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Number of females with an explicit mention of technical expertise: 0.

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waterhouse 14y ago
Taking "technical expertise" to mean "science, technology, engineering, and mathematics", and having nothing to do with art or psychology or anything else that could be dismissed by a certain type of person as "fuzzy": "Cindy is a transplant from Seattle, where she was previously a Research Scientist and Engineer @UW Bioengineering." --Seems to qualify. "Kelly was previously at Google as a UX design intern for YouTube and is currently Senior at Carnegie Mellon University double majoring in Human Computer Interaction and Industrial Design." --Borderline. I'm not sure whether UX design includes handling code or not; if so, it would definitely qualify; if not, it could be dismissed. "Prior to Goldbely Vanessa headed up UX and Visual Design at Blip.tv, and was a Senior Interactive Designer for Gilt Groupe. [...] Vanessa handles UI/UX and all things creative at Goldbely." --Again, if "UI/UX" includes handling code, that would seem to qualify; if not, maybe not. So it looks like 1 to 3, assuming you mean what I think you mean. [Edit: not originally included was this: "Iolanthe received her Masters of Engineering, EECS in 2010 from MIT and also holds a B.S., EECS, Physics from MIT." This brings the count up to 2-4 out of 10.]
- jcr 14y ago
  Fei Deyle is an electrical engineer. So %50 are technical of the ones who are known. Two more are still in stealth mode.
jquery 14y ago
As a coder, why would you join one of these companies with non-technical founders instead of just building or co-founding your own product and collecting vastly more equity? I don't see the draw.
- dmor 14y ago
  75% equity in a company with a product no one knows about, or 30% equity in a company everyone uses?
  - jquery 14y ago
    By the time everyone is using it, it's too late to be a co-founder and 30% equity is certainly out the window.
    - dmor 14y ago
      You're right, and by that point they don't need a technical cofounder, they just hire an engineer as an employee. Getting work with people who can actually reliably acquire customers is as valuable as getting to work with someone who can reliably write code. http://www.daniellemorrill.com/2010/09/startup-marketing-2nd-class-citizen-2nd-rate-results/ http://www.daniellemorrill.com/2010/09/startup-marketing-2nd...
      - jquery 14y ago
        Is it? Of the most highly traffic'd sites, the vast majority have technical founders: Facebook, Google, YouTube, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Yahoo, Twitter. I'm not saying marketing isn't valuable, but it seems neither necessary nor sufficient.
        dmor 14y ago
        I'm not saying it's mutually exclusive, and having a CS or other engineering degree is neither necessary nor sufficient to create a company.
    - waterhouse 14y ago
      I think dmor's implication is that if you start a company with no non-technical cofounders, you'll be much less likely to gain so many users than if you started it with some non-technical cofounders. Feel free to argue about that. I will sit back.
chollida1 14y ago
> Number of females with an explicit mention of technical expertise: 0. Ummm > Iolanthe received her Masters of Engineering, EECS in 2010 from MIT and also holds a B.S., EECS, Physics from MIT. that's a pretty huge mention of techincal expertise by pretty much anyones definition
- jquery 14y ago
  That was a curious oversight. She wasn't included in the original lineup.
  - dmor 14y ago
    Sorry about that, I didn't recognize her name as a woman's name and just added her when she let me know.

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Taking "technical expertise" to mean "science, technology, engineering, and mathematics", and having nothing to do with art or psychology or anything else that could be dismissed by a certain type of person as "fuzzy": "Cindy is a transplant from Seattle, where she was previously a Research Scientist and Engineer @UW Bioengineering." --Seems to qualify. "Kelly was previously at Google as a UX design intern for YouTube and is currently Senior at Carnegie Mellon University double majoring in Human Computer Interaction and Industrial Design." --Borderline. I'm not sure whether UX design includes handling code or not; if so, it would definitely qualify; if not, it could be dismissed. "Prior to Goldbely Vanessa headed up UX and Visual Design at Blip.tv, and was a Senior Interactive Designer for Gilt Groupe. [...] Vanessa handles UI/UX and all things creative at Goldbely." --Again, if "UI/UX" includes handling code, that would seem to qualify; if not, maybe not. So it looks like 1 to 3, assuming you mean what I think you mean. [Edit: not originally included was this: "Iolanthe received her Masters of Engineering, EECS in 2010 from MIT and also holds a B.S., EECS, Physics from MIT." This brings the count up to 2-4 out of 10.]

jcr 14y ago
Fei Deyle is an electrical engineer. So %50 are technical of the ones who are known. Two more are still in stealth mode.

jquery 14y ago

As a coder, why would you join one of these companies with non-technical founders instead of just building or co-founding your own product and collecting vastly more equity? I don't see the draw.

dmor 14y ago
75% equity in a company with a product no one knows about, or 30% equity in a company everyone uses?
- jquery 14y ago
  By the time everyone is using it, it's too late to be a co-founder and 30% equity is certainly out the window.
  - dmor 14y ago
    You're right, and by that point they don't need a technical cofounder, they just hire an engineer as an employee. Getting work with people who can actually reliably acquire customers is as valuable as getting to work with someone who can reliably write code. http://www.daniellemorrill.com/2010/09/startup-marketing-2nd-class-citizen-2nd-rate-results/ http://www.daniellemorrill.com/2010/09/startup-marketing-2nd...
    - jquery 14y ago
      Is it? Of the most highly traffic'd sites, the vast majority have technical founders: Facebook, Google, YouTube, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Yahoo, Twitter. I'm not saying marketing isn't valuable, but it seems neither necessary nor sufficient.
      - dmor 14y ago
        I'm not saying it's mutually exclusive, and having a CS or other engineering degree is neither necessary nor sufficient to create a company.
  - waterhouse 14y ago
    I think dmor's implication is that if you start a company with no non-technical cofounders, you'll be much less likely to gain so many users than if you started it with some non-technical cofounders. Feel free to argue about that. I will sit back.

chollida1 14y ago

> Number of females with an explicit mention of technical expertise: 0. Ummm > Iolanthe received her Masters of Engineering, EECS in 2010 from MIT and also holds a B.S., EECS, Physics from MIT. that's a pretty huge mention of techincal expertise by pretty much anyones definition

jquery 14y ago
That was a curious oversight. She wasn't included in the original lineup.
- dmor 14y ago
  Sorry about that, I didn't recognize her name as a woman's name and just added her when she let me know.