Top 30 Female Internet Entrepreneurs

Written on 13th May 2009                                                                                                              11 COMMENTS
Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten, Serial Internet Entrepreneur

IncomeDiary has published the unscientific but interesting ‘Top 30 Female Internet Entrepreneurs’ list today.

The list seems rather random to me (UPDATE: its alphabetical and I’m an idiot) and there is no extra information in the original post that explains the ranking. But I’m impressed with the list anyway and think it is always good to point out that there are great women in technology so I’m reposting it here in its full glory.

Do check out the original post + comments.
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Amanda Marcotte, Ariana Huffington, Barbara Feldman, Carrie Wilkerson, Caterina Fake, Catherine Cook, Eileen Gittins, Elaine Wherry, Erin Jansen, Female Bloggers, female entrepreneurs, Female Internet Entrepreneurs, Gina Bianchini, gina trapani, Heather Armstrong, iJustine, Juliette Brindak, Justine Ezarik, Lisa Stone, Maria Andros

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We Own Internet History: The ROFLaptop!

Written on 3rd September 2008                                                                                                              2 COMMENTS
Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten, Serial Internet Entrepreneur

A few months ago, during ROFLcon 08, an uncorporation called breadpig got together with OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) and persuaded almost every speaker to sign a brand new OLPC. Then they put the item on eBay and promised to donate 100% of the profits from the auction to OLPC.

As you might know the OLPC foundation aims to put these cute little green laptops in the hands of children all across the developing world. The list of people who signed the laptop is impressive:

Jay Maynard, Tron Guy, Kyle Macdonald, Paperclip to House Guy, Martin Grondin, LOLCat Bible, Ryan North, Dinosaur Comics, The Brothers Chaps, Homestar Runner, Ryan and Arija, LOLSecretz, Stephen Granades, LOLTrek, David Lloyd, OCRemix, Randall Munroe, Xkcd, Adam Lindsay, LOLCode, Drew Curtis, Fark.com, Rob, Kris, Matt, and Dave, Cyanide and Happiness/Explosm.net , Matt Harding, Where the Hell is Matt?, moot, 4chan , Ian Spector, Chuck Norris Facts , Joe Mathlete, Marmaduke Explained, Brad Neely, Creased Comics and Super Deluxe, “Cheezburger,” I Can Haz Cheezburger, Matt Haughey, MetaFilter, Joe Peacock, Mentally Incontinent, Justine Ezarik, iJustine/300-page iPhone Bill, Leeroy Jenkins, Andy Ochiltree, JibJab , Christian Lander, Stuff White People Like, Alex Tew, The Million Dollar Homepage, Brooke Brodack , The Firefox.

I bid a few hundred dollars during the auction and then forgot about the whole thing. Until it turned out I actually won! Today the laptop finally arrived and now I am the proud owner of a piece of internet history.

Here is a video by Scott Beale from LaughingSquid (who also signed the XO Laptop) showing the whole signing process:

Chcuk Norris facts, Cheezbuger, Fark.com, iJustine, Jobjab, LOLcat, OLPC, red paperclip, ROLFcon, The Firefox, The Million Dollar Homepage, Tron Guy

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