Can Tech Companies Continue To Innovate With No Women At The Table? Only 3.6% of Fortune 500 companies have female CEOs. And at companies like Adobe, Facebook, Zynga, and Pandora, women have been excluded entirely from the boards of directors. Here's the business case for bringing women into leadership roles.
Updated Tue May 8, 2012
Have We (Women In Tech) Come A Long Way, Baby? Not every woman (or man) grew up the way I did or has the confidence and support that I do today. Sadly, there are plenty of women and men who were taught traditional gender roles growing up and that helped shape their lives.
Updated Tue May 3, 2011
25 Women-Run Startups to Watch We continue our Women in Tech coverage with a list of startups with female founders and CEOs by Allyson Kapin, one of our Most Influential Women in Technology in 2010.
Updated Fri Feb 25, 2011
Too Few Women in Tech? Stop Playing the Blame Game You ask the question, "Why aren't there enough women in tech or launching startups?" From some you get answers like, "Because it's an exclusive white boys club." But others say, "Not true! It's because women don't promote their expertise enough and they are more risk averse." How can we truly address the lack of women in tech and startups if we continue to play this silly blame game?
Mon Aug 30, 2010
Startups: An "Alpha Male Pissing-Contest?"
Why aren't enough women seeking angel and VC money? And why aren't more women-led startups getting funded? Consider these little known facts:
Thu Apr 22, 2010
Where are the Women in Tech and Social Media? When you look around the room at a tech or social media
conference what do you see? Are the panels filled with a diverse group of tech
and social media experts? Chances are they are probably filled with white men.
So why is that a bad thing, when after all, the tech sector is comprised of
about 75% men and 25% women? It's a problem because when we design technology
and social media platforms we design it for all. Women make up approximately
50% of computer and social media users.
Posted Tue Aug 11, 2009
Twitter's Published Stolen Documents Raises Ethics Questions "Journalists should report on what people need to know, not what people want to know" the late Walter Cronkite once said. Journalism has certainly changed since Cronkite retired. The most established newspapers in history are struggling to survive and come up with a viable financial model. Bloggers and citizen journalists are carving out niches and redefining what makes a breaking news story. The lines between blogger and journalist are blurred and as a result we have run into ethics issues.
Posted Tue Jul 21, 2009
Social Media Roundup: Sex and Drama
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Sex and drama have filled the social media world this week. Between prominent tech figures and investors spouting more crude images of women to make their points about Web site usability to a Harvard study ...
Posted Fri Jun 5, 2009
Pioneering Women Who Are Breaking Through the Digital Ceiling Part 3
What would you do if your customers revolted against a new company policy? Would you put it to a public vote on the company blog? When Amy Muller and her business partners were looking for an inexpensive CRM or trouble ticket solution for their side project “Valleyschwhag” to help improve customer service, they couldn’t find one, so they built it.
Posted Sun May 10, 2009
Pioneering Women Who Are Breaking Through the Digital Ceiling Part 2
Shireen Mitchell, Founder of Digital Sisters/Sistas, Chair of the media and technology task force of the National Council of Women's Organizations (Geekette '84) and one of the founders of the Fem 2.0 Conference and Social Media Women of Color is at the forefront of the nptech and social media world.
Posted Fri May 8, 2009
Pioneering Women Who Are Breaking Through the Digital Ceiling – Part 1
On Monday I posed the question on the Fast Company blog “Who’s to Blame for the Digital Ceiling?".
Posted Wed May 6, 2009
Who's to Blame for Creating the Digital Ceiling?
Let's be honest, no industry is immune from sexism, racism, or ageism for that matter. The tech industry is no different.
Posted Mon May 4, 2009
Vista: The Safest Operating System on the Planet?
At least that's what Microsoft COO Kevin Turner said last week during a speech at a CIO summit.
"Vista today, post-Service Pack 2, which is now in the marketplace, is
the safest, most reliable OS we've ever built. It's also the most
secure OS on the planet, including Linux and open source and Apple
Leopard. It's the safest and most secure OS on the planet today."
Posted Tue Apr 14, 2009
The Joys of Facebook’s Redesign
Facebook has redesigned their site again hoping to squash some complaints that the site is cluttered and not user-friendly. Did Facebook succeed with the new redesign and create a clean site with an intuitive interface and good flow? Many users say no. The big problem is that Facebook has transformed itself from a community to easily connect with friends to a website that is trying to become “The King” of all social networks filled with lots of bells and whistles and useless apps and widgets.
Posted Mon Mar 16, 2009
Will Online Social Networks Help Rebuild Skittles Brand?
How far would you go to build your brand? Would you turn your website’s homepage into a snaphot of what people are saying about your product via a twitter feed if you knew it would generate buzz and make your website go “viral?” That’s what the marketers of Skittles were banking on when they launched their new homepage. Check it out.
Posted Mon Mar 2, 2009
The Death of Web 2.0? The term Web 2.0 is getting a bad wrap these days. Some influential bloggers are tired of hearing the term being thrown around left and right and of people marketing themselves as Web 2.0 experts. On Valentine’s Day TechCrunch posted an article saying that Web 2.0 is dying for two main reasons:1. The number of startups that contact them and include the term Web 2.0 in the subject line or message has decreased.
Posted Mon Feb 16, 2009
Is the Broadband Stimulus Really Worth It? As negotiations in Congress on the stimulus bill are nearing the final stage, some attention is being given to the parts of the competing bills aimed at increasing access to broadband. The final numbers on the broadband provisions will probably come in around $6-$7 billion, which in the context of a massive $800 billion+ package doesn't seem like much. But is it really worth it?
Posted Sun Feb 8, 2009
Congress Jumps on the Web 2.0 Bandwagon There’s a cultural shift happening on Capitol Hill. Thanks to President Obama and newer Members of Congress who have demonstrated how to successfully connect with supporters using Web 2.0 tools, more and more Congressional Members are diving into the Web 2.0 world.
Posted Fri Jan 30, 2009
Can Ford's New Social Media Strategy Help It Become the Leading Social Automotive Brand? On a December Wednesday morning Scott Monty, Ford Motor Company’s social media strategist (aka Global Digital and Multi-Media Communications Manager) woke up to a potential PR nightmare and it had nothing to do with the bailout. Ford was threatening to sue The Ranger Station, a fan website run by Jim Oakes that was selling counterfeit products using Ford’s logo. Ford was demanding that The Ranger Station surrender its website URL and pay Ford $5,000 in damages.
Posted Mon Jan 19, 2009
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