A black female founder suggests ways entrepreneurs can help make space for more diversity in the tech world. By Jessica Stillman (Editor, Women 2.0) Men may make up a disproportionate percentage of the tech community, but women aren’t vanishingly rare. Black women in tech, however, “are perceived as ‘unicorns,’” according to one CEO quoted recently [...]
Posts Tagged "Kimberly Bryant"
Join Us For A Women In Tech Panel At Zendesk (October 18)
October 9, 2012 – 8:00 am
October is “Innovation Month” in the city of San Francisco. By Sepideh Nasiri (Vice President of All Things Offline, Women 2.0) The San Francisco Mayor’s Office of Civic Innovation launched an initiative to spotlight organizations and entrepreneurs that make up today’s generation of innovators. As part of this initiative, Zendesk will be hosting a lively [...]
Blazing Cloud Will Match Your Contribution To Black Girls Code
July 10, 2012 – 5:00 am
“Although our the number of women in tech roles in the Bay Area is still small, there are a number of incredible women whom I met at events such as RailsBridge, Women 2.0 and Women Who Code events who have volunteered for our classes from the beginning.” – Kimberly Bryant, founder of Black Girls Code. [...]
With Programs Like Codecademy, Women Are No Longer Accidentally Excluded From Learning Technology
January 16, 2012 – 11:00 am
By Blake Landau (Blogger, Artemis) “We’re hoping to make everyone literate about the basics of programming while creating a generation of new and talented programmers” Zach Sims, co-Founder of Codecademy told me in an email. Codecademy’s mission is to democratize coding in 2012. The startup has partnered with Girl Develop It, Code Year and was [...]
“Black Girls Code” Brings More Women of Color to Silicon Valley
November 18, 2011 – 11:00 am
By Kiratiana Freelon (Contributor, Loop 21) If black girls can rock and black girls can travel then they can surely code, right? The statistics show otherwise. Women of color represent less than 3% of the people in technology fields. But if it’s up to Kimberly Bryant, pretty soon tons of black (and brown) girls will [...]
