i highly disagree that women aren't "as interested". I, myself with many of my girlfriends, read techcrunch, hackernews, pandodaily, etc. consistently and find

i highly disagree that women aren't "as interested". I, myself with many of my girlfriends, read techcrunch, hackernews, pandodaily, etc. consistently and find us fascinated with this information. However, it's hard to "fit in" with a group of hacker guys. It's like writing with your left hand if you're right handed. Is it doable? yes. but everything feels more awkward and uncomfortable because the community isn't what you're used to. i'm not sure what it's going to take for women to feel more welcome, but understand, that women control more than 1/2 of the purse strings in families, are the social media addicts, and generally like to shop. if you don't create products that cater towards this population, you are missing out on a great market. but it's not different from being a minority in any other situation. you're going to have to work twice as hard to prove yourself, and there's going to be twice as much pressure to be that 'role model' for others.