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Gendered Ventures
Liquidity events. “Money shot” revenue graphs. Seed funding. Do the all-male metaphors in venture capital reveal something about the culture of startup funding? That’s the provocative case Portland...
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Where was Nike’s board of directors?
The recent press revelations about Nike’s hostile culture toward women throw up questions about the sportswear company’s corporate governance model. Nike has 12 board members, several of which are big...
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Opinion: Addressing barriers to gender equity in tech
Technology has been shaping our lives for decades and will continue to do so for decades to come. At its core, it’s an industry run by humans and their flaws, and together they have a huge impact on...
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Women’s work
In the mid-’90s, women made up only about a fourth of the manufacturing workforce in Oregon. Two decades later, that number remains unchanged. And the picture looks just as dim at the national level,...
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She Work
After moving to Portland from Los Angeles seven years ago with her infant daughter, Melanie Marconi worked remotely for two years from her living room. It was a set-up she soon tired of. She yearned...
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24 Oregon women participating in Farm2Food Accelerator program
Twenty-four Oregon women are participating in a Farm2Food Accelerator program meant to help foster a new, climate-change informed farming network. The Farm2Food Accelerator is 15-week online...
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Staff at 10 Legacy Women’s Health Clinics Announce Intent to Unionize
Health care professionals at 10 women’s health clinics in the Legacy Medical Group have announced their intent to unionize with the Oregon Nurses Association. According to a press release issued by...
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Textured Hair Styling Academy L&M Hair Company Wins $20K Key4Women Grand Prize
Portland-based textured hair salon and styling academy L&M Hair Company was announced last week as the winner of Key Bank’s Key4Women pitch contest, a business pitch contest developed in...
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