Last week, one of my favorite CK clients, Merrily from over at EEO Legal Solutions, reached out and asked for some help brainstorming on a tricky issue. I won’t get into the legal details – in large part because they seem horribly confusing and I...
Last week, I was talking to one of our team about a talented developer who I wanted to lure away from her current job with the promise of a superhero cape and Wine Fridays. It seemed like I might have a chance – but then I got the disappointing news: Since she...
This weekend Michelle and I will be mentoring and presenting at Reed College’s Working Weekend on women in tech. Here’s the handout we’ll be giving to students on resources for women interested in pursing a career in tech. Please note that these...
Commerce Kitchen’s ownership team is primarily women (3 out of 4 of us). We do our best to encourage women in tech spheres. We support Lady Coders and Women Who Code when we can. We try our best to interview at least one woman every time we have an open position. We...
Tech conferences are notoriously bad at including female speakers, presenters, and panelists, and a whole lot of people are working to change that. Since Thursday, three of us from Commerce Kitchen have been lucky enough to be in Austin for the annual South By...
This past summer when we were going through a rapid growth spurt, we were put in touch with the fantastic Katie Weiss, founder of the Denver/Boulder chapter of Women Who Code. New Why is proud of the fact that 100% of our ownership team is women, and we’re...
