LEGO, Sexism, and Stereotype Threat

I love LEGOs. So, when I saw the page yesterday of the new LEGO Minifigures (sent to me by Lucy Sanders, the CEO of National Center for Women & Information

July 16, 2011 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Return Path Joins The NCWIT Workforce Alliance

My long time friend Matt Blumberg, the CEO of Return Path, wrote a blog post today titled A New Kind of Partnership for Return Path. In it he talks about

March 9, 2011 · 2 min · Brad Feld

More Women In Tech Discussions

The blogo-twitter-sphere erupted this weekend in response to an article in the WSJ on Friday titled Addressing The Lack Of Women Leading Tech Start-ups. I missed most of it as

August 29, 2010 · 1 min · Brad Feld

The Discussion About The Lack of Women In Tech

The meme of the lack of women in tech (or software, or entrepreneurship) appeared in several places today.  Regular readers of this blog know that I’ve been the chairman of

July 15, 2010 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Are Storytellers The Best Programmers?

As Fred Wilson likes to say, often the best content for blogs is in the comments.  In this case, it was in an email I got from Boaz Fletcher in

April 28, 2010 · 3 min · Brad Feld

NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing

I had an amazing day on Saturday in Charlotte, North Carolina.  I attended the Bank of America Technology Stars of the Future awards ceremony for the NCWIT Award for Aspirations

March 29, 2010 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Things Women Entrepreneurs Can Learn From Indian Entrepreneurs

I’m extremely impressed with Vivek Wadhwa’s posts on TechCrunch.  He’s been blogging periodically for them since last fall and has shown that he’s willing to take on difficult, controversial, and

February 21, 2010 · 3 min · Brad Feld

NCWIT Board Evolution

I’ve been involved in helping start a number of non-profits.  One of them – National Center for Women & Information Technology – has surpassed my wildest expectations.  Lucy Sanders and

January 22, 2009 · 2 min · Brad Feld