Sep 10, 2013Finding the inner geek girl (or boy)Why I want to help every child find her or his inner geek. — It was a chilly March morning in Austin, Texas when I met a new friend to go visit a classroom in a low income part of East Austin at a school called East Austin College Prep. I knew this school was special because there were live camels outside when I…5 min read5 min read
Mar 26, 2013Rinse and Repeat: How to startup a business..This post was originally published on the Technovation Challenge Blog and syndicated on the Women 2.0 blog. Think about an app or gadget you love to use. Is it Instagram? Is it Snapchat? Your smart phone? Whatever it is, at some point it did not exist. At some point someone…Startup9 min readStartup9 min read
Nov 5, 2012Get TEKD! — Find the class or group for you!Get TEKD! — Find the class or group for you! “Ever want to start programming or understand startups more and just not know where to start?” That was the line I used to pitch TEKD at the AT&T Hackathon for Social Good.Hackathons5 min readHackathons5 min read
Jun 26, 2012Why I want to be an entrepreneur — the essayI started this blog to cover my journey in entrepreneurship among other things. As I am taking personal stock in what has gone on in the last year, I came across this essay I wrote for an application. I thought I would share it since it captures the essence of…Education6 min readEducation6 min read
Apr 17, 2012How I started programmingHearing how people got into tech is fascinating to me, especially women. (Check out http://ilearnedtoprogram.com) Not that men’s stories are not interesting. It’s that women’s stories tend to have a lot of variability to them. From the age to the role model to the reasons. Here’s my story. I started…Programming5 min readProgramming5 min read
Apr 17, 2012OH: “Geeze right after someone meets Jen she gets invited to their parties.”I somewhat chuckled when I heard this. I thought it was a bit of an exaggeration. Then I remembered a book I read last year called “Click”by Ori Brafman, which was all about codifying why people click when they meet. …Life Lessons3 min readLife Lessons3 min read
Nov 17, 2011Prelude to a startup weekendI’m on a plane right now on my way home from Central America. Fortunately the long plane rides afford me a lot of time to be pensive and Startup Weekend is on the dome right now. I’ve been pondering what I wanted to get out of the Women 2.0 Startup…Startup5 min readStartup5 min read
Sep 17, 2011When hacking went from code to product definitionsOften other technical women ask me what was my path from being a coder to a product manager. I’ve recounted the same steps over and over again. I coded for several years. Got a taste of working with clients. Liked the more social aspects of working with non-technical people and…Product Management3 min readProduct Management3 min read
Jul 31, 2011Product of Me — Applying Lean Startup to myselfTwo Pivots in 6 Weeks — This year it is no secret that the entrepreneurial bug has come back to bite me and bite harder this time around. I’m still crazy for education and technology. A decade ago I was right out of school and ready to take on the world. The world of hacking that…Lean Startup5 min readLean Startup5 min read
Jul 5, 2011Herding KittensHerding Kittens Being a part of the Founder Institute has essentially turned me into a 24/7 thinker, where I’m to the point that I have to have my phone always near me to take a note or record anything that comes to mind on my idea. Basically, I want to…Startup3 min readStartup3 min read