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Google Hosts Special Demo Day For Female Entrepreneurs (thenewstack.io)

An anonymous reader writes: Wednesday Google hosted a special edition of their annual "Demo Day" event featuring 11 early-stage startup companies founded by women from eight different countries. More than 450 women from 40 different counties applied for a spot, and the winner of the competition was Bridgit, a fast-growing Canadian company which provides a mobile communications platform for construction teams. Online voters also awarded the "Game Changer" title to KiChing, a startup that's actively addressing Mexico's unique e-commerce challenges. But all of the startups at Wednesday's event were already actively raising series-A funding, and "We aim to help connect them to mentors, access to capital, and shine a spotlight on their efforts," said Mary Grove, the director of Google for Entrepreneurs, addressing the Demo Day audience in San Francisco.

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  1. Another poor summary by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Missing important details like how many sandwiches did they make?

  2. Re:Discrimination is discrimination by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Jews have a ridiculous number of advantages when it comes to being entrepreneurs, having the occasional Aryan-specific event to try and correct some of the imbalance does not count as discrimination.

    (I don't know for sure, but I would bet cash money that there were Aryan-only business networking events. I *do* know that there were Aryan-only academic programs.)