In honor of Mother's Day, we're honoring the Mothers of Tech.
These women are not only moms, but are also leaders in the tech industry.
They prove that you don't have to choose between a family and fabulous career, you can have it all.
Let them be an inspiration to other women, and to men, too.
Kass Lazerow, Co-founder Buddy Media, Mom to three
Kass Lazerow (with husband/business partner Michael Lazerow) has given birth to as many companies as kids.
Together, they've had more than $2 billion worth of successful exits, Michael says. That's Buddy Media (sold to Salesforce.com for $689 million last year), U-Wire/Student Advantage (IPO) and GOLF.com (sold to Time.)
Golf.com, we've heard, was Kass's idea and she was COO during her second pregnancy.
Today, she's the mom to three kids.
Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook, Mom to two
Sheryl Sandberg has arguably done more for mothers working in the tech industry, or any industry, this year than anyone else.
Her new book, "Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead" while controversial, encourages women to step up and be leaders. It also asks all parents to notice and eliminate the subtle ways they are discouraging their daughters.
All the profits from her book will go to women's charities and she sits on the boards of Women for Women International and V-Day.
She has two children with her husband David Goldberg, who is CEO of SurveyMonkey.
Paula Long, Co-founder and CEO of DataGravity, Mom to one
Paula Long is known for co-founding EqualLogic, sold to Dell for $1.4 billion in 2008. She's now working on her next startup, Andreessen Horowitz-backed DataGravity ($42 million raised to date).
She's also the mom of a son, Andy, with husband Richard.
Running a company is so difficult and time-consuming that the "First time I became a founder, I told Richard and Andy that they were co-founders," she told Business Insider.
See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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