Girls In Tech

1. Learn how to catapult your career in technology through workshops and presentations from top, successful women in tech
2. Network with over 250 eager and influential women in the tech industry
3. Understand industry trends, what models are working and what models aren’t working
4. Promote your ideas and your company to a group of very targeted women in tech
5. Learn how you can create change by using the web tools and platforms available for developing nations
6. Participate in the Girls in Tech + Vator.tv pitch contest

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We Hear About Success, but We Learn From Failure

SNAP Summit – one of the first conferences for social web startups – has announced the topic for their fall event: Failure. They’ve dubbed it “FailCon.” It takes place on October 27th at the Kabuki Hotel in San Francisco. Girls in Tech discount tickets can be purchased at:

FailCon Girls in Tech Tickets

The lead organizer, Cassie Phillipps, writes:
“FailCon’s been developing in my head for the last year; but I wondered if people would really be interested in a day focused on entrepreneurial mistakes.

As I spoke with fellow founders, however, it became clear: failure’s an important topic that people crave to understand and speakers regularly avoid. Many think that failure is the defining moment for an entrepreneur: overcoming it proves that you’re inventive, tenacious, and prepared.

So I’ve decided to host FailCon on October 27th – peak conference season – and keep it incredibly affordable. Like our prior events, I expect 250 – 400 founders, developers, investors, marketers, and bloggers from the web 2.0/social-web sphere to attend. With help from GraffitiPR, we’re also reaching out to a diverse range of entrepreneurial organizations and news stations for some fresh faces.

Some of the topics scheduled include:
The Importance of Team: What variable make a successful founding team? What disagreements should be expected and how do you talk through them? If all else fails, how do you let someone go?
How VCs Handle Failure: What are the early signs of failure that VCs watch for? How do they handle a failing investment, preserve good relations, and protect their assets?

How NOT to Build Social Apps: Why do some viral campaigns flop, and how do you regain trust with your client? What are some things to avoid when designing for the social web? How can you recover a failing app?
Founder Frak-ups: A number of social web entrepreneurs will give short talks about their early mistakes and how they recovered. Invited speakers include:

Max Levchin; Slide (discussing Slide and PayPal)
Mark Pinkus; Zynga (discussing Tribe.net)
Lane Becker and Thor Mullen; GetSatisfaction
Seth Sternberg, Sandy Jen, and Elain Wherry; Meebo
Rashmi Sinha; SlideShare
and more!

I’m still looking for volunteers, sponsors, and companies to demo! More information on the event is at www.snapsummit.com. Email Cassie at cep@rfop.biz with questions and suggestions.

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