Our 2017 ranking is comprised of 26 CEOs controlling $ 1.1 trillion in market cap, seven newcomers, one returnee, and nine
women in the tech industry.
The discussion touched on all the usual culprits for the underrepresentation of
women in tech industry leadership roles: discrimination in the workplace, the «pipeline problem» of too few girls studying math and science, the difficulty of balancing motherhood with the demands of a startup.
Calling
all women in the tech industry!
A month ago, Francoise Mouly, art director for the New Yorker covers, asked illustrator Malika Favre to work on ideas for an upcoming issue about
women in the tech industry.
Not exact matches
Melinda Gates told The New Yorker men who «demean, degrade, or disrespect
women» have been able to operate
in industries like
tech and venture capital, and that «the asymmetry of power is ripe for abuse.»
For more than five years, researchers have been able to demonstrate that
women - led
tech businesses, though rare
in the
industry, tend to outperform their male - led competitors.
Organizers also laid some blame on the
tech industry itself, saying that
women fill only a fraction of its jobs, including
in computer security.
«The conflation of STEM experience with ability to be «
in tech» is something that seems to happen far more frequently (and reflexively) where
women are concerned — yet it's a standard that is not similarly imposed on the many, many male entrepreneurs and VCs who participate
in the
industry,» wrote Rachel Sklar, founder of TheList.
On March 6, 2018, the
Women Startup Challenge Emerging
Tech finalists will pitch their innovative ventures to a panel of tech industry investors on stage at Google, in New York C
Tech finalists will pitch their innovative ventures to a panel of
tech industry investors on stage at Google, in New York C
tech industry investors on stage at Google,
in New York City.
Women, already badly underrepresented
in the
tech industry, are rare on panels at professional conferences.
«A confluence of
industry events has brought [the lack of
women and minorities
in technology] to the center stage, from the threats and harassment that have characterized the debate
in the gaming world to the publication of hiring data and diversity statistics
in the
tech industry,» Intel CEO Brian Krzanich told the audience during his keynote address at CES.
When Marissa Mayer took over as Yahoo's chief executive one year ago today, the world knew her as a
woman who could pretty much write her own ticket
in the
tech industry.
The
tech industry's deficit of
women and minorities is present
in all areas of their businesses, not just
in engineering.
In popular, high - paying
industries like
tech,
women are offered lower starting salaries than their male counterparts for the same job at the same company 63 percent of the time.
The book explores the role of gender
in the
tech industry — at startups and venture capital firms — and the interaction between men and
women in the two.
More and more
women are actively engaging
in the
tech industry in hopes to spur leadership opportunities.
I thought about how the gender gap persists
in tech despite declining
in other STEM fields, how hard we've been working as an
industry to reverse that trend, and how this was yet another discouraging signal to young
women who aspire to study computer science.
June: Six
women working
in the
tech industry told The Information that Binary Capital cofounder Justin Caldbeck had made inappropriate advances to them while
in a business setting.
Women are still a minority when it comes to leadership positions
in the
tech industry.
That was current GoDaddy chief executive Blake Irving, writing
in Fortune this month about «why
women are so turned off by the
tech industry.»
Finally,
in spite of the first name, Baker is a
woman, one of the few who have risen to prominence
in one of the most male - dominated segments of the high -
tech industry.
I know you say you're trying, and that it's not all men
in the
tech industry, that
women need to «lean
in» more, but come on — if a problem keeps coming up again and again and again, maybe the problem is you.
Snyder put out a call on social media, saying she wanted to
women who were formerly
in the
tech industry.
Debate over the treatment of
women in the male - dominated
tech industry has raged for months.
Again, the
tech industry is really promoting
women in tech, so for those who are interested
in that path going directly to the techie source is a savvy move.
Tavonia Evans, who worked
in the
tech industry for nearly 20 years before launching her own cryptocurrency, called $ Guap, sees those
women too and says they're raising the bar because of how they've been held back
in the past.
The
tech industry has long suffered a gender imbalance, with companies such as Google and Facebook acknowledging how few
women were
in their ranks.
CMIT Solutions has a rich history of professional,
tech - savvy
women working
in the male - dominated IT
industry.
Handford says he's fed up with
women having to endure sexism, harassment and discrimination
in the male - dominated
tech industry.
That's according to new research presented at a recent conference
in San Francisco organized by
Women 2.0, a media company devoted to women founders in the tech indu
Women 2.0, a media company devoted to
women founders in the tech indu
women founders
in the
tech industry.
There are no
women on 30 % of public boards and 68 % of unicorn boards as the
tech industry continues to lag others
in representation of
women.
Podcast about how we can collectively work to improve
women's participation
in the
tech industry at each key stage of their careers.
As someone who's been lucky to have a great career
in tech, I know how creative and fulfilling a career
in this
industry can be for
women.
The innate ability of each
woman to give birth guided by her body's wisdom, with trusted attendants,
in soft private spaces, has been largely taken over by the international billion dollar high -
tech low - touch obstetrics
industry.
I spent twenty years working
in the
tech industry, where
women at conferences were definitely
in the minority.
This workshop is offered
in collaboration with with Girl Develop It, a nonprofit organization offering resources and guidance to
women and girls working
in (or interested
in working
in) the
tech industry.
He was
in the
tech industry, successful, and commitment - oriented, but he had low self - esteem
in terms of talking to
women.
Our team — comprised of associates, contributors, editors, graphic artists, web
techs, and interns — collaborate on daily content aimed at bringing attention to films made by
women — including small «indies» and foreign language films — and thereby celebrating their accomplishments
in the entertainment
industry.
Jessie has a long history with ed -
tech (including work with Blackboard, Inc.), and was honored as a «
Woman of Influence» by Puget Sound Business Journal for making an impact
in the ed -
tech industry.
Christen Thomas and Laura Brady surveyed
women working
in all levels of digital publishing to get a sense about why they love doing it, the challenges
women face, and how the
industry and education initiatives could be doing more to encourage
women to choose a
tech career path.
«I went through all the articles that came out lately about
women sharing their experiences working
in the
tech industry, starting with Susan Fowler describing her time at Uber and software engineer James Damore's shocking manifesto.
But at the close of a year that started with legal
tech entrepreneurs such as Alma Asay feeling frustrated about being a
woman in a male - dominated
industry,
women are, themselves, the legal
tech year's greatest success story.
Among them are Niki Black, legal
tech writer and speaker; Carolyn Elefant, founder of MyShingle; Joan Feldman, editor -
in - chief of Attorney at Work; Mary Juetten and Jules Miller, the
women who cofounded Evolve Law before selling it this year to Above the Law; Sarah Glassmeyer, project manager specialist at the ABA Center for Innovation; Ivy B. Grey, author of American Legal Style for PerfectIt, a proofreading and editing software for lawyers, and a frequent contributor to Law Technology Today; Margaret Hagan, director of the Legal Design Lab at Stanford Law School; Susan Hackett, CEO of Legal Executive Leadership; Lisa Needham, editor at Lawyerist; Jean O'Grady, blogger at Dewey B Strategic; Lisa Salazar of 3 Geeks and a Law Blog; and Nicolle Schippers, legal
industry advocate at ARAG North America.
LawToolBox's Carol - Lynn Grow, RayNa Corp's Lori Gonzalez, LawPay's Amy Porter all shared their unique stories, which demonstrated the dedication required to come out on top as a
woman in the legal
tech industry.
An un-named male employee produced a report claiming that the lack of
women in tops jobs
in the
tech industry was due to biological differences between men and
women.
TakeALittleAction.com — Highlighting individuals and initiatives that advance
women in law,
tech, science, finance, and other
industries to encourage support of their efforts
Broadening your view of who counts as a major player
in legal
tech will help you to recognize how non-founder
women are playing significant roles that are driving, defining, and disrupting the
industry.
A discussion on why it's important to promote
women's roles
in the legal
industry and what specific characteristics
women have to improve the
tech field.
Fast Company These
Women Entrepreneurs Created A Fake Male Cofounder To Dodge Startup Sexism Sexism
in the
tech and startup
industry isn't exactly a well - kept secret.
For all the outcry over how
women are treated
in the
tech industry, the resolution of a sexual harassment case against Upload, a virtual reality start - up, shows that little has changed.