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Women in the start-up world are outnumbered by men—we know this—and most of them tend to be later-stage employees in support roles, like marketing, public relations and office management.
But we've noticed a trend in the New York tech scene: a strong surge of women in tech who are, well, just doing it. They're starting companies without worrying about how male-dominated the VC-funded web start-up space is. They live and breathe the scene the way their male counterparts do, and many are just as rash, obnoxious and aggressive.
Some of them are working to bring more women into tech, but mostly they choose to ignore the industry's male-dominated tradition altogether, shrugging off the threat of sexism. Many seem not to notice when they're pitching to a room full of men; some notice, and don't care, or notice and care, but do it anyway.
These women are the future angel investors, powerhouse VCs, public company CEOs and start-up mafiosa. For now they're working 100-hour weeks and organizing events via Meetup.com, but--every day--they're hustling. Here's a predictive power list of 25 women to watch in New York.
Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke, Olivia Fialkow and Emily Foxhall contributed reporting.
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Women in the start-up world are outnumbered by men—we know this—and most of them tend to be later-stage employees in support roles, like marketing, public relations and office management.
But we’ve noticed a trend in the New York tech scene: a strong surge of women in tech who are, well, just doing it. They’re starting companies without worrying about how male-dominated the VC-funded web start-up space is. They live and breathe the scene the way their male counterparts do, and many are just as rash, obnoxious and aggressive.
Some of them are working to bring more women into tech, but mostly they choose to ignore the industry’s male-dominated tradition altogether, shrugging off the threat of sexism. Many seem not to notice when they’re pitching to a room full of men; some notice, and don’t care, or notice and care, but do it anyway.
These women are the future angel investors, powerhouse VCs, public company CEOs and start-up mafiosa. For now they’re working 100-hour weeks and organizing events via Meetup.com, but–every day–they’re hustling. Here’s a predictive power list of 25 women to watch in New York.
Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke, Olivia Fialkow and Emily Foxhall contributed reporting.