could be wiped off - erased or your computer can be controlled and used in a malicious manner. What can you do? Best practices for keeping your machine healthy, 1. Virus protection, but that's not enough. 2. Do your monthly updates and patches...listen for more. Come See Applied Trust's Engineers Off-leash! IT infrastructure engineers are a unique breed and Applied Trust's herd is no exception. Whether it's esoteric technical details about an application security vulnerability, or hints on how to squeeze a little extra performance out of your server, you'll read honest, from-the-trenches commentary on the Barking Seal blog.
Related Links: Barking Seal Blog || Applied Trust || Women in IT || Find It Page || Keywords: Dear Ned, Applied Trust Engineering, ATE, Ned McClain, Trent Hein, Conflicker Worm, Virus Protection, Malware, Barking Seal, > Channels: ATE Dear Ned Bytes: 6467503 - 6/1/09 LISTEN

668_ Entrepreneurs are people who would just be dreadful employees
When Ellen Siminoff was asked, "What is it about you that makes the entrepreneur part tick?" Ellen, who was a founding executive at Yahoo said, "When I started Yahoo, we were a small group of folks and thought we were changing the world! For me, it's about the idea and the people and the excitement of creating it." Lucy Sanders, CEO and Founder of the National Center for Women & Information Technology and NCWIT founding board member, along with Larry Nelson interviewed Ellen, CEO and president - their mission,. "Shmoop wants to make you a better lover (of literature, history, poetry and writing)." About 18 years ago, Ellen and her husband started a different company, they were distributing television programming in Eastern Europe and she fell in love with the media industry. In 1994, at the Los Angeles Times, Ellen started running their online classifieds (this was really early), and she realized technology could be used to deliver media in a really interesting way. Today she's a great fan of the Kindle. Lucy asked what's next for Shmoop? Ellen's reply, "Well, I think we've done a really great job on Lit, history and poetry. We're going to do more in Civics, and get some of the maths and sciences up there because I think it's really important to be able to read, write and do arithmetic." There's more...
Related Links: NCWIT Home || Shmoop University || NCWIT Blog || Heroes Channel || PodCast Directory || Keywords: Ellen Siminoff, Shmoop University, Lucy Sanders, Lee Kennedy, Entrepreneurs, National Center for Women & Information Technology, NCWIT Heroes 6/1/09 > Bytes: 18852679 - 6/1/09 LISTEN

A winner in Boulder marches off to Washington D.C. – Phil Weiser - Internet Protocol Duels with the Cable Industry
185_ Internet Protocol Duels with the Cable Industry
For some, it's a big whirlwind of change creating chaos and a cry for regulations from others. Phil Weiser, Executive Director, Silicon Flatirons Telecommunications Program points out the regulation can be a double-edged sword. It allows competition and therefore encourages innovation. On the other hand, intellectual property issues can slow things down and eventually will cost the consumer time and money. Other dicey issues that impact consumers and industry will soon be regulated; for better or for worse. > LISTEN 10/02/06
Related Links: Silicon Flatirons || Digital Crossroads || Passing of the Baton Ceremony || Communications Technology Professionals || CTP Channel || Keywords: Phil Weiser, Silicon Flatirons Center, CU, Digital Crossroads: America's Telecommunications Policy in the Internet Age, IP Protocol, E911, VOIP, Telecommunications - 6/1/09 LISTEN

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