BlogHer Announces Second Annual BlogHer Entrepreneurs Conference, Hosted by Mobile Workstyles Leader Citrix
January 04 2012 - 12:00PM
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BlogHer, Inc., the premium cross-platform media network and
publisher for women, announced today the second annual BlogHer
Entrepreneurs Conference, taking place March 22-23, 2012 in Silicon
Valley, and made possible by host sponsor, Citrix Systems, Inc.
With attendance limited to 100 entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs and
business owners in the technology and media space, an integral,
unique part of BlogHer Entrepreneurs will again be one-on-one
mentorship between each attendee and one of 50 senior industry
leaders. Each attendee will be matched to a mentor who will spend
an hour reviewing her business plan and goals. The conference kicks
off with an intensive skills workshop, focused on maximizing the
learning and networking opportunities to follow during the
event.
"BlogHer's inaugural entrepreneurial event in 2011 served as a
catalyst for many attendees and was exactly the game-changer we
hoped to create," said Elisa Camahort Page, Jory Des Jardins and
Lisa Stone, BlogHer co-founders. "We thank our 2012 mentors and the
team at Citrix for hosting BlogHer Entrepreneurs '12 and the next
wave of women entrepreneurs."
"Citrix technology allows people to work and play from anywhere,
and that flexibility has not only helped spark new ideas for
entrepreneurs, but also enabled them to accelerate new business
ideas," said Catherine Courage, vice president, Product Design,
Citrix. "We expect BlogHer Entrepreneurs '12 at the Citrix
Conference Center in Silicon Valley to be a great two days that
will foster further innovation and inspiration among
entrepreneurial women."
2011 attendee Angélica Pérez, Publisher and CEO of
NewLatina.net, called BlogHer Entrepreneurs "the most empowering,
instructive and inspiring conference I have ever participated in.
The opportunity to present my business idea to a successful
businesswoman and mentor was the highlight of the conference, not
to mention the information-packed presentations, the excellent
networking and the business tools and resources I took home with
me. It was a 2-day mini-MBA for sure!"
Fellow attendee and founder of mobile app start-up GLMPS, Esther
Crawford, agreed, saying, "As a first time founder of a mobile app,
BlogHer Entrepreneurs inspired and informed me at a critical
juncture in my startup's life - the experience there ultimately led
to our decision to launch at BlogHer '11 where thousands of the
web's most influential women became our first users."
The full agenda for BlogHer Entrepreneurs will be announced in
January. Mentors from last year's event included venture
capitalists and angels, such as Heidi Roizen and Ann Winblad;
entrepreneurs, such as Sandy Jen and Kim Polese; corporate business
leaders, such as Janet Riccio and Megan Smith; and industry media
and analysts such as Moira Forbes and Charlene Li.
Mentors found the conference experience as rewarding as
attendees, with Ms. Roizen stating, "The BlogHer conference was an
incredible gathering of women helping women change the world -- one
startup, one product, one blog at a time. I met some amazing people
there and look forward to doing so again in 2012!"
For more information on the event please visit:
http://www.blogher.com/conferences
To register, please visit:
http://blogherentrepreneurs.eventbrite.com
For sponsorship opportunities please contact Kristin Auger at
Kristin@blogher.com.
About BlogHer Reaching 34 million women
each month (Nielsen Site Census, November 2011), BlogHer
(http://www.blogher.com) is the leading cross-platform media
network created by, for and with women social media leaders.
BlogHer developed and leads the marketplace with the most robust
economic and networking opportunities for women in social media and
brands seeking to engage in authentic and persuasive dialog with
them. Founded in February 2005 by Elisa Camahort Page, Jory Des
Jardins and Lisa Stone, BlogHer publishes and syndicates news,
information, advice and recommendations to and from 3,000 premium
blogs, delivers uniquely insightful research on women in social
media across interest areas, hosts the world's largest conferences
for women in social media and curates a daily news service,
BlogHer.com. BlogHer's investors are Venrock, GE/NBC Universal's
Peacock Equity Fund, and Azure Capital Partners.
About Citrix Citrix Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:
CTXS) is a leading provider of virtual computing solutions that
help people work and play from anywhere on any device. More than
250,000 enterprises rely on Citrix to create better ways for
people, IT and business to work through virtual meetings, desktops
and datacenters. Citrix virtualization, networking and cloud
solutions deliver over 100 million corporate desktops and touch
approximately 75 percent of Internet users each day. Citrix
partners with over 10,000 companies in 100 countries. Annual
revenue in 2010 was $1.87 billion. Learn more at
www.citrix.com.
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