Fortune 500 companies with at least three female directors have seen their return on invested capital increase by at least 66%, return on sales increase by 42%, and return on equity increase by at least 53%. In a study by…
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Perhaps no one understands the inefficiencies plaguing the global healthcare industry better than Nina Nashif. After more than 15 years of experience in healthcare management, Nashif believes she has found a viable solution to the sector’s woes: entrepreneurs. In…
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Rana el Kaliouby can read your face like a book–and her insights could rewrite the rules of consumer engagement. El Kaliouby and her MIT Media Lab colleague Rosalind Picard are the minds behind Waltham, Mass.-based startup Affectiva, whose flagship…
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The U.S. government isn’t exactly known for its efficiency or speed. But during her nine years at various national security agencies, including working with the director of national intelligence and the secretary of defense, Michele Weslander Quaid acted like an…
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In Making Hiring Decisions, Men and Women Still Assume Women Are Bad At Math by Sydney Brownstone
17 March 2014Views: 972One of the most stubborn and pervasive gender-based stereotypes out there is that women are bad at math. I’ve heard versions of this pseudo-scientific crap voiced by technical and non-technical people alike, by stone-cold sexists and friends I respect, too.…
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Women Dominate Every Social Media Network — Except One , by Catherine Clifford
9 March 2014Views: 964A greater percentage of adult U.S. women use Facebook, Tumblr, Pinterest, Instagram and Twitter than their male counterparts. The one social network that boasts more men is the professional-networking site LinkedIn. learn more in entrepreneur Women Dominate Every Social Media Network…
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Definitely the autumn/winter and spring/summer division is blurred with longer summers and winters, making the fashion trends wider. Despite the influence of street style and the crazy growing – and less clear – number of trends, they are still…
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Women Outnumber Men in Berkeley’s Intro to Computer Science by big think editors
28 February 2014Views: 990Here’s an exciting first which hopefully indicates a promising trend: This year women outnumber men in UC Berkeley’s introductory computer science course. learn more in big think Women Outnumber Men in Berkeley’s Intro to Computer Science by big think…
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Young Female Entrepreneurs’ Advice on Securing Funding by Rebekah Epstein
26 February 2014Views: 956As I mentioned before, the world better be prepared, because there is a new, fearless breed of young female entrepreneurs taking over. These ladies are making their dreams a reality by putting their ideas out there, rallying for support,…
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These Women Are Building The Software That Quietly Runs The World by Julie Bort
25 February 2014Views: 978It’s no secret that there are far fewer women technologists working in the industry than men. When it comes to computer-related jobs, men outnumber women at a rate of about 4 to 1. And when it comes to the…