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/