NBCUniversal’s Lady-Focused Ad Network Nabs Every Female Startup Founder You Know For Its New Digital Board

Nitasha Tiku — Wed, 02 May 2012 11:58:36 -0400

On quick glance, the list of people named to the digital advisory board for Women at NBCU--NBCUniversal’s lady-friendly ad network--contains roughly every female startup founder and techie maven known to Startupland. At least it sorta feels that way.

As PaidContent reports, the digital board includes TaskRabbit founder Leah Busque, IfWeRanTheWorld founder and CEO Cindy Gallop, Rent the Runway founder and CEO Jennifer Hyman, Google's Marissa Mayer, One Kings Lane cofounder Alison Pincus, Twitter's VP of media Chloe Sladden, New York City's Chief Digital Officer Rachel Sterne, LearnVest founder and CEO Alexa Von Tobel.

And that's in addition to Gilt Groupe chairman Susan Lyne and investor Esther Dyson, who are already on Women at NBCU's regular board and will join the digital extension. Guess NBCUniversal is waiting to tap Sheryl Sandberg until Facebook figures out its ad strategy.

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NBCUniversal’s Lady-Focused Ad Network Nabs Every Female Startup Founder You Know For Its New Digital Board