May 2012
16 posts
Jessie Arora on Technovation's Regional Pitch Day...
See what one our fantastic judges who knows the STEM education field better than anyone, Jessie Arora, thought about this weekend’s Pitch Event in Mountain View:
If only all Demo Days embodied this level of energy and authentic enthusiasm.
The pitches were great, however, what was most impressive was the demonstration of what the girls had learned about what it really means to make...
April 2012
22 posts
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Advice from David Cohn of Google
“Plan to fail. Plan to fail well. The great successes in life were successful because when they failed, they failed well. They planned for the chance - the inevitability - of failure and learned from it. Then picked themselves up to try, and possibly fail again. But each time, they learned. They slowly learned the art of seeing what could go wrong, and how to step out its way when failure...
NYC Pitch Winners Announced
Congrats to the winners of the NYC Technovation Pitch Night!
1st Place: Chemical Quintet, App: Element Quest (NYC iSchool) Element Quest is a studying tool geared towards chemistry students going through the troubling process of memorizing the periodic table of elements. This app will make studying the elements fun and easy. With the full version, users will be able to choose an element to...
Advice to Technovation girls and mentors from Mary...
Mary Lou Jepsen is the founder and CEO of Pixel Qi, a manufacturer of low-cost, low-power LCD screens for laptops. She was the first chief technology officer of One Laptop per Child (OLPC).
We asked her a few questions and this is the advice she shared:
Iridescent: How can one prepare to be a great leader?
Mary Lou Jepsen: Just focus on doing great work in areas that you both a) think are...
LA Pitch Winners Announced
Congrats to the SATisfy team!
SATisfy is a product designed for test prep with a social spin. With online distractions left and right, students feel more and more pressure to do well on standardized tests. Our app poses a modern solution to this modern problem. Instead of feeling guilt over using mobile devices when they should be studying, students can feel gratified by doing their studying on...
Advice from Joe Robinson of Square
Do things that you’re passionate about. If you don’t love what you do, you won’t have the motivation to get through natural tough stretches. Life is too short to focus on things that you don’t care about.
Also, do things that terrify you. Stretch yourself into new roles and responsibilities by fearlessly tackling new problems. There’s no better way learn what you...
One NYC mentor's take on Technovation →
Follow the link to read a post by Sara Petry about her experience with Technovation.
She says, “We’re currently in the 9th of 10 weeks of the program, and the girls are all making some great progress (a few are even committing to meet up and work during their school vacations!). Working with this program has been incredibly rewarding for all of us involved.”
About Sara, NYC...
“I think we’ve all come a long way from knowing nothing to starting from scratch...”
– Katherine, participant
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Gearing up!
Welcome to the Technovation blog!
By starting this Tumblr page, we wanted to give everyone access to the program and allow people to see what goes on behind the scenes. Technovation mentors, students and judges are welcome to upload video, quotes or photos as they work together to develop their mobile apps.
We hope you’ll stay tuned!
Cheers,
The Technovation Crew
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