30 years of being the only woman in the room — and how that’s changing

&gt; “Girl” was one of those boxes, and he lost a killer co-founder because he couldn’t let her win.<p>in all fairness, these same alpha male-types do the same thing to men they perceive as non-threats. most of them have no problem pigeonholing men they deem weakly inferior into the same category as &quot;useless slut.&quot; the best way to deal with them? emasculate them in every which way right from the beginning.

&gt; Women represent less than ten percent of venture capitalists, according to the Kauffman Foundation. Per Pitchbook, only 13 percent of first-half 2013 venture investments went to women.<p>When I do those numbers, it seems being a woman is a very significant advantage in this case? 30% above average success rate?