Thanks for posting the link to the article, though I tend to agree with Lucy on this issue. Having worked for and with a number of start-ups and early stage tech companies, I will say that the environment tends to be male-oriented (and by that, I do not mean sexist) I mean the culture is a very male culture, so if there are only a few women, it becomes an environment that is unappealing for women to stay in. (How many women do you know who are thrilled with hanging out in a frat house or locker room environment 50 hours a week or more?) It also means that women's opinions are not heard because we're peripheral and outside the existing culture of the organization.

Part of the problem (IMHO) is also that women haven't learned to stand up for what they want/deserve, because, at least here in the US, we are raised to be caretakers. Women don't ask for the money they deserve and don't expect to have the authority to do their jobs as they see fit. To me, this is a cultural issue, and would be helped if more women were part of the initial start-up team - they don't necessarily have to be the vision person, but bring them on board early so that the culture of the organization develops differently.

I heard about this through the local grapevine, I'll be interested to hear more about them as its uncovered. Super cool concept.

Not only can't white boys dance, its apparently even worse when they're geeks. Thank god there were a few women there.

Wow, your mom saved your Bar Mitzvah speech? And you aren't going to share your nascent wisdom? Have to say, I love the BIG collar lapels...its a look

I should know better than to read a marathon post while eating. Way to go Brad, that's a lot of miles...

I think that ari has it exactly right. Publishers have the right to get rid of comments they don't like, for whatever reason. Either delete it all or don't delete it.