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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.
4chan is infested with SJWs now. I would say /. is still significantly more mature than that wretched hive of scum and villainy.
Go tell a women she has to pull a few all-nighter because the product need to be shipped Sunday evening...
I know several female devs.
They've been just as likely to stay late or come in on weekends as anyone else.
Now they didn't have kids so maybe that would change if they get children, but for the childless twenty-somethings, they're just as dedicated as the guys.
I stole this Sig
Unfortunately I have no mod points left, so I can't undo the damage done by the misogynistic trolls that think that anything that doesn't agree with their point of view deserves to be modded -1 Flamebait, Troll or even just Overrated. Slashdot didn't used to be like this, we used to enjoy free conversation, with the negative mods reserved for the real trolls.
These threads aren't going to get any better until those those of us who disagree with this consensus speak up and make our case.
What are your thoughts about female discouragement of other females?
My wife was an example of of what a lot of women say is the goal. Well paid, well respected, no one's fool.
Oh - hold on. Many of the other women hated her. Not for her personality, which is admittedly alpha, but for her success. The backstabbing and occasional sabotage by jealous females was something that didn't go over too well.
The men? Despite the meme of men being the source of all trouble, they respect and with one exception really like her. They certainly listen to her when she hands out the orders. And this is in an industry with a lot of "traditional" type guys.
The same situation exists with the female engineers and scientists I worked with. Many ended up associating with only men at work because we would accept them. In the end, is it even wrong to lay all of the blame for gender issues at the feet of men?
The shepherds did so well protecting the flock that the sheep no longer believed that wolves existed.