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Read MoreSo, let me say again, if your female founder support program (or event or bootcamp or network, or what have you) doesn’t educate women about the gender inequality of the VC ecosystem, you’re setting them up to fail.
Read MoreWhen women are expected to do the office housework, that “extra” actually becomes their baseline. The same isn’t true for men. So, when a male colleague declines to take on extra work, no one much cares.
Read MoreWhy do I care? Because (in the US) more than $10B is invested annually, and that’s a LOT OF MONEY. Some of that is public money!
Public money being spent by public schools, public education institutions, health institutions… in many cases, organizations that aren’t flush with the cash that Fortune 500s wield.
Read MoreWhen 90% of VCs are male, and 87% of VC funding goes to all-male founding teams, it’s safe to say the popular t-shirts are wrong. The future isn’t female. Or, at least, it isn’t being shaped by women in this regard. It’s certainly not being shaped by women of colour.
Read MoreThe problem is, female founders are sick and tired. They’re tired of the paternalistic pat-on-the-head, and they’ve become numb to hearing bullshit advice OVER AND OVER AND OVER again.
Read MoreWe will only see (r)evolution in the world of work, in our communities, in our institutions, when we give ourselves the freedom to imagine new models - new business models, new economic models, new funding models, new leadership models - and stop reinforcing systems, hierarchies, policies, and programs that reinforce the status quo.
Read MoreThe conversation in society (think: #MeToo, etc.) is seeing a lot of organizations rush to plug the leaks in their system. This rush is primarily motivated by compliance and risk mitigation. This means that, in many cases, tech "tools" that promise to advance D&I are being seen as "solutions" when, at the end of the day, the effectiveness of those tools still rests with humans.
Read MoreFor many other leaders who we have met - they are not yet in action mode - although they may have fooled themselves into thinking that they are.
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