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Tech Corps was recently spotlighted in a companion piece to CNN’s “Black in America”. Lisa Chambers, National Director and State Director (OH) of Tech Corps shared the link and the information below:

This appeared as a companion piece to CNN's Black in America: "The New Promise Land: Silicon Valley"   …

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Kristie Melnik is a microbiologist and the Founder and President of Cytolutions. This is a great story on how Kristie and Lori Boyd created a fragrance called “Not My Own” in order to make a difference in the lives of women battling breast cancer. 

See the full story by going to the following link: http://www.10tv.com/content/stories/2011/11/07/columbus-not-my-own-ff.html

The September Women in Technology and Science event gave us all a great opportunity to network and learn more about " Marketing myths". The panelist included Ruth Milligan with Articulation, Inc; Joan Manter with Manter Consulting; Nancy Bohman with Bohman Marketing & Communications; Amy Marshall with Webbed Marketing ( a division of Fathom Online Marketing); and Padma Sastry with Nationwide Insurance.  They provided wonderful insight and they shared examples of case studies they… Continue

Deborah A. Farrington with StarVest Partners, L.P shares her opinion on how to get more women involved in Venture Capital:

The 2011 Forbes Midas List ranked the top 100 venture capitalists based on M&A and IPO exits.  As one of the two women included on this year’s list, it was disappointing to see that only two had made the cut. This begs the question: Why so few women on the list, and why so few women in venture capital in general? Why is it important for more…

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