November 7, 2025 | Palo Alto, California On November 7, Central Asian Ladies Initiative (CALI) hosted How to Start and Grow a Successful Startup at Silkroad Innovation Hub in Palo Alto. The event brought together founders, aspiring entrepreneurs, and professionals for an evening focused on the realities of building companies—from early validation and product development to fundraising, pricing, and long-term execution. The event featured three female founders from Central Asi

If you attended the Central Eurasia @ Silicon Valley 2024 Conference (#CESV) , you probably noticed a woman in an eye-catching look with...

As a forum for Central Asian women to network, develop professional skills, and contribute to the community, CALI aims to achieve its primary purpose by organizing high-level events, meetups, and workshops. In collaboration with Daxe, Crowell & Moring, Multiverse, and Lamarka Consulting Services, CALI successfully hosted an early-stage female pitch competition at the Multiverse HQ on August 8th. Together with Erika Bahr, Founder of Daxe, and Jason Nyeh, Program Manager at Lam

In June, we organized our second workshop to navigate our participants through the most popular career social media platform, LinkedIn....

Friday, July, and sunny Palo Alto! CALI hosted a Happy Hour event at Joe & the Juice. Since February, CALI has been organizing...

Our recent event, traditionally held at the Silkroad Innovation Hub, featured four remarkable speakers who shared their incredible...

On April 11th CALI held its first workshop "Interviewing Skills, Salary Negotiation & Mock Interview Session" at Silkroad Innovation Hub,...

Here are the highlights from our insightful discussions at our event 'Software Engineering: Diverse Paths to Success' on starting your...