When Bridget Frey joined Redfin, she had the advantage of an existing relationship with the CEO, Glenn Kelman. The friendship allowed for a frank conversation about how Frey would balance… Read More
Amy Nelson is in the midst of a career pivot. A former Wall Street lawyer, she and co-founder Kim Peltola are launching a business and going through their first round… Read More
The visibility of International Women’s Day and the Women’s March movement has the tech community asking a familiar question: Why aren’t there more female entrepreneurs? The answer is complicated. Women often… Read More
In July, Joanna Bichsel left a high-level job at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to move from Seattle to Kigali, Rwanda with her husband and two young children. She… Read More
Avni Patel Thompson had a great idea for a business — a vetted, on-demand childcare service — but like many women considering taking the startup plunge, she faced barriers to entry.… Read More
Retention is one of the biggest obstacles to gender equity in the workforce. Far more women than men take time off to care for children and elderly relatives and then struggle… Read More
Maria Renz is a trailblazer. A year ago, she became the first woman named technical advisor to CEO Jeff Bezos (a coveted rung on Amazon’s leadership ladder). Today, she delivered the keynote address… Read More
Post updated below with video from panel. Janes of Digital events may seem like swanky cocktail parties, but they are all about the business of promoting equality in the workplace.… Read More
Consider the artificially intelligent voices you hear on a regular basis. Are any of them men? Whether it’s Apple’s Siri, Microsoft’s Cortana, Amazon’s Alexa, or virtually any GPS system, chances are… Read More
An internal review of employee compensation at Amazon has found that women and men in the same jobs at the company make essentially the same amount, the company announced today. In… Read More
Women make 76 cents for every dollar men earn. This frequently cited statistic points to a galling discrimination problem in the working world. But does it tell the whole story?… 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
Exceptionalism — the idea that as an individual or society we’re separate (and better) than our peers — is a core tenant of American ideology. It also makes closing the… Read More
Melinda Gates was one of the speakers on a panel about gender parity on Friday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, with panelists including Canadian Prime Minister Justin… Read More
“In one review session, one male partner said of a female employee, ‘We don’t have to worry about her bonus or promotion because she just got married. So she’ll probably… Read More
That’s one small step for NASA’s women astronauts, one giant leap for Glamour magazine. Women have had a hard time getting their just deserts when it comes to human spaceflight:… Read More
If you’re a parent, how many times have you been bummed out when shopping for your daughter, and you’re staring down a sea of pink, ponies and sparkles? Girls like dinosaurs,… Read More
For computer science to grow, its most persistent stereotype has to fade. That’s the takeaway from the work of a group of University of Washington researchers that’s showing just how easily… Read More
Not long ago, Davida Marion was managing an ice cream shop, Ellen Wondra-Lindley was answering phone calls on a customer service hotline, and Elizabeth Uselton was tallying employee payroll for a catering company. Today,… Read More
The lack of females in startups and tech is a big issue to many, and now, Seattle-based UP Global is teaming up with Google in an effort to help support women entrepreneurs.… Read More
Washington D.C., San Francisco and Seattle — these are the places to be if you’re a woman and want to start a business. That’s according to NerdWallet’s latest look at… Read More
Facebook chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In foundation has struck a new partnership with Seattle-based Getty Images, one which is designed to portray women in a more uplifting and… Read More
Blame “The Big Bang Theory” for the lack of women in tech. That’s the conclusion from new research out of the University of Washington, which found that women don’t choose… Read More
For all the ladies interested in attending a Ruby on Rails bootcamp in Seattle next month but just can’t afford the $4,000 tuition, there is now help in the form… Read More
Seattle’s “TechStars for engineers” wants to see more women in tech and just debuted a new class solely for female hackers. Code Fellows, which run classes for engineers that guarantee… Read More
Seattle entrepreneur Paul Watts was tired of just thinking and talking about the lack of women in the tech world, so now, he’s doing something about it. “I got involved… Read More
While Seattle ranks second in the nation for women entrepreneurs, the gender wage gap in the Emerald City is another story. A new study is out that shows Seattle having… Read More
Portland and Seattle are among the top ten cities for women-owned businesses, according to a new report released this week. Both cities moved up in the ranking, with Portland showing… Read More
If you’re a woman and an entrepreneur, there are few better places to be in than Seattle. That’s according to a new study from personal finance site Nerd Wallet, who… Read More
A new survey out today indicates that Washington state lags the national average in terms of women-owned businesses. (See below for full chart). According to the report from American Express,… Read More
