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Google Developers Launchpad hosts the 2nd Launchpad Female Founders Summit (Nov 16-17)

Google Developers Launchpad hosts the 2nd Launchpad Female Founders Summit (Nov 16-17)

Google Developers Launchpad is hosting the 2nd Launchpad Female Founders Summit on November 16 - 17, 2017 at Launchpad Space, 301 Howard St. San Francisco, CA. The event will feature in-depth talks, fireside chats and more startup success training from the best of Google and Silicon Valley.

Filipina Women in Tech: Gamechanger Tracey Young Disrupts Construction Industry with PlanGrid

Filipina Women in Tech: Gamechanger Tracey Young Disrupts Construction Industry with PlanGrid

"In 2011, Tracey Young's company PlanGrid was accepted into the prestigious start-up incubator Y Combinator, and with Young as CEO, it has since been used on 400,000 projects in 195 countries. Its benefits—logistical and economic—are so apparent that one project manager recently told Young that learning about it felt like being taught to use fire for the first time. Top venture firm Sequoia Capital sees the same magic; they've invested $30 million. "I joke that I used to work for one superintendent," Young says. "Now I work for hundreds of thousands." News story from Elle.com