Out of curiosity -- are you guys aware of startups out there that have a female co-founder? I'm aware of TipJoy (http://www.tipjoy.com), but no others.
Also, anybody around here have a female co-founder on their team? If you ARE the female co-founder, I'm not asking you to reveal your gender, I'm just curious about whether there are other teams floating around with women in them.
We have a female co-founder -- in fact, she is actually the one that hatched our initial idea. But our product's demographic seems to be more women than men, as well.
Is it really that different from anywhere else? Female CEOs are pretty rare everywhere, no matter what field. And they have the disadvantage that, most girls don't grow up to want to be CEOs of computer companies, they grow up wanting to be CEOs of fashion magazines
Exactly. Fact is, there are more men interested in computer science than women. In my year at uni, of a starting cohort of 120, around 15 were women.
I know it's not politically correct to say, but maybe men generally have more aptitude for the subject. Larry Summers, former president of Harvard was fired for saying this a few years ago. Camille Paglia, or some one else said "There are few female geniuses for the same reason there are few female serial killers."
I hate articles that whine about female or ethnic under-representation in any field. Here in Jamaica, 80% of uni grads are women. Yet no one complains that men are under-represented.
"Google and Hewlett-Packard are examples of companies that generally do a good job of supporting and promoting women managers, according to Beecham and others. There are smaller companies and start-ups run by women, as well."
This is what I dislike the most. No one should be promoted because they are a woman. The best person for the job should get it, period. And women should be careful that they are promoted but not respected, like some of the 'token' black people at some firms. And from what I've seen, real geeks tend to be very meritocratic. Promotion based on gender can only cause problems. and these problems will seethe, because no one who wants to keep their job is gonna protest it.
Logically, if we hold that women and men are equal, and both equal under the law, then it should not be a big deal if a female CEO leaves, or if the number of female CEOs in a particular field is low.
The more interesting analysis is why do girls want to be CEOs of fashion mags rather than computer companies? At what age do they make this choice, why? Does it carry across different cultures? etc
[+] [-] jnovek|17 years ago|reply
Also, anybody around here have a female co-founder on their team? If you ARE the female co-founder, I'm not asking you to reveal your gender, I'm just curious about whether there are other teams floating around with women in them.
We have a female co-founder -- in fact, she is actually the one that hatched our initial idea. But our product's demographic seems to be more women than men, as well.
[+] [-] pg|17 years ago|reply
[+] [-] ivankirigin|17 years ago|reply
And Sproost http://www.sproost.com/
[+] [-] gleb|17 years ago|reply
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[+] [-] oz|17 years ago|reply
I know it's not politically correct to say, but maybe men generally have more aptitude for the subject. Larry Summers, former president of Harvard was fired for saying this a few years ago. Camille Paglia, or some one else said "There are few female geniuses for the same reason there are few female serial killers." I hate articles that whine about female or ethnic under-representation in any field. Here in Jamaica, 80% of uni grads are women. Yet no one complains that men are under-represented.
"Google and Hewlett-Packard are examples of companies that generally do a good job of supporting and promoting women managers, according to Beecham and others. There are smaller companies and start-ups run by women, as well."
This is what I dislike the most. No one should be promoted because they are a woman. The best person for the job should get it, period. And women should be careful that they are promoted but not respected, like some of the 'token' black people at some firms. And from what I've seen, real geeks tend to be very meritocratic. Promotion based on gender can only cause problems. and these problems will seethe, because no one who wants to keep their job is gonna protest it.
Logically, if we hold that women and men are equal, and both equal under the law, then it should not be a big deal if a female CEO leaves, or if the number of female CEOs in a particular field is low.
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[+] [-] Prrometheus|17 years ago|reply
How charitable of the author to decide that the company may have been motivated by business concerns rather than pure misogyny.
[+] [-] bayareaguy|17 years ago|reply