The construction cranes, the traffic, the housing prices, the general crush of a more crowded and growing city: there are plenty of indicators out there of just how much the… Read More
News Brief: The online application window has just opened for the Brooke Owens Fellowship program, which offers paid internships for undergraduate women at 30 aerospace concerns, including Amazon Prime Air,… Read More
Today’s featured stories Trump’s tariff on e-bikes and scooters could slow new mobility momentum in the U.S. Is the tide turning on tech’s boom? Seattle’s hot real estate market finally… Read More
A newly published report from the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine calls for dramatic steps to curb sexual harassment in scientific and technical fields. The report cites a… Read More
Amazon says it is simply formalizing a practice that was already in place, but the company’s new policy pledging to consider “a slate of diverse candidates, including women and minorities” for… Read More
For female entrepreneurs, trying to pitch investors and raise money can be a tough proposition in a technology industry where less than 3 percent of venture capital dollars went to… Read More
Inclusion. Culture fit. Unconscious bias. These words are buzzing through the technology industry as the “Me Too” movement and a slew of high-profile cases of sexual harassment turn the spotlight… Read More
I joined Microsoft 30 years ago, worked there 11 years, was CMO for two successful companies and one that wasn’t, and then quit tech to focus on reproductive health. I… Read More
There are some of us who feel confident taking on any job — perhaps even as the highest elected official of a powerful nation — and don’t doubt our own… Read More
Hannah Lidman arrives before 7 a.m. in Seattle’s Pioneer Square neighborhood. She’s an entrepreneur on a mission: Find a technical co-founder for her new business, DayHeart, an app that connects… Read More
After Christmases dominated by all manner of crafty and conventionally-girlie gifts — paint sets, a sewing machine, an American Girl Doll, etc. — this holiday we’re attempting a bit of… Read More
Melinda Gates is obviously a champion of creating opportunities for women in technology. On Wednesday morning she was in Florida to deliver a keynote address at the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in… Read More
There’s a lot of effort to attract women to the computer sciences at universities and the workforce. But to shift technology’s gender imbalance we might need to focus on a… Read More
We’ve seen the numbers on diversity in startups, and they’re not good. Less than one-fifth of startups that receive funding are led by women, and investors are more likely to… Read More
Instead of forcing women to choose between career and caring for their children, Women’s Business Incubator wants to help them do both. The Seattle-based nonprofit recently opened a space at… Read More
On March 8, 1908, more than a decade before women earned the right to vote in the United States, thousands of women filled the streets of New York City. They were… Read More
Seattle online real estate powerhouse Zillow Group announced today that Slack executive April Underwood has joined the company’s board of directors. In addition, former Trulia CEO Pete Flint said that he’d not… Read More
Changing the world isn’t all about “giant leaps” and single moments of innovation. Our successes are built through the actions of hardworking everyday people, and they are achieved one step… Read More
It’s before dawn on the first Friday of January. A steady trickle of women climb the stairs to a coworking space in Pioneer Square. In the window next to the… Read More
The billionaires who run Blue Origin and SpaceX – Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk – may be locked in an outer-space rivalry, but the engineers who get the job done say they’re rooting… Read More
Space industry pioneer Brooke Owens didn’t live long enough to reach the final frontier, but her life has inspired a fellowship program that will help other women follow in her… Read More
When Melinda Gates quietly established a new organization last year called Pivotal Ventures, she was expected to further her work on gender inequity and women’s empowerment. In a new interview… Read More
Cloud computing is one of the fastest growing sectors in tech, and Seattle is an integral part of this revolution with local cloud superstars like Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft’s… Read More
When the Anita Borg Institute announced a launch party for its new Seattle chapter, it took only 36 hours for people to claim all 300 seats available. The sold-out event… Read More
Let’s be clear about a few things up front. If you’re going to one of the HERE Seattle meetups, don’t count on ping pong. Same goes for anything Pokemon. And… Read More
What’s it really like for a woman to build a successful career in the technology industry? GeekWire contributing writer Lisa Stiffler set out to answer that question with this special project, profiling eight… Read More
Despite the increasing role that technology plays in our lives, a shrinking percentage of women have been seeking tech-related university degrees and careers over the past two decades. RELATED: 20 years in… Read More
Women are rare in technology. They’re also are rare in upper management. And women in tech leadership? They’re practically unicorns. Women Who Code found some of these rare and magical women to… Read More
Nandini Ramani is vice president of engineering at Twitter, but despite her high-ranking position, she says it hasn’t gotten easier to be a woman in technology. “People say, ‘Oh it must be… Read More
What is it really like to be a woman in tech? On March 29, Town Hall Seattle will host How to Succeed as a Women in Tech with Tarah Wheeler Van… Read More