Tag: diversity
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Equal Pay Day: Pay Equity and Startups
American women who work full-time, year-round are paid only 77 cents for every dollar paid to their male counterparts. This gap in earnings translates into $10,849 less per year in female median earnings, leaving women and their families shortchanged. The wage gap is even more substantial when race and gender are considered together, with African-American…
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“Tissue turgor” and pink elephants: about Y Combinator (DRAFT)
DRAFT! Work in progress! Feedback welcome One advantage startups have over established companies is that there are no discrimination laws about starting businesses. For example, I would be reluctant to start a startup with a woman who had small children, or was likely to have them soon. But you’re not allowed to ask prospective employees…
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Constitution Day 2010: We’re all talking to each other
A lot of these people that are upset in this country are upset with big government, and for a lot of the people, including these Tea Party people, they don’t like the PATRIOT ACT. There is a constituency out there that is not just on the left, but is also on the right and in…
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A #diversitywin as an opportunity: Women talking with women (and a few guys too) at the #wwt TeleSummit (UPDATED)
Slides from the TeleSummit are available on Slideshare The speaker list for today’s sold-out Women Who Tech TeleSummit is amazing, amazing, amazing …Â @jillfoster, @digitalsista, @blogdiva, @missrogue, @randomdeanna, @conniereece along with TeleSummit organizer Allyson Kapin of Rad Campaigns (aka @WomenWhoTech), and that’s just the first hour! There are some guys speaking as well at this…
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Emoware: What does “emotional software” feel like?
I was intrigued. So I checked it out, and talked with Cindy, experience design goddess Oonie Chase and superhero Giovanna Mingarelli. Now I’m even more intrigued — and very impressed.
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Women in tech startups: how each of us can help change the ratio, parts 2 and 3 (DRAFT)
DRAFT! Feedback welcome! Part of a series for NWEN’s blog
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Links from the Arrington/TechCrunch women in tech kerfuffle (UPDATED)
Even over the three-day weekend here in the US we continue to see some excellent discussions, for example Qworky advisor Gayle Laakmann’s Blame Men — And Women and Audrey Watters’ “Ambient Un-belonging” Arrington’s got another post up too. Looking ahead, the Women In Tech teleconference on September 15 includes TechCrunch CEO Heather Harde is on…
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Women in technology startups: a few things each of us can do (DRAFT)
DRAFT! Work in progress, feedback welcome! revised version intended as a two-part series on NWEN’s blog
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Fretting, asking, and begging isn’t a plan: the Arrington kerfuffle and women in tech
If you really want to make progress, treat it the way you would any other business problem you take seriously. Set goals, put a plan together, hire good people to help you, and do some real outreach.
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31 months later: The Economist’s Debate on Privacy (DRAFT! Feedback welcome!)
DRAFT! Feedback welcome! Revised version to be posted on Tales from the Net.
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Go Seattle! The Innovate 100 Pitch Slam at pii2010
pii2010 (privacy identity innovation) got off to a fine start yesterday with a great opening reception and the Innovate 100 Seattle Pitch Slam. While a few of the participants were from the Bay Area, Seattle-area startups Optify, InternMatch, and Pathable took the top three spots, with Tweetajob and IdeaScale also representing well. Go Seattle! And…
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The NWEN First Look Forum: early-bird advice
Update: the final deadline is August 23. Rebecca Lovell’s The Art of the One-Page App has some very helpful advice Don’t delay! Apply today! If you’ve launched an innovative business with growth potential…. And you’re looking for expert coaching and some exposure to the investment community…. And you have not yet presented your plan to…
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DRAFT: Want to make meetings better? Qworky is recruiting for a diverse open source project!
In early January, we’re going to be kicking off an open-source project to build a key component of the Qworky Meetings V1.0 product. How to attract a diverse team?
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Qworky: the adventure begins!
Welcome to Qworky! Pardon our construction, we’re busy designing software to revolutionize the way people work together. Software doesn’t have to suck. Instead, it should fit in smoothly with your work life — and make you more efficient so that you can get your weekends back. By listening to you and focusing on your needs…