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Because it is an ongoing and serious issue that hurts startups as well as women and minorities.
by schwabacher 15y ago
Because it is an ongoing and serious issue that hurts startups as well as women and minorities.
- the_cat_kittles 15y agocare to be more specific?
- schwabacher 15y agoThey spent a long time talking about this, at the expense of more interesting questions she could have asked PG. Especially more interesting to people interested in startups. It is a serious issue though, 96/4 men to women is a really bad ratio. And my guess is that the ratio of white and asian to hispanic and black is even worse. So startups miss out on a huge potential talent pool and the perspective of people who might approach problems in a different way. And at the same time women and minorities are largely failing to take advantage of a really exciting opportunity. PG is probably right, the bulk of the problem is that thirteen year old girls / black kids are not playing with computers. So maybe this is a question that would be better directed at parents or teachers, but it definitely should be on the radar. It is a problem that can be solved, that we should solve, and is a good thing for people watching Bloomberg / people doing startups to think about.