It’s not because they lack confidence.
It’s because we don’t know how the hiring process works.
Victoria Song, founder and CEO of So She Did: As a young investor without an existing network in technology or venture capital circles, I wasn’t getting emails, introductions or invitations to events. So I created my own event: the Angel Dinner Series, a monthly intimate dinner where talented entrepreneurs looking to raise seed funding could meet and talk with prominent angel investors. When I created the invitation list for each dinner, I aimed to ensure that at least one-third of the entrepreneurs were women. …
Growing up, Diana Peters hung out with her dad, Alex Kogan, at his Skokie tool and die shop, Symbol Tool Inc. When they saw a growing shortage of skilled workers to operate advanced systems to run the machines that produce parts, they founded Symbol Training Institute, a for-profit vocational school. Opened in 2005 in the original shop, Symbol teaches workers on computer numerical control (CNC) machines and has expanded in new locations in Skokie and Addison. Peters, the institute’s executive director, explains how she’s helping to narrow manufacturing’s skill and gender gaps.
MassChallenge celebrated its female founders at an event Wednesday evening.
Young girls need inspiration to become equal players among the next generation of innovators and technology leaders. Meet their mentors.
Maryam Mirzakhani, who was born and raised in Iran, has been awarded the highest honour a mathematician can attain
Via Ada’s Lister Anne Blanchflower
ED ZIMMERMAN: If you want to invite me to a business dinner (or lunch or drinks) and you expect at least 10 people to attend, make sure women are included (and note, “women” is the plural of woman). Otherwise, don’t invite me. If you’d like me to speak on a panel and you plan to include four or more other speakers, make sure at least one is a woman (and not a “token” female). Otherwise, I’m out. Anyone want to join me in stating that you’re willing to stick to these two simple pledges? …
So consider this a want ad: A VC who can see through the smoke and who wants to have a real discussion about the future of a real business. A VC who values the merits of pitching like a girl.
I understand a third of the class is women. I have always said, with an annoyed attitude when people ask, that there are no obstacles to women these days, just look at me! That’s the safe way to answer, right? But it’s not entirely true. One of the gifts of talking to you ladies here is that I forced myself to reflect on this.
Mathilde Collin, co-founder and CEO of Frontapp: I’m the CEO of a tech startup. For the past year, I’ve been managing a growing team, developing a product, raising funds and dealing with the ups and downs on a daily basis. Just usual CEO work, basically. I also happen to be a woman. Yet, this fact alone leads to a lot of questions regarding my “situation”: How do I manage day in and day out? Isn’t it just plain too hard? How is it to fight an uphill battle? And so on. Because, you know, it’s always tougher for women, right? …