Why women are good for startups
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A new survey finds that the more women executives that are involved in a startup, the more likely it is to succeed. Here's one theory why... [ITworld]
Alternate theory hypothesis: there are so few women in startups, the ones that are there are the top of the pack. If they look at the top men running startups, the percentage would probably be higher (especially if the criterion for "top men" means the ones that are successful :) ). A similar perspective is that men are more likely to take risks, and so are more likely to be involved and to fail.
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Alternate theory hypothesis: there are so few women in startups, the ones that are there are the top of the pack. If they look at the top men running startups, the percentage would probably be higher (especially if the criterion for "top men" means the ones that are successful :) ). A similar perspective is that men are more likely to take risks, and so are more likely to be involved and to fail.
I agree with the second hypothesis - it can be hard for women to be taken seriously in the IT business. Consequently, if they are good, then they tend to be darn good. I say this as one of the few women in the business who is basically just coasting along :)
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I agree with the second hypothesis - it can be hard for women to be taken seriously in the IT business. Consequently, if they are good, then they tend to be darn good. I say this as one of the few women in the business who is basically just coasting along :)
There's nothing wrong with a bit of coasting, in fact I recommend it as an anti-burnout strategy. :-\
Anna :rose: Tech Blog | Visual Lint "Why would anyone prefer to wield a weapon that takes both hands at once, when they could use a lighter (and obviously superior) weapon that allows you to wield multiple ones at a time, and thus supports multi-paradigm carnage?"
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There's nothing wrong with a bit of coasting, in fact I recommend it as an anti-burnout strategy. :-\
Anna :rose: Tech Blog | Visual Lint "Why would anyone prefer to wield a weapon that takes both hands at once, when they could use a lighter (and obviously superior) weapon that allows you to wield multiple ones at a time, and thus supports multi-paradigm carnage?"
If there were far more women in the IT field it would be a much better place to work since so much has become a daily experience in brutality as a result of outsourcing and the continued use of incompetent managers. More women would make them feel less inclined to act like men and be more of themselves, which would most likely bring a calming effect to a field that has been fraught with high stress, ridiculous expectations, massive project failure, and just general poor working conditions...
Steve Naidamast Black Falcon Software, Inc. blackfalconsoftware@ix.netcom.com
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A new survey finds that the more women executives that are involved in a startup, the more likely it is to succeed. Here's one theory why... [ITworld]
The numbers look a little shaky to me to be drawing that conclusion. 7% on average for all startups, and 7.1% for successful ones - that is not what a reliable study would consider statistically significant, let alone evidence of a causal relationship. Also the fact that the failed companies only had an average of 3.1% as compared to the 7% average indicates that the vast majority of the startups in the survey must have been successful, something well over 90%, which would indicate an unacceptable bias in the survey sample. Not saying women aren't good for startups, only that the study was so fatally flawed so as to not be able to draw the conclusions they drew.
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If there were far more women in the IT field it would be a much better place to work since so much has become a daily experience in brutality as a result of outsourcing and the continued use of incompetent managers. More women would make them feel less inclined to act like men and be more of themselves, which would most likely bring a calming effect to a field that has been fraught with high stress, ridiculous expectations, massive project failure, and just general poor working conditions...
Steve Naidamast Black Falcon Software, Inc. blackfalconsoftware@ix.netcom.com
I couldn't agree more.
Anna :rose: Tech Blog | Visual Lint "Why would anyone prefer to wield a weapon that takes both hands at once, when they could use a lighter (and obviously superior) weapon that allows you to wield multiple ones at a time, and thus supports multi-paradigm carnage?"
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If there were far more women in the IT field it would be a much better place to work since so much has become a daily experience in brutality as a result of outsourcing and the continued use of incompetent managers. More women would make them feel less inclined to act like men and be more of themselves, which would most likely bring a calming effect to a field that has been fraught with high stress, ridiculous expectations, massive project failure, and just general poor working conditions...
Steve Naidamast Black Falcon Software, Inc. blackfalconsoftware@ix.netcom.com
Steve Naidamast wrote:
If there were far more women in the IT field it would be a much better place to work since so much has become a daily experience in brutality as a result of outsourcing and the continued use of incompetent managers.
Incorrect. Women would not alter either of those.
Steve Naidamast wrote:
More women would make them feel less inclined to act like men and be more of themselves, which would most likely bring a calming effect to a field that has been fraught with high stress, ridiculous expectations, massive project failure, and just general poor working conditions...
If you are suggesting that women would fix that then no that is not correct.