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Female Internet Heroes

A Female Internet Hero is exactly as the title describes her. We profile and interview women that have done something special in the world of tech, making them notable and quotable.The Female Internet Hero Interviews allow you to MEET interesting women; READ about their WORK; THINK about how they PLAY the internet industry, and see how you MATCH them. Be inspired!

	ARIANNA HUFFINGTON Arianna can be credited with single-handedly moving the image of the blogger away from the somewhat geeky man blogging from his living room, to the influential opinion maker.. Read More..
	BINDI KARIA How many technology startups have you been involved with? One, maybe two? How about 600, in just six months! This is the astonishing feat that Asian woman Bindi Karia, VC/Emerging Business lead for Microsoft UK, has achieved since the launch of the company’s UK BizSpark program in November 2008.Read More..
	CATERINA FAKE Co-founder of FLICKR, a favourite site amongst bloggers and technologists in order to share their photos. Flickr, under the healm of Caterina, was acquired by Yahoo for almost $30 million in 2005. Read More..
	Interview: CHRIS SHIPLEY Chris Shipley gets jazzed by significant technical innovations that simplify and enhance the lives of corporate, mobile and personal users.. Read More..
	CHRISTINA DOMECQ Christina Domecq is co-founder and chief executive of SPINVOX, a voice-to-text messaging service that employs 300 globally and makes customers’ lives easier. Read More..
	Interview: CHRISTINE KARMAN “Losing everything you have is not an experience you want to go through” Christine quotes as she recalls the demise of her internet bubble success story Izecom, which went bankrupt because of a fraudulent investor. Read More..
	Interview: EILEEN GITTINS Eileen is a serial entrepreneur in the truest sense. She has set up a number of web companies, including Personify, Verb and Blurb. Read More..
	Interview: ELAINE WHERRY Elaine Wherry and Sandy Jen were recently selected by Fast Company as two of the most influential women in technology. In 2005 they co-founded instant messaging company Meebo (together with Seth Sternberg) which now boasts more than 40 million users. . Read More..
	Audio Interview: Emily Olson of Foodzie Emily is co-founder of Foodzie, an online marketplace for small passionate food producers and growers. She heads up marketing, community management, and overall social media strategy for Foodzie.. Read More..
	Interview: ESTELLE AKOFIO-SOWAH ‘I live in a world where you cannot take anything for granted. What is technology when your toilets are not flushing and you have customers needing running water. Read More..
	ESTHER DYSON Esther Dyson is an internet visionary and investor. She is a veteran of the internet world, having enjoyed roles as founder, investor and advisor. Read More..
	GINA BIANCHINI co-founder and CEO of social networking platform Ning, Gina was one of the first entrepreneurs to realise that people wanted to participate, share and collaborate online. Read More..
	Interview: GISEL HISCOCK When you Google Gisel Hiscock, you get 25,800 hits. From those you realise that for a 34 year old, she has an impressive track record in business, having worked at Google for five years as its Finance Director…. Read More..
	Interview: GLENYS BERD People told Glenys that her online-shoe selling business would never work because people needed to try the shoes on. But she went ahead and set it up anyway… Read More..
	GWYNETH PALTROW Paltorw is the most recent celebrity Female Internet Hero. With her lifestyle website, GOOP, she is in the process of setting up an online newsletter with a collection of experiences on how to Make, Go, Get, Do, Be and See. Read More..
	Interview: JESSICA JACKLEY Jessica Jackley is one of the founders of Kiva, the first website connecting lenders to borrowers around the world for microcredit loans.. Read More..
	Interview: JESSICA LIVINGSTONE Not so long ago high-tech startup funding came in only two flavours; flashy venture capital deals which were all about exit strategies and the “jet money” or the friends and family fund. Enter seed capital fund Y Combinator. Read More..
	Interview: JULIE MEYER “Mass entrepreneurship is the big idea of the 21st century” says Julie Meyer, founder of high-profile network First Tuesday, a meeting place for entrepreneurs and investors, and founder and CEO of investment and advisory firm, Ariadne Capital. Read More..
	Interview: LAUREL PAPWORTH Laurel is what they call an ‘early adopter’ of the internet, catching on to its possibilities back in ’89, whilst working on the internet backbone. But it was the US series Twinpeaks that really got her hooked on it…Read More..
	Interview: LISA SOUNIO Lisa Sounio is a Finnish internet entrepreneur and investor, and a great advocate of simplicity in web applications. She is also a co-founder of social network Dopplr, a service that is as simple as it is useful.. Read More..
	Interview: MARGARET RICE JONES Margaret Rice Jones is CEO of AIRCOM, an independent provider of network management tools and services, with over 850 employees, that offers advice, training and support to the world’s largest operators of IP and cellular networks.. Read More..
	Interview: MARIANNE BAARS Hotels are what Marianne Baars has always been passionate about. They are “in my system,” she says. That is why she studied at the hotel college in the Hague and… Read More..
	Interview: MARIANNE VAN LEEUWEN It is a perfect morning in Amsterdam and sitting at a tiny bar table is Marianne van Leeuwen. Without saying a word, she radiates a playful energy coupled with an air of someone who seems to have it all.. Read More..
	MARINA TOGNETTI Marina has 18 years of professional experience in marketing, business development, e-commerce/technology and strategy across the globe, and has worked with eBay, Procter & Gamble, Philips, Sara Lee and the Boston Consulting Group. Read More..
	MARTHA LANE FOX Martha Lane Fox, is founder of LUCKY VOICE, which started as a private karaoke in four London locations. Read More..
	Interview: PENNY POWER “The internet really is all about the people and about the community and all about how people are engaging and understanding one another” says Penny Power, co-founder of Ecademy.. Read More..
	Interview: PENELOPE TRUNK Penelope Trunk of the Brazen Careerist is a startling combination of entrepreneur, career guru and bare-to-the-bone personal blogger. Her writing does not draw a clear line between business and personal issues… Read More..
	Interview: PETRA VAN SCHAYIK Van Schayik is co-owner of Compumatica secure networks, a software development company that secures governmental and corporate networks and is unique in the Netherlands with their high-level security products for Dutch governmental networks.. Read More..
	QUEEN ELIZABETH A relaunch of the royal website earns Her Majesty the Queen the title of Female Hero of the month. Read More..
	Audio Interview: Rashmi Sinha of Slide Share SlideShare is the world’s largest community, allowing everyone from teacher to marketeer to connect and share presentations. The site has enjoyed such rapid growth that it now boasts 11 million unique visitors a month. Read More..
	Interview: SANDY JEN Elaine Wherry and Sandy Jen were recently selected by Fast Company as two of the most influential women in technology. In 2005 they co-founded instant messaging company Meebo (together with Seth Sternberg) which now boasts more than 40 million users. . Read More..
	SARAH BROWN Up at the crack of dawn to set off for the G8 in Italy! There’s a busy few days ahead for me as part of the spouses programme while Gordon is at the summit.This is the first blog post of Sarah Brown, wife of UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown. Read More..
	SARAH MCVITTIE You do not have to be a business veteran to be an internet entrepreneur, as Sarah McVittie proves. Founder and CEO of Texperts.com, she was dubbed one of ‘The top 35 women under 35’ by the Times. Read More..
	Interview: SIAN SUTHERLAND A female entrepreneur and mother, Sian Sutherland has combined the two to create the fast-growing skincare company Mama Mio. Read More..
	Interview: TARA HUNT Whilst many business-minded people are obsessed by raising capital, Tara Hunt’s message is to raise ‘social capital’… Read More..
	Audio Interview: Tina Sharkey of BabyCenter LLC Tina Sharkey has more than 20 years of experience in the evolution of new media, ranging from the introduction of HDTV in 1986 to the forefront of Web 2.0 today.. Read More..