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Working Women

The Lack Of Investment Into Female Founded Startups Is A Missed Economic Opportunity

The Lack Of Investment Into Female Founded Startups Is A Missed Economic Opportunity

By Allie Felix There is a glaring gap in angel investing and venture capital: far too few women are writing checks and far too few women are getting funded. Pitchbook […]

Girl on a Mission

“Representation Matters” – AI Expert & Global Award-Winning Tech CEO Shares Women In Stem Book List

“Representation Matters” – AI Expert & Global Award-Winning Tech CEO Shares Women In Stem Book List

By Lois Melbourne Representation Matters While volunteering with the North Texas Girl Scouts I hear leaders repeating a saying to community leaders. “You’ve got to see it to be it.” […]

Interviews

Replaced By A Man At Snapchat, Tech Pioneer Launched Her Own Storytelling App For Womxn

Replaced By A Man At Snapchat, Tech Pioneer Launched Her Own Storytelling App For Womxn

Imagine being headhunted to work at a new social media platform when you are barely finishing college, and become an integral part in taking this platform from a scrappy startup […]

Contributors

I Found My Voice As A Woman of Color In A Male Dominated Industry & Now Work To Empower Other Women In The Same Way

I Found My Voice As A Woman of Color In A Male Dominated Industry & Now Work To Empower Other Women In The Same Way

By Kaveeta Bhatia Have you ever wanted the ground to open up and swallow you? Have you ever wanted to click your fingers and disappear? Just to escape? This was […]

Interviews

Meet Lisa Love – The Educational Tech Brand Co-Founder Getting Students Back To School With Digital Learning Tools

Meet Lisa Love – The Educational Tech Brand Co-Founder Getting Students Back To School With Digital Learning Tools

If there is one thing COVID-19 has exposed in the United States, it is how much progress is desperately needed in terms of education structure and access. With many parents […]

Family Life

Microsoft Says It Will Drop Biz Partners That Don’t Offer Paid Family Leave

Microsoft Says It Will Drop Biz Partners That Don’t Offer Paid Family Leave

By Una Dabiero for Fairygodboss Some of the perks of working in big tech are the benefits they offer to attract top talent. Generous pay, generous leave, and, you guessed it, […]

Interviews

How LinkedIn’s High School Trainee Program Is Committed To Closing The STEM Gender Gap

How LinkedIn’s High School Trainee Program Is Committed To Closing The STEM Gender Gap

As more and more revelations about sexual assault and harassment toward women in Hollywood, news media, politics and the tech industry continue to surface, there has been a resounding support […]

Contributors

CEO Of Rideshare App Kango Writes Timely Op-Ed About The Need For More Women In Tech

CEO Of Rideshare App Kango Writes Timely Op-Ed About The Need For More Women In Tech

By Sara Schaer In light of recent revelations in both Hollywood and Silicon Valley, it’s important for women to keep sight of their aspirations and dreams, to help each other […]

Contributors

How A Female Immigrant Business Owner Is Working To Break The Fashion-Tech Barrier

How A Female Immigrant Business Owner Is Working To Break The Fashion-Tech Barrier

By Angela Pan I still remember the day when a well-respected man in the technology investment field told me female entrepreneurs would never succeed. Today, I stand as founder and […]

Working Women

This 82 Year-Old App Developer Is Proving You Are Never Too Old To Learn Something New

This 82 Year-Old App Developer Is Proving You Are Never Too Old To Learn Something New

We live in a youth-obsessed world where everywhere we look, we are bombarded with messages about beauty, success, happiness and fulfillment are tied to a certain age range. This is […]

Working Women

Should Women/Girls In STEM Gender Equality Initiatives Be Addressing Sexual Harassment Issues?

Should Women/Girls In STEM Gender Equality Initiatives Be Addressing Sexual Harassment Issues?

How do we engage more girls and women in the STEM world? It is a question, and a topic, we have covered multiple times on our site, along with promoting […]

Boys We Like, Entertainment

New Graphic Novel ‘Silicon Heroes’ Created To Inspire The Next Generation Of Entrepreneurs

New Graphic Novel ‘Silicon Heroes’ Created To Inspire The Next Generation Of Entrepreneurs

When we think of cultural icons we conjure up images of pop stars, celebrities, athletes and even reality stars. Rarely do we envision STEM industry creators and founders, although perhaps […]

Contributors

This Genius Woman Created An App Designed To Take The Slut-Shaming Out Of Virtual Dating

This Genius Woman Created An App Designed To Take The Slut-Shaming Out Of Virtual Dating

By Amy Galland Have you ever been texting or sexting with someone and you aren’t sure which words to use? Have you been concerned that if you say penis, dick, […]

Working Women

NASA Launches Datanauts Corps Program To Encourage More Women To Join Their Astronaut Program

NASA Launches Datanauts Corps Program To Encourage More Women To Join Their Astronaut Program

There are many programs, campaigns and initiatives to close the gender gap in STEM today (science, tech, engineering and math). Google, Microsoft, Apple and many other large companies as well […]

Entertainment

‘Rewrite The Code’ Docu Examines Tech’s Diversity Problem – Where Are All The Black Women?

‘Rewrite The Code’ Docu Examines Tech’s Diversity Problem – Where Are All The Black Women?

It’s common knowledge that the tech industry has a diversity problem. It is an issue that many of the large Silicon Valley brands are working to fix, which is great, […]