Sentences with phrase «women tech founders»

A report by Digitalundivided found that black women tech founders get approximately 0.2 percent of venture capital — statistically, zero.

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The CEO and founder of Knixwear created a high - tech bra and underwear brand to solve the unsexy problems facing real women, without sacrificing design

Julie Sweet, CEO of Accenture North America and Reshma Saujani, Founder and CEO of Girls Who Code speak at Fortune Most Powerful Women NextGen WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2016: Laguna Niguel, CA 11:00 AM BREAKOUT CONVERSATIONS THE FUTURE OF TALENT Hosted by Toyota How to retain and best and brightest — and how to triple the pipeline of women in Women NextGen WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2016: Laguna Niguel, CA 11:00 AM BREAKOUT CONVERSATIONS THE FUTURE OF TALENT Hosted by Toyota How to retain and best and brightest — and how to triple the pipeline of women in women in tech.

President's conversation with Tumblr founder ranges from student loan debt to the tech industry's lack of women.

«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.

Craig Newmark, a member of the Advisory team for Women Who Tech, is the founder of craigslist, the web - based platform that has fundamentally changed classified advertising.

We can use the tech sector as an example: when asked why women and minorities are underrepresented in tech startups, 49 % of male founders say that there aren't enough women in the pipeline with another 8 % of male founders blaming low recruitment into college STEM programs.

Take the underrepresentation of women among tech entrepreneurs together with an overwhelmingly male VC population (with their presumably dude - heavy networks and natural affinity for the types of companies that speak to men) and the result has been dismal amounts of investor dollars going to female founders — less than five percent just a decade ago.

She is also the founder of the global women in tech organization Geekettes.

Now an angel investor who largely invests in female founders, Fran was named one of Refinery29's «6 Most Powerful Women in NYC's Tech Scene» and one of Business Insider's «30 Women In Venture Capital to Watch in 2018.»

The organization is leading efforts to impact these numbers directly with Female Founder Office Hours supporting women who are seeking funding, to having tech founders and CEOs commit to increasing diversity in their team, board and investors.

Allyson Kapin, founder of Rad Campaign and Women Who Tech in Washington, D.C., says previous incidents, such as Uber advertising that was demeaning to women and a top executive's suggestion that the company conduct opposition research on journalists who are critical of Uber, were shocking and disappointing but hadn't kept her from hailing rides on the smartphoneWomen Who Tech in Washington, D.C., says previous incidents, such as Uber advertising that was demeaning to women and a top executive's suggestion that the company conduct opposition research on journalists who are critical of Uber, were shocking and disappointing but hadn't kept her from hailing rides on the smartphonewomen and a top executive's suggestion that the company conduct opposition research on journalists who are critical of Uber, were shocking and disappointing but hadn't kept her from hailing rides on the smartphone app.

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 induWomen 2.0, a media company devoted to women founders in the tech induwomen founders in the tech industry.

Whitehead today launched the Pink Ceiling, a firm that offers a combination of consulting and seed investment to founders developing breakthrough tech for women.

Women Who Tech is supported by Craig Newmark, founder of craigslist and Craig Newmark Philanthropies, Google, Blanc & Otus, Rad Campaign, and Invisu.

Sibyl is also the cofounder of Black Female Founders and the President of DC Web Women (DCWW), one of the longest - running tech nonprofits for women in D.C, which supports and advocates for women and girls in technology by providing a community in which they can develop and promote their leadership, technical and professional skWomen (DCWW), one of the longest - running tech nonprofits for women in D.C, which supports and advocates for women and girls in technology by providing a community in which they can develop and promote their leadership, technical and professional skwomen in D.C, which supports and advocates for women and girls in technology by providing a community in which they can develop and promote their leadership, technical and professional skwomen and girls in technology by providing a community in which they can develop and promote their leadership, technical and professional skills.

Backstage Capital is a venture capital fund that invests in exceptional women, people of color, and LGBT tech founders.

Craig Newmark is the Founder of craigslist, Craig Newmark is Web pioneer, philanthropist, and leading advocate on behalf of trustworthy journalism, voting rights, veterans and military families, women in tech, and other civic and social justice causes.

The social media scorn was a reaction to a particularly tone - deaf column that Bustle founder and consummate bro Bryan Goldberg had written on the tech site PandoDaily, announcing that he had raised $ 6.5 million to start a website aimed at millennial women.

As the founder of the Women In Tech community I witness countless individuals desiring an upgrade from the traditional path to a richer, more empowering one.

Since then, we have produced several Women Who Tech TeleSummits packed with some of the most thought - provoking discussions led by startup investor Joanne Wilson, Arianna Huffington, WordPress usability expert Jane Wells of Automattic, Shaherose Charania of Founders Labs and Women 2.0, Shireen Mitchell of Digital Sistas, Elisa Camahort Page of BlogHer, and more.

Women Who Tech partnered with polling firm Lincoln Park Strategies to anonymously survey 950 tech employees, founders, and investors globally on their experiences in the tech sector because very little data has been gatheTech partnered with polling firm Lincoln Park Strategies to anonymously survey 950 tech employees, founders, and investors globally on their experiences in the tech sector because very little data has been gathetech employees, founders, and investors globally on their experiences in the tech sector because very little data has been gathetech sector because very little data has been gathered.

Follow I was honored to be interviewed by Kathleen Norton - Shock @katensch, one of the founders of Diva Tech Talk a specialized podcast that highlights women...

AccessNow founder and Next 36 alumna Maayan Ziv has been named one of eight Toronto women working to make the city a better place, one motivational speech (and awesome app and tech tutoring...

The night shined a spotlight on women and minority tech founders who are launching startups in Austin.

DID runs the highly successful FOCUS Fellow program, an accelerator / incubator program for black women founders / co-founders of tech enabled companies.

Arlan is dedicated to minimizing funding disparities in tech by investing in high - potential founders who are of color, women, and / or LGBT.

She's been named one of the «Top 40 Power Women in DC Tech 2014,» and to the Mindshare Class of 2015, along with serving as the founder and organizer of Arlington Small Business Day, 2011 - 2015.

After that I was given the opportunity to design for a label called Elvis Jesus and design their first women's wear collection, this is where I learnt about the garment and spec and tech side, because EJ was a small label started by friends I saw a different side of the business too where the founder of the company would be in all design meetings and was really involved in the whole process.

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.

Worth reading: Monica Bay's Women of Legal Tech interview with Nicole Bradick, founder and CEO of Theory and Principle.

Events like Fast Company's Women in Tech help shed light on the successes of female founders to inspire the next generation.

Morin — who's one of only 16 percent of venture - backed tech founders who are female — said she organized the event because she was «pissed off» to see that many women were missing out on a new kind of investment.