Comments on: Why the NCWIT Board Chair is a Man http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2005/09/why-the-ncwit-board-chair-is-a-man.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 01:23:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Things Women Entrepreneurs Can Learn From Indian Entrepreneurs http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2005/09/why-the-ncwit-board-chair-is-a-man.html/comment-page-1#comment-22582 Things Women Entrepreneurs Can Learn From Indian Entrepreneurs Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:18:02 +0000 http://www.feld.com/wp/?p=574#comment-22582 [...] The first one was easy – I pointed him at a post I wrote in September 2005 titled Why the NCWIT Board Chair is a Man. I then spent some time thinking  and emailing with Lucy Sanders *the CEO of NCWIT), about what we [...] [...] The first one was easy – I pointed him at a post I wrote in September 2005 titled Why the NCWIT Board Chair is a Man. I then spent some time thinking  and emailing with Lucy Sanders *the CEO of NCWIT), about what we [...]

]]> By: Things Women Entrepreneurs Can Learn From Indian Entrepreneurs http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2005/09/why-the-ncwit-board-chair-is-a-man.html/comment-page-1#comment-22548 Things Women Entrepreneurs Can Learn From Indian Entrepreneurs Sun, 21 Feb 2010 17:47:19 +0000 http://www.feld.com/wp/?p=574#comment-22548 [...] The first one was easy – I pointed him at a post I wrote in September 2005 titled Why the NCWIT Board Chair is a Man.  I then spent some time thinking  and emailing with Lucy Sanders *the CEO of NCWIT), [...] [...] The first one was easy – I pointed him at a post I wrote in September 2005 titled Why the NCWIT Board Chair is a Man.  I then spent some time thinking  and emailing with Lucy Sanders *the CEO of NCWIT), [...]

]]> By: Jack Yoest http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2005/09/why-the-ncwit-board-chair-is-a-man.html/comment-page-1#comment-1545 Jack Yoest Fri, 16 Sep 2005 15:33:27 +0000 http://www.feld.com/wp/?p=574#comment-1545 <strong>Hire the Homosexual</strong> The NCWIT Brad Feld has about the best blog published for early stage companies. But I have a (rare) disagreement with him. The National Center for Women in Information Technology, NCWIT, appointed a male as the board chair. The... Hire the Homosexual

The NCWIT Brad Feld has about the best blog published for early stage companies. But I have a (rare) disagreement with him. The National Center for Women in Information Technology, NCWIT, appointed a male as the board chair. The…

]]> By: Derald Muniz http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2005/09/why-the-ncwit-board-chair-is-a-man.html/comment-page-1#comment-1544 Derald Muniz Wed, 07 Sep 2005 19:07:15 +0000 http://www.feld.com/wp/?p=574#comment-1544 I read your posting today twice -- it really got the brain going. As I thought about my IT career and the variety of environments that I've worked in, I realized that a very small percentage of females worked along side me in an IT function. I have, however, reported to women who had a great deal of IT experience, geekiness (that a word?), knowledge, and skill (last two jobs I had ironically). I never really thought about why IT was so "men" heavy and maybe that is the problem. Why didn't I notice? I read your posting today twice — it really got the brain going. As I thought about my IT career and the variety of environments that I’ve worked in, I realized that a very small percentage of females worked along side me in an IT function.
I have, however, reported to women who had a great deal of IT experience, geekiness (that a word?), knowledge, and skill (last two jobs I had ironically). I never really thought about why IT was so “men” heavy and maybe that is the problem. Why didn’t I notice?

]]> By: Suzanne Tufts http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2005/09/why-the-ncwit-board-chair-is-a-man.html/comment-page-1#comment-1543 Suzanne Tufts Wed, 07 Sep 2005 16:30:42 +0000 http://www.feld.com/wp/?p=574#comment-1543 Kudos both on serving as Board Chair and on writing about it. I served as Pres. and CEO for eight years of the American Woman's Economic Development Corp., the nation's first "women's business training center," and AWED had both male Board Chairs and members. There are two key reasons both men and women should support efforts like that of NWCIT: (1) equity/eqaulity and (2) it is good buisness to help unleash the energy and brainpower of half the population! Keep up the great work and keep getting the message of your involvement out there so other guys will do what you are doing. Kudos both on serving as Board Chair and on writing about it. I served as Pres. and CEO for eight years of the American Woman’s Economic Development Corp., the nation’s first “women’s business training center,” and AWED had both male Board Chairs and members. There are two key reasons both men and women should support efforts like that of NWCIT: (1) equity/eqaulity and (2) it is good buisness to help unleash the energy and brainpower of half the population!

Keep up the great work and keep getting the message of your involvement out there so other guys will do what you are doing.

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