SXsports is one of the newest ventures for SXSW Interactive. It began in 2014 and has already become very popular, attracting many of the top entertainers, personalities and thinkers of the sports industry. As a sports fanatic, this is definitely the segment of SXSW Interactive that I am most looking forward to. There are so […]
While for the time being Silicon Valley, startup culture and the expected face of tech, whether geek or chic, remain overwhelmingly male – specifically young, white and male – and even exposés on women’s experience in this climate sometimes fail to get past their over-sexualized cover graphics to the meat of the issue, SXSW’s 2015 Interactive lineup […]
Date: Sunday, March 9 2014 Time: 12.30pm-1.30pm Location: Courtyard Marriott, Brazos 300 E 4th St By now, most organizations know that it’s imperative to have a presence on social media. Often times though, that means they just hire one person and put them in charge of ‘doing social media’. They become a “one man band’, tasked […]
Date: Saturday, March 8, 2014 Time: 10am-10.40am Location : Austin Convention Center, Ballroom D Foyer, 500 E Cesar Chavez St “How does she do it?” Women all over the world ask themselves this question when they see their female colleagues juggling what is now considered normal everyday life – building a career, being a mother […]
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Ingrid Vanderveldt and Kay Koplovitz gave advice to women on getting funding for their businesses Sunday at SXSW Interactive.
The lack of diversity in the innovative field of tech and startups is an issue that is being addressed more and more frequently. This absence of diversity ranges from gender, to race, to sexual orientation and beyond. This year’s SXSW Interactive programming features a theme specifically geared toward these issues, and will continue to influence […]