Comments on: We Need More Female IT Leaders

By: Matriarcado.com?Blogueiras Feministas | Blogueiras Feministas

Matriarcado.com?Blogueiras Feministas | Blogueiras Feministas — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 09:05:49 +0000

[...] ouvidas. Nossa presença em eventos de informática e internet ainda é pequena e causa espanto e poucas empresas de internet pertencem a ou são dirigidas por [...]

By: keeevin

keeevin — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 17:55:13 +0000

thanks bro

By: Neha Sheth

Neha Sheth — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 06:17:03 +0000

I am a woman and an entrepreneur based in India! I am running an outsourcing firm to provide software testing and development services to start-ups and mid -sized companies in hi-tech, mostly securtity and i have not come across another woman here in this space..I was in the Bay Area and then moved back to India and I feel culture also plays a big role in why there are so few women out there in IT as entrepreneurs..I could end up with writing one big article on this!!

By: bfeld

bfeld — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:38:07 +0000

Yup – Dianne Green is a great example!

By: Lara Druyan

Lara Druyan — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 05:55:04 +0000

Brad, one of your questions seems to be, "why weren't there more women presenting" at the angel forum. Women tend to edit themselves out a priori. (Note how few women have opined on this and related posts!) When I was in business school, the admissions officers told me that the quality of the female applicant pool was objectively "higher" than the male applicant pool for the reason I cited. Having role models, as some people have averred, is indeed critical if we are to see more women entrepreneurs, CEOs, angel investors and/or VCs. The biggest question to me is how do we get more role models? Interestingly, no one here mentioned Diane Greene as being a great role model, yet she pioneered a new field: virtualization!

By: Apollo Sinkevicius

Apollo Sinkevicius — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 19:11:16 +0000

Brad,
I am very happy to hear and see more of us men talk about this issue. It is not only important, because we want our mothers, wives, daughters, sisters, and other women succeed, but it is also important, because we are missing out on great talent in our midst.

Last November I wrote an article "Time to end the frat house culture! We need more women in our midst." http://leanstartups.com/time-to-end-the-frat-hous…
It is still one of the most popular articles on my blog.

Some of the key points I make there:
* The biggest issue is when female executives, entrepreneurs, techies, and scientists have to waste mental energy dealing with the crap caused by misogynistic behavior. Men consciously and/or subconsciously create barriers and discourage women from joining their teams.
* Child rearing is the responsibility of both parents.
* Any educator who dares to say women aren’t good at sciences or technology should be fired.
* We need help from legislation (just like what some Scandinavian and other countries have done with good results)
* 99.99% of “diversity” efforts HR creates are BS because the vast majority of these policies are garbage just designed to keep the lawyers away.

Again, great to see another well known person trumpet for the cause!

By: women in tech

women in tech — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 21:21:49 +0000

[...] A response to Vivek’s article by @Bfeld [...]

By: bfeld

bfeld — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:18:04 +0000

I’ll connect you up with Lucy Sanders at NCWIT to see if there’s a way to collaborate.

By: Women Entrepreneurs in France | satisfy my soul

Women Entrepreneurs in France | satisfy my soul — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:51:27 +0000

[...] 10, 2010 Vivek Wadhwa’s article in last week’s BusinessWeek and comments made by Brad Feld on the subject were in the back of my mind when France unveiled yesterday its checklist in [...]

By: @ZishanAhmad

@ZishanAhmad — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:46:47 +0000

Hi Brad. Coincidence that I came across this today. Last night, a group of us were voting on the recipient of the @ScalesWell grant, and there was (I believe) a single woman applicant. I can't speak for the others, but I know @harper and I felt strongly about this. I'm aware there are a few ongoing "female entrepreneur" movements in Chicago, but I was wondering either if you recommend any one local organization in particular, or if there is some possible relationship we can develop with NCWIT, locally.

Regards,
Zishan