There has been an explosive conversation in the blogosphere this
weekend about the under representation of women in tech entrepreneurship
and web entrepreneurship more broadly. Is the situation better in
social entrepreneurship?
This iteration of the conversation started off with a piece in the Wall Street Journal that rehashed many of the back-and-forths on this issue from the last few months, including the debate around whether the forthcoming TEDWomen conference was actually a step back for gender equality because of a sort of "seperate-but-(un)equal" thing. It also included a pretty lazy potshot at Techcrunch, the leading web 2.0 media publication.
Michael Arrington, the founder of Techcrunch, didn't like that one much at all and wrote a post titled: "Too Few Women in Tech? Stop Blaming the Men." In it, he effectively argues that venture investors, tech conferences and the media clamor for female entrepreneurs because they're eager to redress the imbalance and highlight more female innovators in order to inspire a younger generation of women to build companies.
To read the full, original article click on this link: Is Social Entrepreneurship a Better Space than Tech for Women? | Social Entrepreneurship | Change.org
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