Summary: Women and Tech. This week - we ask the hard question. Has anything really changed? Then, IPO’s are hot summer news. WeWork, Uber and Lyft. This is Future Forward, I’m Alexa Scordato and I’m Steve Rosenbaum, Let’s Launch. Women In Tech - Today: 5 Creative Ways Female Founders Fund Their Startups http://entrepreneurship.babson.edu/how-female-founders-fund-startups/ Q2 2019 Diversity Report: Underwhelming Funding For Female Founders, We Ask VCs Why https://news.crunchbase.com/news/q2-2019-diversity-report-underwhelming-funding-for-female-founders-we-ask-vcs-why/ IEEE Survey Finds That Female Technologists Face Unequal Treatment and Sexist Workplaces https://spectrum.ieee.org/the-institute/ieee-news/ieee-survey-finds-that-female-technologists-face-unequal-treatment-and-sexist-workplaces Debunking Three Myths About Women in Tech https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/336237 How To Foster Immediate Lasting Success For Female Entrepreneurs And Startups https://www.forbes.com/sites/daniellebrooker/2019/06/25/how-to-foster-immediate-lasting-success-for-female-entrepreneurs-and-startups/#637dcd083417 IPO’S pre and post: Uber and Lyft -- Opinion: Uber and Lyft IPOs mean the cheap rides are coming to an end https://www.marketwatch.com/story/uber-and-lyft-ipos-mean-the-cheap-rides-are-coming-to-an-end-2019-05-09 Why Lyft Is the Worst Thing to Happen to the IPO Market https://www.thestreet.com/markets/ipos/why-lyft-is-the-worst-thing-to-happen-to-the-ipo-market-14924630 Uber and Lyft drivers demand better pay, workplace protections and driver-led unions https://techcrunch.com/2019/07/18/uber-and-lyft-drivers-demand-better-pay-workplace-protections-and-driver-led-unions We Work - IPO - Danger Ahead? WeWork Co-Founder Has Cashed Out at Least $700 Million Via Sales, Loans https://www.wsj.com/articles/wework-co-founder-has-cashed-out-at-least-700-million-from-the-company-11563481395?mod=breakingnews https://techcrunch.com/2019/07/18/wework-ceo-adam-neumann-has-reportedly-cashed-out-of-over-700-million-ahead-of-its-ipo/
