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Paul Graham Has No Idea How to Get Girls Into in Tech, But Plenty of Other People Do

30 December 2013 | Uncategorized

As Y Combinator co-founder Paul Graham defends his comments about women being 10 years behind men in tech, the conversation proves that sexism in the field is still a problem. By Betsy Mikel (Contributing Writer, Women 2.0) The Internet is reeling after The...

Paul Graham Has No Idea How to Get Girls Into in Tech, But Plenty of Other People Do

30 December 2013 | Uncategorized

As Y Combinator co-founder Paul Graham defends his comments about women being 10 years behind men in tech, the conversation proves that sexism in the field is still a problem. By Betsy Mikel (Contributing Writer, Women 2.0) The Internet is reeling after The...

Why It’s Harder For Women to Raise VC Funds

26 November 2013 | Uncategorized

One CEO argues that the solution to having more women in tech starts much earlier than the corporate level. By Lisa Falzone (Co-founder & CEO, Revel Systems) There is gender bias in the startup community. There is no doubt about it. Women currently hold only 4.2...

Strength and Determination: Pass it On (U.N. International Day of the Girl)

11 October 2013 | OOO

In honor of the U.N. International Day of the Girl, we wanted to share a video from The Girl Effect that made us get misty-eyed. Get inspired and PASS IT ON! By Jessica Schimm (Assistant Editor, Women 2.0) Behold! Today is the U.N. International Day of the Girl! How...

Why Are There So Few Girls in Tech? Blame the Narrative

5 June 2013 | OOO

A senior in CS at Stanford looks into why relatively few girls get interested in her field and finds that the stories we tell about tech are a big part of the problem. So how do we change the narrative? She has a few ideas. By Sarah Sterman (Senior in CS, Stanford)...

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