Comments on: Funding: Why money is missing when it comes to creating and sustaining female leaders in high tech http://www.theglasshammer.com/news/2010/05/06/funding-why-money-is-missing-when-it-comes-to-creating-and-sustaining-female-leaders-in-high-tech/ The Glass Hammer is an online community designed for women executives in financial services, law and business. Visit us daily to discover issues that matter, share experiences, and plan networking, your career and your life. Get a new job right here! Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:51:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Monica http://www.theglasshammer.com/news/2010/05/06/funding-why-money-is-missing-when-it-comes-to-creating-and-sustaining-female-leaders-in-high-tech/comment-page-1/#comment-10952 Monica Thu, 09 Dec 2010 03:39:11 +0000 http://www.theglasshammer.com/?p=4745#comment-10952 Yes, the VC world can be a bit cumbersome and this truly is not just for women. The entire landscape is risky at best, but with risk comes reward. I feel that knowledge for anyone regarding venture capital helps dispell all of the myth and the chaos. There is actually systems in place to help manage risk for all concerned, and above all intigrity for a journey worth traveling should be at the forefront. Yes, the VC world can be a bit cumbersome and this truly is not just for women. The entire landscape is risky at best, but with risk comes reward. I feel that knowledge for anyone regarding venture capital helps dispell all of the myth and the chaos. There is actually systems in place to help manage risk for all concerned, and above all intigrity for a journey worth traveling should be at the forefront.

]]> By: Kelly Ann http://www.theglasshammer.com/news/2010/05/06/funding-why-money-is-missing-when-it-comes-to-creating-and-sustaining-female-leaders-in-high-tech/comment-page-1/#comment-10012 Kelly Ann Sun, 26 Sep 2010 14:57:13 +0000 http://www.theglasshammer.com/?p=4745#comment-10012 Why don't you just become men if you want to compete in their world so badly. The institutions aren't changing - I think we see that by now. They were male-created, are still dominated by male-psyche, and you have female leaders who are simply transmuting themselves into little versions of men. Its like the institution of slavery - still 100 years later, we are haunted by its residual effects. You will not change long standing institutions within 50 or even 100 years, just accept it. Go out and create your own. Why don’t you just become men if you want to compete in their world so badly. The institutions aren’t changing – I think we see that by now. They were male-created, are still dominated by male-psyche, and you have female leaders who are simply transmuting themselves into little versions of men. Its like the institution of slavery – still 100 years later, we are haunted by its residual effects. You will not change long standing institutions within 50 or even 100 years, just accept it. Go out and create your own.

]]> By: Nicki http://www.theglasshammer.com/news/2010/05/06/funding-why-money-is-missing-when-it-comes-to-creating-and-sustaining-female-leaders-in-high-tech/comment-page-1/#comment-7848 Nicki Fri, 21 May 2010 15:11:39 +0000 http://www.theglasshammer.com/?p=4745#comment-7848 Linda, very insightful and useful. Yes i would agree with you. Linda, very insightful and useful. Yes i would agree with you.

]]> By: Linda Bishop http://www.theglasshammer.com/news/2010/05/06/funding-why-money-is-missing-when-it-comes-to-creating-and-sustaining-female-leaders-in-high-tech/comment-page-1/#comment-7670 Linda Bishop Thu, 13 May 2010 16:42:11 +0000 http://www.theglasshammer.com/?p=4745#comment-7670 Read this because it intrigued me. Almost thirty years ago, I was the only non-clerical woman at a company. When I wanted to go into sales, my boss dithered. I quit when they gave a man who had been there less time than me the opportunity to sell. So I got another job and applied that great business lesson--the best revenge in life is success. We may decry it but all humans are attuned to and watching for differences. That's why I think part of the 21st skill set for women is selling ourselves when we are the solution. Smart selling starts with rapport building and finding common ground. Before anyone buys what you're selling, they have to first buy you. You may be a financial advisor or you may be a geek with a brilliant idea--in either case if you're asking me to give you money, then I have to buy you first no matter what your sex. Maybe the real key to solving the VC issue is to teach more women to sell their benefits, understand that "no" can just means no today, and to know where to knock next when one slams in our face. Read this because it intrigued me. Almost thirty years ago, I was the only non-clerical woman at a company. When I wanted to go into sales, my boss dithered. I quit when they gave a man who had been there less time than me the opportunity to sell. So I got another job and applied that great business lesson–the best revenge in life is success.

We may decry it but all humans are attuned to and watching for differences. That’s why I think part of the 21st skill set for women is selling ourselves when we are the solution. Smart selling starts with rapport building and finding common ground.

Before anyone buys what you’re selling, they have to first buy you. You may be a financial advisor or you may be a geek with a brilliant idea–in either case if you’re asking me to give you money, then I have to buy you first no matter what your sex.

Maybe the real key to solving the VC issue is to teach more women to sell their benefits, understand that “no” can just means no today, and to know where to knock next when one slams in our face.

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