I do product management. User guru, platform geek, constructive propagandist, agilista, funnel hacker and analytics junkie. I also WoW, Ruby and tweet.
I haven’t been to a single tech event in a single city where I couldn’t do a conference call in the women’s bathroom. Why? It’s quiet in there.
The underrepresentation of women in the startup community is at a fucking monumental global scale. All tech communities I’ve encountered similarly struggle with issues like outsourcing, lack of racial diversity, lack of accessible education, prevalence of elitism and social media douchebags.
I have a lot of hope that emerging startup scenes will take the opportunity to create a better model that is both more inclusive and diverse. So as much as new scenes should try to emulate the conditions and successes of others, they also shouldn’t forget they have the chance to build the world anew.