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September 2010

Mo’ money, mo’ problems

by Farrah Bostic September 13, 2010 entrepreneurs

When we talk about women entrepreneurs (damn that modifier is getting tired), the metric seems to be about VC dollars and the list of speakers at tech events. What we are really talking about is recognition. You can argue that women don’t approach VCs, and you can argue about why that is and what the [...]

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#wherewereyou

by Farrah Bostic September 13, 2010 entrepreneurs

On Friday, I went to Startup Weekend at New Work City. Among 130 new friends, I pitched an idea. For the first time in 20 years, I felt terrified speaking in front of a roomful of strangers. Speaking and writing – these are my things. I’m smart, I get it, I’m good at the work [...]

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Metaphors

by Farrah Bostic September 7, 2010 images

Just a quick thought on the subject of how cultures/groups can be defined by common language – and that this common language, especially in the fairly democratic language landscape of English (a bastard, by all accounts), is often demarcated by shared metaphors. I am not a linguist. I am not a sociologist or anthropologist. I [...]

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Singing from the same hymnal

by Farrah Bostic September 5, 2010 stories

While there is no way you would ever find me quoting scripture (I’m wholly unqualified), I did grow up with some of the vernacular of the church-goer. So forgive me these post titles. Came across an interesting note in the New Yorker on the style of reporting/storytelling used in chronicling the Great Migration: that massive [...]

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