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Leveraging your social networks for crowdfunding success [Guest post by RocketHub]

VC Cafe

With the advent of modern social networking (and sites like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc.), we are more connected to our extended network of friends and supporters than ever before. RocketHub wants to empower the people behind the projects, and leverage their social networks to get more done. Build a Team.

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Hey White Guys, You’re Invited!

Austin Startup

At the popular South Congress Hotel , post-Latina magazine’s Latinas in Tech panels, my fellow inquisitor, Bostonian Maribel Mendoza, a longtime volunteer for national network Latinas in STEM, thought maybe they needed a direct invitation. That “White Guys” might be afraid of being “called out as the only white guys” in the room.

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