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Women in Tech Score Symbolic Wins, but Cash Is Still Hard to Come By (Bloomberg)

A recent spate of headlines from the venture capital world might give the impression that the historically male-dominated industry has turned a corner.... More

How This Female Founder Created The ‘Spotify For Meditation’ (Forbes)

Yunha Kim started meditating to decrease the stress she felt from working hard to build her first startup, Locket, which she sold to the e-commerce platform Wish in 2015. "I was ab... More

The Search for Women Who Want Cybersecurity Careers (WSJ)

There is a shortage of workers in cybersecurity and a shortage of women in tech jobs. New efforts to get girls interested in cybersecurity are aimed at tackling both of those probl... More

AWS’ Tech Renaissance Woman Teresa Carlson Battles Tech Old Guard Propaganda to Modernize Nations (Forbes)

When Teresa Carlson first visited Capitol Hill in 2011 as vice president of Amazon Web Services (AWS) worldwide public sector operations, a long time Congressional leader she knew ... More

How Women Can Build Their Professional Networks (WSJ)

Networking is crucial for advancing a career, building relationships and getting knowledgeable about a range of subjects. And women have a much tougher time of it than men. It com... More

The Voice Remote Wouldn’t Exist Without This Woman’s Bet on AI (Forbes)

The last ten years have seen radical changes in the cable television sector. Market forces, new technologies, and consumer demand have remade cable companies as telecommunications ... More

How to Get Women Into Cloud Computing (InfoWorld)

The push to get more women in computing is decades old. I remember back in my college professor days they did studies on why there are fewer woman in computer science and informati... More

HITS Spring WiTH Leadership Award Winners Focus on Equality

UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. — Honoring the work they’ve done in the advancement of women in entertainment technology, Women in Technology: Hollywood (WiTH) May 17 handed out its sec... More

Supermodel Karlie Kloss’ Videos Showcase Brilliant Women in Tech (CNET)

Women perform vital work in science and technology every day. Yet their stories often go untold, leaving girls short of visible role models. Supermodel and entrepreneur Karlie K... More

How NPR’s Digital Audio Is Helping Advance Women, Brands (MV)

At NPR, there's a wonderful group of women in Digital Media that meet up to give each other advice and support. We also have women in leadership positions, including Gina Garrubbo,... More

The Systems Holding Back Women In Tech (Forbes)

Societal Influences and Biases: The ways in which girls perceive STEM related coursework and their own abilities are consciously and unconsciously shaped by the experiences of thos... More

HITS Spring: WiTH to Honor Hollywood Tech Leaders

During the May 17 HITS Spring: The Hollywood Innovation & Technology Summit in Los Angeles, Women in Technology: Hollywood (WiTH) will honor the winners of its second annual Leader... More

10 Leading Female CIOs (IW)

Within IT departments around the globe, men outnumber women by a wide margin. However, a significant number of female technology leaders have risen to the upper ranks of management... More

IBM’s Michelle Peluso on the Need to ‘Listen as Much as Speak’ in Storytelling, and the Future of Marketing (Forbes)

Michelle Peluso, SVP and CMO, IBM: "At IBM, we're really obsessed with being agile to the core and we have moved IBM marketing to be a truly agile discipline. We have also had to b... More

Women in Technology: Why Female Leaders and Enterprise Businesses Need Each Other (MBI)

According to By The Numbers, 26 percent of professional computing occupations in the US were held by women in 2017. This push is shaping a range of opportunities for aspiring femal... More

When Will a Woman Run a TV News Division? (THR)

That glass ceiling could break soon, writes broadcast news analyst Andrew Tyndall — but with a deflating asterisk.... More

Confidence a Key Success Factor for Women in Startups, STEM (Forbes)

When it comes to the ways that women navigate the current business landscape, there are a wide variety of styles that can be used to achieve success and overcome the inherent obsta... More

Women Who Watched ‘The X-Files’ Pursued More Careers In STEM (Fast Company)

When The X-Files premiered in 1993, FBI agent and medical doctor Dana Scully was unlike any other woman on television. Scully, played by Gillian Anderson, was equal to, and not jus... More

Why This 1 U.S. City Is Tops for Successful Women Entrepreneurs (Inc.)

Women on the hunt for a thriving startup hot spot should turn their attention to inside the Beltway. The D.C. metro area has three locations in the top 10 ranking of U.S. cities wh... More

These Billion-Dollar Women are Changing the Face of Silicon Valley (Marie Claire)

"Unicorns"—companies valued at more than $1 billion—do exist, and their female CEOs are sharing how they built their empires.... More

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