03/08/2025
One Perspective Is Never Enough.
Today is International Women’s Day! A celebration of the women who drive innovation, build companies, and lead industries.
Yet in tech, the room still looks the same:
Crowded with men.
The data makes it clear:
• Women make up only 28% of the tech workforce.
• Just 16% of engineering roles are held by women.
• Only 10% of Fortune 500 tech CEOs are women.
And for venture-backed startups?
Less than 2% of funding goes to female-led companies.
The way we work has fundamentally changed.
Remote teams have shattered the old office walls, expanding our access to global talent, cultural intelligence, and diverse perspectives.
Yet many leadership teams still operate hearing from the same networks, same backgrounds, same worldviews.
The best decisions come when you blend perspectives.
So ask yourself:
• When you make executive hiring decisions, are you hearing from both men and women?
• Is your leadership team benefiting from global, cross-cultural insights—or just the usual POV?
• Are you intentionally seeking out experts who challenge blind spots and push smarter decisions?
In a world where tech leadership is still 80%+ male, it’s easy to default to the same networks, same advice, and same outcomes.
But you have options.
You can choose to work with women.
You can choose to embrace global perspectives.
You can choose to build a leadership team that reflects the world we live in.
Tech is crowded with men.
The best founders break the pattern.
This International Women’s Day, don’t just celebrate women.
Work with them. Learn from them. Build with them.
