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Wednesday Google hosted a special edition of their annual "Demo Day" event featuring 11 early-stage startup companies founded by women from eight different countries. More than 450 women from 40 different counties applied for a spot, and the winner of the competition was Bridgit, a fast-growing Canadian company which provides a mobile communications platform for construction teams. Online voters also awarded the "Game Changer" title to KiChing, a startup that's actively addressing Mexico's unique e-commerce challenges. But all of the startups at Wednesday's event were already actively raising series-A funding, and "We aim to help connect them to mentors, access to capital, and shine a spotlight on their efforts," said Mary Grove, the director of Google for Entrepreneurs, addressing the Demo Day audience in San Francisco.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 15 2015, @03:57AM
The saddest thing is that in attempting to dismiss the validity of this event, Archon used the exact kind of sexist stereotyping that caused people to do a woman-focused event in the first place.
His 100% contrafactual post, the up-mods (without even a single down-mod or even a disagree so far) along with the enthusiastic support of posters like darkfeline and runaway1956 should be enough to convince even the most die-hard self-styled empiricist that sexism is endemic in our community. But what is certain to happen again (because it has happened so many times before) is that instead of turning that critical gaze inwards, he and his buddies will just do it all over again the next time soylent runs a story that makes them feel small. It will simultaneously comfort them and show everybody else that they are the problem they deny even exists.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 15 2015, @03:43PM
Someone accuses Google of poorly vetting their attendees and not actually caring about women entrepreneurs and just trying to appease college-age brats.
You accuse that person of sexism.
Which side of this is the MRAs? I'm having a hard time figuring it out.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 15 2015, @04:44PM
Someone accuses Google of poorly vetting their attendees and not actually caring about women entrepreneurs and just trying to appease college-age brats.
He literally said that the women there had no "tangible vision or leadership traits." That's the way bigotry works - apply a negative stereotype in order to rationalize prejudicial beliefs.