Editor’s note: Kristen Hamilton is a Seattle entrepreneur and investor who co-founded Koru and Onvia, helping to lead the latter company to an initial public offering in 2000. She wrote… Read More
Four women-led startups will receive a total of $6 million to scale their innovations from Microsoft’s venture capital arm, Mayfield, and Pivotal Ventures, an organization founded by Melinda Gates. The… Read More
Does it matter what order you check off milestones like buying a house, getting married and having kids? Do you actually need all three to be happy? If you choose… Read More
Melinda Gates is launching another initiative to turn the tide for women in tech. Pivotal Ventures, a Seattle-based philanthropic group founded by Gates, announced a $50 million project Tuesday designed… Read More
Every day for the next six weeks, NASA astronaut Christina Koch will be setting a new women’s record for continuous time in space. Koch’s extended stint on the International Space… Read More
Ask for what you want. Intentionally build your network. Start small. Be patient. Those are a handful of tips that four women on corporate boards shared with a packed house… Read More
For the first time in history, two women teamed up today for a spacewalk. NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir began the operation to fix a faulty electrical power… Read More
Melinda Gates once famously set a rule in her kitchen. Nobody leaves until mom does. It’s a story she tells often during interviews and it comes up in her new… Read More
The stage lights stayed down as the introductory video ended, and a lone figure walked onto stage in the darkness. When the lights came up, there was Bill Gates, and… Read More
The numbers tell the story. Out of the 200 companies listed on the GeekWire 200, our ranking of the top Pacific Northwest tech startups, 16 of them are led by… Read More
In response to several sexual harassment allegations and the massive diversity gaps throughout the tech industry, there’s been a lot of attention on directing more investment capital to women-led startups.… Read More
California became the first state in the nation Sunday to pass a law demanding women have a seat on the boards of publicly traded companies. The law applies to companies… Read More
Given the breadth of data about unequal pay and other obstacles for women in tech, it should come as no surprise that many women believe their companies are not compensating… Read More
Why don’t more women code? Stuart Reges believes he has an answer to that difficult question, one that the tech industry has been wrestling with for years. But far from resolving… Read More
A University of Washington lecturer is sparking new debate with an essay claiming that the technology industry is about as close to gender parity as it will ever get because… Read More
As tactile social beings, we know instinctively there is safety in numbers. By adulthood, this concept has been reinforced by parenting and life experience. Finding our tribe, our herd, our… Read More
Gentlemen, consider this your formal invitation. As we recognize April 10 as Equal Pay Day – the symbolic day women would make as much as men in the previous calendar… Read More
[Editor’s Note: This guest commentary by Seattle-based writer Megan Watzke and data scientist Kimberly Arcand is part of GeekWire’s coverage of International Women’s Day.] It’s been a rough year or so if you are a woman.… Read More
Seizing on a historic moment for women challenging discrimination in the workplace, Washington state’s legislature passed the Equal Pay Opportunity Act on Wednesday. The bill passed both chambers on the eve… Read More
Some were pushed toward non-technical careers despite their technical skills. Others reported unwanted touching or kissing. Many saw less qualified men promoted over them. One witnessed male coworkers rating female… Read More
The Riveter is teaming up with another female-focused Seattle startup to make it easier for its members to secure childcare. Members of the co-working space are now eligible for a… Read More
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi believes the deluge of sexual harassment stories making daily headlines can be harnessed for reform in Congress and more broadly. “Maybe this is the tipping… Read More
A one day protest aimed at calling out Twitter and bringing attention to the way women are treated on the social media platform attracted mixed responses on Friday. The #womenboycotttwitter… Read More
Her own husband was a self-professed workaholic in his early days at Microsoft, but in a new essay on LinkedIn, Melinda Gates writes about the danger of assuming that today’s… Read More
Since The Riveter opened its doors in March in Seattle, the female-focused co-working space has hosted Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, WNBA star Sue Bird, and two U.S. senators. It’s also… Read More
Real estate technology company Redfin and several prominent tech investment firms will encourage startups in their portfolios to recruit an “independent, diverse board member” within two years of funding —… Read More
My whole life I’ve believed that the true judge of one’s character is what he/she does when he thinks no one is looking. Just like most of you, I was… Read More
“It really is like flying a plane and building it at the same time,” Leslie Feinzaig told me, beaming at the 110 guests who showed up to support the nascent… Read More
Unequal pay for equal work among men and women is a pervasive issue in the tech community. But Zillow Group CEO Spencer Rascoff says it’s no longer an issue at… Read More
I don’t actually want to talk about how hard it is to be a woman in tech. I realize this is an unoriginal statement. Unfortunately, with time and experience, I’ve… Read More