Thursday, September 24, 2015

Why we need to stop car crash 'women in tech' panels

25 September 2015
The Sydney Morning Herald
Why we need to stop car crash 'women in tech' panels

Women in tech panels seldom have anything to offer besides fortune-cookie wisdom and repackaged logic.

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IoT chief executive Simon Kantor.
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Melbourne medical students Hon Weng Chong and Andrew Lim.
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Kickstarter becomes a 'public benefit corporation'

Many technology start-ups aim to become "unicorns", the companies that get valued at $1 billion or more on their way to probable vast riches. Yancey Strickler and Perry Chen have no interest in that.


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