January 2011
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Meet Natasha Stanislas: #womaninnovator's new...
Our amazing team behind the #womaninnovator media campaign has added a new fantastic volunteer video editor to its roster. Meet Natasha Stanislas!
My name is Natasha Z. Stanislas and I am from the Bronx, NY.
I am a Junior at NYU Tisch School of the Arts, majoring in Film & Television Arts, with three minors in History, Law & Society, and the Business of Entertainment Media &...
November 2010
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Jennifer Gleeson Blue's mantra: "Harness the power...
by Claire McGovern, Strategic Initiatives Manager, Pipeline
I’ve played sports since I was a little girl. In hindsight, having a good coach made my season more enjoyable. A good coach pushes you to be better every practice. A good coach motivates you to work hard. But, a great coach teaches you more than the rules of the game you’re playing; a great coach teaches you about life!...
October 2010
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Allison Lynch's local and global perspective on...
by Claire McGovern, Strategic Initiatives Manager, Pipeline
Deep in the heart of Brooklyn lies a credit union like no other. Brooklyn Cooperative opened its doors in 2001 on a mission to innovate the relationship between banks and customers. Unlike a bank—where the owners may be a completely different group of people than those who actually use the bank’s services—a credit...
How critical is happiness to woman innovator,...
by Erica Dorn, #womaninnovator Interviewer
Of all of the insightful things that Chaula Gupta had to say, one stood out in particular, “You’re not going to impact other people if you yourself are not feeling good about where you are.” As the Managing Director of the Social Entrepreneurship Initiative at Teach For America, Chaula mentors and harnesses resources to support...
September 2010
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We’re delighted to share a song written by...
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Elmira Bayrasli: Traveling along an innovative...
by: Claire McGovern, Strategic Initiatives Manager, Pipeline
What is Elmira Bayrasli made of? The perfect balance of unquenchable curiosity, undeniable optimism, a deep connection to her Turkish roots, and foresight to imagine the world as she wants it to be. This could explain Elmira’s dedication to her work at Endeavor, a New York-based nonprofit supporting high-impact entrepreneurship...
August 2010
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Pipeline Online: The fruits of our social media...
by: Claire McGovern, Strategic Initiatives Associate, Pipeline I am happy to report that Pipeline’s #womaninnovator media campaign is in full swing. Being the lucky Strategic Initatives Associate that I am, I have gotten to interview many vibrant women innovators and ask them to define and explain what that label means to them. When Pipeline is not behind the FlipCam, we are online posing...
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Rachael Chong and Jane Slusser's innovative...
by Claire McGovern, Strategic Initiatives Manager, Pipeline We’ve all heard the saying, “Two heads are better than one,” but, it wasn’t until I met Rachael Chong and Jane Slusser, the partnership that heads up Catchafire, that I really believed it. Friends since college, Rachael and Jane combined their passions and skill sets to change the world of volunteering. Rachael Chong,...
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Meet Ghazel Ghazaleh Abassalian: Pipeline's...
By: Ghazel Ghazaleh Abassalian, #womaninnovator Video Editor, Pipeline
I found out about Pipeline through a friend of mine, Jennifer Lauren. The last time we met we had many conversations about women’s position today in the Western world, but also in the Middle East. One day I received an email from her mentioning Pipeline and that they were looking for a video editor. I went to check out...
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Tammy Tibbetts' message for fellow women...
by Claire McGovern, Strategic Initiatives Associate, Pipeline
My very first week working at Pipeline, I found myself on the red carpet at Manhattan hot spot Santo’s Party House for the GIRLS WHO ROCK benefit concert. This is where I first met the lovely Tammy Tibbetts, Creator of She’s the First. Female recording artists Kat DeLuna, Lenka, MoZella, Shontelle, Cara Salimando and Kelli Pyle,...
July 2010
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Cynthia Hellen: Woman innovator & girl who rocks
by Claire McGovern, Strategic Initiatives Associate, Pipeline
Cynthia Hellen, co-founder of GIRLS WHO ROCK and board member of She’s the First, sat down with Pipeline to discuss the role of women in innovation. I quizzed her on what her definition of a woman innovator is, why she is passionate about women’s issues, and what advice she had for girls who want to grow up into innovators....
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Women innovators and immigration reform
by Natalia Oberti Noguera, Founder & CEO, Pipeline
My voice is not represented on at least three counts in the immigration reform debate led by the VC community. Firstly, most of the entrepreneurs and venture capitalists advocating for the startup visa, loosening of H1B caps, as well as creating visas for science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) graduates are men. I wonder how...
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The straightforward and innovative world of Cindy...
by Claire McGovern, Strategic Initatives Associate, Pipeline
It was 103 degrees out (yes that’s not a typo. One-hundred three degrees!) when I made my way over to Cindy Gallop’s Chelsea apartment to conduct our #womaninnovator interview. I had seen Cindy speak at a NYWSE* event, “Social Media for Social Change”, so I had a general idea of what I was getting myself into. I remembered her...
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Learning from the Pros: Pipeline's Team debriefs...
by Claire McGovern, Strategic Initiatives Associate, Pipeline
On a warm summer night, I ventured down to the YMCA for an advanced course in Social Media. One cool facet of my job at Pipeline is the opportunity to polish my skills through more education. When the opportunity came to take a course taught by some of the best and brightest in social media, I jumped at the chance. Columbia...
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Woman innovator Tara Pyle means business!
by Claire McGovern, Strategic Initiatives Associate, Pipeline
Smart. Bubbly. Eclectic. Artsy. Fun. Friendly. Innovative. These are all words to describe Tara Pyle, Pipeline’s fourth interviewee for the #womaninnovator series. I met Tara outside of In Good Company (IGC), and we slipped into a nearby café to conduct our interview. She carefully answered each of my questions thoroughly and...
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Zoe Timms: "If you're an innovator, you're an...
by Claire McGovern, Strategic Initiatives Associate, Pipeline
Like I said, fate is a funny thing. Long before meeting Natalia and working for Pipeline, I came across Women’s Education Project (WEP) on idealist.org. Women’s Education Project helps women of limited means discover their unlimited potential for college and career success to improve their lives, families, and communities. I joined...
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Geri Stengel wears many hats. The most stylish...
by Claire McGovern, Strategic Initiatives Associate, Pipeline
Geri and I met on a sunny summer morning at Le Pain Quotidien in midtown. Over coffee, we discussed her career pipeline as the Founder of Ventureneer.com, an online education and peer support community. Among her many roles, she takes great pride in her work as a mentor. “I play more of a coaching role,” she noted. As a mentor, Geri...
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Laina Vlasnik (New Leaders for New Schools): A...
by Claire McGovern, Strategic Initiatives Associate, Pipeline
Laina Vlasnik is the EPIC (Effective Practice Incentive Community) Partnerships Manager at New Leaders for New Schools, a national educational nonprofit organization that ensures outstanding leadership for urban public schools in the United States. Laina and I sat down to discuss her career pipeline. Thanks to her passion for...
#womaninnovator: Pipeline's media campaign
by Claire McGovern, Strategic Initiatives Associate, Pipeline
I have been running around New York City, FlipCam in hand, interviewing women innovators. At Pipeline, our tagline is “Women equal innovation.™” But, what does that actually mean? To find out, I went straight to the source.
Here is what I have discovered so far: 1. A woman innovator cannot be nailed down. It is in her nature to...
June 2010
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Pipeline on the red carpet at the GIRLS WHO ROCK...
by Claire McGovern, Strategic Initiatives Associate, Pipeline
The first week of working with Pipeline threw me for a loop. My job is…fun! For a college student who has spent her time babysitting and bussing tables, attending a benefit concert like the GIRLS WHO ROCK event felt like anything but work. Armed with my press badge and flipcam, I took to the red carpet for Pipeline and interviewed...
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Claire McGovern joins Pipeline!
by Claire McGovern, Strategic Initiatives Associate, Pipeline
Fate is a funny thing. It sneaks up on you, and it is only in hindsight that one realizes how certain moments in life change everything. I experienced one such moment on a cool spring morning in New York City when I met Natalia Oberti Noguera for an interview. Having just finished my junior year at Fordham University studying...