A new generation of female startup entrepreneurs are working hard to solve problems — while working just as hard at being a parent.
Many are solving the pain points in their own lives, like the craziness of carpool schedules. Others are tackling subjects like genomics or cloud infrastructure. Anne Wojcicki, CEO and cofounder of genomics company 23andMeAnne Wojcicki is Silicon Valley's example of never giving up. Even after the FDA served her company with a cease-and-desist in 2013, Wojcicki from her vision of making personal genomic testing affordable.
Instead, she buckled down for two years and in October 2015 the company came out with a new line of genetic testing. Wojcicki's startup is now worth more than $1.1 billion.Diane Green was pregnant with her second child when she, her husband, and three other founded VMware. "My original plan was I was going to get the company going and bring in a CEO," she once told Stanford students. That never happened. Greene scaled VMware until 2008.
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