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Random Notes: Gender/VCs, Parenting Teens, Eco-Invites

1)  Businessweek recently posted an interesting piece by Jeff Bussgang (note: male perspective) on gender and leadership in the VC realm.  In it, he offered up several ways to look at sexism in that field – which then launched some engaging discussion in the comments (and yes, I added … Read on >

The Shifting Gender Balance Question

There have been a lot of interesting discussions about gender balance and power shifts lately.  One was Morice Mendoza’s BusinessWeek piece (he is also the editor of Women-omics.com, to which I contribute) about the World Economic Forum in Davos, and another was a New York Times articleRead on >

A “World Forum” Without Women?

Given the topic of economics from the global perspective, how is it possible that a thought leader gathering could have so few female participants?  That’s exactly what Morice Mendoza, editor of Women-omics discusses in his BusinessWeek article on the 2009 World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos.  In it, … Read on >