Name: Robyn Ward
Date registered: November 21, 2008
Sep
14
Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook, has emerged as a tremendous inspiration to female executives and working mothers everywhere. As a woman in the tech startup space, I admire her greatly. I don’t agree with everything she says, but I love that she says it – as she sees it. She is a no bullshit kinda …
Sep
08
I recently had the honor of participating in the inaugural Biz2Beach event held by Callfire, a kickass Silicon Beach cloud telephony company. The event was dubbed as an “unconference”, and it made for a terrific experience. In lieu of having a speaker or panel of speakers talk at an audience, discussion leaders sat at round …
Sep
05
OOPS….I did it again. I promised myself, and you, that I would begin blogging in a semi-regular fashion. I started this blog the week I started Docstoc – then InterWebs silence for over a year. Then, I got back on the blogwagon right about the time we started BetterWorks. And it happened again. Building a …
Dec
14
Last Tuesday I started a new gig at yet another early-stage company. The company is called BetterWorks, and we are located on 3rd Street Promenade (very close to where I live – this is always ideal when living the “startup” life). I did not, of course, take on this new adventure solely due to …
Nov
29
When people ask me what I do, I often say I help build very early stage Internet/technology companies. This often leads to the follow-up question – “What exacly does that mean?” On the flip side, I meet countless Business Undergrads, and even MBAs, who tell me they want to work in startups, but seem to have very …
Nov
28
Three months ago I entered into what is one of the biggest adventures I have ever undertaken. I rescued a puppy. I had been toying with idea of getting a dog for about 5 years (yes, 5 years). Two things held me back: my startup life and New York City. But I now live in …
Nov
03
I love to read. And I almost exlusively read business books. My favorites are both educational and entertaining. Yes, business books can be entertaining – and even exciting. For me, these are the ones that tell true accounts of the failures and successes of entrepreneurs/startups, and provide gems of wisdom, and lots of humor, along the way. Below is a list …
Oct
26
I have long been a fan of Maria Shriver. She is a strong woman who uses her voice to implement change and do good. She authored one of my favorite books – “Just Who Will You Be.” It is a small book with a big message. In it, she offers up a very candid look …
Oct
21
Last night was Docstoc’s StartupsUncensored #19. We started SU two months after I began working at Docstoc. The idea was to build up the LA tech community (a la the kids up North) by holding monthly educational and networking events. The first SU was about 20 people. It grew quickly and we changed venues to the Santa Monica …
Oct
21
Wow! I’m exhausted and exhilarated at the same time. Just got back from The Perfect Business Summit 2010 in Las Vegas. It was the first-ever national conference for Entrepreneurs & Investors and, by all accounts, it was a huge success! The Summit was produced by Dan Bliss, co-founder of PerfectBusiness.com, a site dedicated to entrepreneurship that provides professional …
