Brad Feld and I are writing a book, Startup Boards, where we raise the fundamental question – can you proactively build an all-star, high-performing board? By Mahendra Ramsinghani (Contributor, Forbes) Today, no woman is giving a spirited “I have a dream…” speech to founders and entrepreneurs, seeking a balanced startup board. Such issues are best [...]
Posts Tagged "GEnder"
Square’s Jack Dorsey Tweets Picture Of 13 Male Interns – And Lunch Of Sandwiches With Crusts Cut Off
July 3, 2012 – 4:26 pm
First, hire 13 all-male interns for a technology company. Then tweet a picture for best results. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) In a tweet heard around the tech world, former Twitter creator and Square founder and CEO Jack Dorsey sent out a tweet over lunchtime with a picture of his interns (pictured, [...]
Kara Swisher On Women In Technology: 4 Reasons Why Females Will Rule The Future (Video)
May 31, 2012 – 9:53 am
Swisher told the story of a minor stroke she suffered last year. “After I had it, people came up to me and asked if I was finally going to slow down a little bit,” she said. “And that felt sexist. I can’t imagine anyone would have said that to a man.” By Carly Schwartz (Writer, [...]
Gender In Tech: No Longer A Silent Issue
May 23, 2012 – 7:00 am
Ellen Pao’s lawsuit allows our community to discuss these “women in tech” issues as real problems. By Cristina Cordova (Business Development, Pulse) TechCrunch reported that Kleiner Perkins Partner Ellen Pao sued her firm for gender and sexual discrimination. A friend immediately told me “Well that’s career suicide” and I can’t say I didn’t think the [...]
The Hunger Games – A Hopeful Vision For The Future
March 23, 2012 – 8:00 am
By Joan C. Williams & Rachel Dempsey (Authors, The New Girls’ Network) I almost don’t want to write this post, because it brings attention to something I’d much rather be ignored. In the frenetic lead-up to the March 23 opening of The Hunger Games, there are articles about the movie’s restrictive costumes, about its “futuristic [...]
Miss Representation Screening (January 24 in San Francisco) Benefits StartOut’s Lesbian Entrepreneurship Mentoring Program
January 17, 2012 – 7:00 am
By Leanne Pittsford (Founder & CEO, StartSomewhere & Board Member, StartOut) If you’re in the Bay Area, I hope you’ll join me January 24, 2012 at 6pm for a screening of Miss Representation benefiting StartOut’s Lesbian Entrepreneurship Mentoring Program. Did you know: Women comprise over half the U.S. population, hold 51% of U.S. wealth and [...]
Are You Stuck In A Girls’ Club?
December 27, 2011 – 3:22 pm
By Whitney Johnson (Founding Partner, Rose Park Advisors) “There’s a woman you have to meet,” said a male CEO during a recent meeting. “She sounds terrific. I love meeting interesting people. …Any men you’d like me to meet?” “Aren’t you married?” “Sure am… Happily.” We both chuckled. I then clarified, “In my experience, men have [...]
Penelope Trunk’s Skewed Perceptions Of The World, Part 2
December 11, 2011 – 1:45 pm
By Anna Billstrom (Developer, Momentus Media) Editor’s note: Founder and CEO of Lark, Julia Hu’s editorial on pitching for venture capital as a woman is an excellent read on women starting companies and raising VC. As usual, Penelope Trunk is fanning the flames and creating controversy (Part 1 is here). Her latest is in TechCrunch, [...]
Hot Topic on Reddit: XX Chromosome Equals Lower Pay
November 30, 2011 – 10:58 am
By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) How’s this for an opening line: “I work for a large multinational tech company, I regularly hire woman for 65% to 75% of what males make. I am sick of it, here is why it happens, and how you can avoid it.” The hot topic on Reddit [...]
