Insights From a Panel: How to Turn The Numbers Around for Female Founders and Funders
I recently participated in a panel discussion, it was part of the Women in Technology Summit. On the Panel were five awesome women: Helena Ronis...
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The Case for Diversity in Tech
There has been a recent push toward improving diversity in the workforce — at least in the tech industry. But why should we care? We should want...
Are women better team leaders than men?
In some studies and by some metrics, women are indeed better at management.
A Founder With a Special Appreciation for Working Mothers Explains Why
This former CMO for the NYSE has noticed that teams provide much better marketing for clients when they truly care and get a kick out of the client's product. And it helps to have working mothers on your team, too.
Women in Tech Highly Skeptical of Wage Fairness, Survey Shows
It's no secret that the tech industry has never exactly led the way when it comes to gender equality in the workplace. Traditionally a...
Behavior Is Not the Problem, Bias Is
A recent study shows that women spend just as much time with management and networking with the power players, so why are they still underrepresented in tech leadership?
I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness [Book Excerpt and Review]
"White people can be exhausting" is the first line of I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness. If that doesn't signal what's...
This Response to a New York High School Principal Rings True For Almost Every Woman
An open letter to a school in upstate New York is relevant to situations all women face in the workplace.
The importance of a 50-50 male-female enrollment at coding school
It's a simple idea, so why don't more organizations adopt it? 50/50 representation, men and women. Wyncode Academy in Miami is going for it.
Beyond Safe Spaces: Talking about Diversity and Inclusion
He's a former NFL player-turned D&I expert. She's the CEO of a company that aims to get more women and minorities in tech. Here's what they had to say to each other.
Are You Unintentionally Mansplaining?
Let's really talk frankly about mansplaining: what it is, how to respond to it, and how to stop doing it?
Speaking Out About Equal Pay
When 60% of women in tech think that the company they are working for right now is paying their male counterparts more than them, that's a problem in more ways than one.
Promoting Inclusivity at the Board and Executive Levels Key to Decreasing the Gender Gap
Three concrete steps to narrow the gender gap and get more women a seat at the table in traditional corporations, following the lead of flexible new startups.
The Myth of the Nice Girl, and Strategic Job Negotiation Tactics [Book Review & Excerpt]
Last night, I sent around this article to my team, which talks about society embracing masculine qualities—in men or women—and rejecting feminine...
Stanford researchers use machine-learning algorithm to measure changes in gender, ethnic bias in U.S.
New Stanford research shows that, over the past century, linguistic changes in gender and ethnic stereotypes correlated with major social movements and demographic changes in the U.S. Census data.
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