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Perhaps because woman are the fastest "big" gain they can do? There are lots of woman in the world (far more than any minority group), yet very few doing startu

by malanj 13y ago

Perhaps because woman are the fastest "big" gain they can do? There are lots of woman in the world (far more than any minority group), yet very few doing startups. It's the biggest market inefficiency. edit: You could also argue that the diversity in thinking and approach you'll get from woman could be very high. So perhaps they'll be more likely to start new kinds of companies in untapped markets.

sliverstorm 13y ago
There are more women in the world than pacific islanders, but if we only address the women aspect, are we not going to end up recruiting primarily white women? If the field is currently friendly to white men, and we make it more friendly to women, we wind up with white men & white women, not white men & all races of women. Right?
- jt2190 13y ago
  > ... but if we only address the women aspect... Who's arguing for this?
- vacri 13y ago
  Do something about it then. The author of this article is seeing a way to help change the status for women. You could do something to help change the status for pacific islanders.
  - sliverstorm 13y ago
    I'm not Sam. I haven't anywhere near his clout, nor am I even in that field. Nor are there more than even a tiny, tiny handful of pacific islanders in my town. I may have met two?
    - tesseractive 13y ago
      Sam didn't start this in a vacuum. He started it after women in the tech community laid a lot of groundwork educating the community about gender diversity problems. Are there specific things the technology community could do to open the doors to the Pacific Islanders community? I'm sorry to say, I don't actually know the answer to that. If you do, write blog posts and meet with people and try to organize other people like yourself online and work to educate the rest of us on what we can do. I absolutely think there would be plenty of people who would be more than happy to help tackle these problems if someone led the way. But if there's no one out there already leading the way on a cause that's important to you, the absolute best thing you could do is to try to do it yourself. There's an old slogan, "Be the change you want to see in the world." It makes a pretty good point.
colmvp 13y ago
There are groups that cater to teaching women and girls how to code, with the strict exclusion of men despite women continuing to outpace men in college enrollment (http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/files/2011/08/2011-gender-higher-ed-08.png http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/files/2011/08/2011-gender-hig...). I have no problem increasing diversity but I take exception to ignoring other race/gender makeups that are clearly under-represented in tech/startups especially those who have little post-secondary education (http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/files/2011/08/2011-gender-higher-ed-10.png http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/files/2011/08/2011-gender-hig...). As one of those 'privileged' minority males, I shake my head.

by malanj 13y ago

sliverstorm 13y ago

There are more women in the world than pacific islanders, but if we only address the women aspect, are we not going to end up recruiting primarily white women? If the field is currently friendly to white men, and we make it more friendly to women, we wind up with white men & white women, not white men & all races of women. Right?

jt2190 13y ago
> ... but if we only address the women aspect... Who's arguing for this?
vacri 13y ago
Do something about it then. The author of this article is seeing a way to help change the status for women. You could do something to help change the status for pacific islanders.
- sliverstorm 13y ago
  I'm not Sam. I haven't anywhere near his clout, nor am I even in that field. Nor are there more than even a tiny, tiny handful of pacific islanders in my town. I may have met two?
  - tesseractive 13y ago
    Sam didn't start this in a vacuum. He started it after women in the tech community laid a lot of groundwork educating the community about gender diversity problems. Are there specific things the technology community could do to open the doors to the Pacific Islanders community? I'm sorry to say, I don't actually know the answer to that. If you do, write blog posts and meet with people and try to organize other people like yourself online and work to educate the rest of us on what we can do. I absolutely think there would be plenty of people who would be more than happy to help tackle these problems if someone led the way. But if there's no one out there already leading the way on a cause that's important to you, the absolute best thing you could do is to try to do it yourself. There's an old slogan, "Be the change you want to see in the world." It makes a pretty good point.

colmvp 13y ago

There are groups that cater to teaching women and girls how to code, with the strict exclusion of men despite women continuing to outpace men in college enrollment (http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/files/2011/08/2011-gender-higher-ed-08.png http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/files/2011/08/2011-gender-hig...). I have no problem increasing diversity but I take exception to ignoring other race/gender makeups that are clearly under-represented in tech/startups especially those who have little post-secondary education (http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/files/2011/08/2011-gender-higher-ed-10.png http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/files/2011/08/2011-gender-hig...). As one of those 'privileged' minority males, I shake my head.