Silicon Valley companies are making news these days for their efforts to fix the underrepresentation of women in tech. Many are focused on increasing the pipeline of women studying STEM in high school and college. But pipeline factors are not the only reason for the low numbers of women: Companies are failing to retain the female employees they have. A study by Jennifer Glass and coauthors in 2013 found that women leave STEM fields at dramatically higher rates than women in other occupations. After 12 years, 50% of technical women, predominately in engineering and computer science, had switched to other fields; 20% of other women professionals had done the same.

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Less time in soul-sucking commutes, more time with family: Workers are happier when they don't have to go to work every day. Link to the article about Richard Branson. "In this increasingly connected world, you really can work from anywhere" along with a picture of him on top of a mountain, you might feel jealous as you read from your cubicle. But while we can't all work from our own private island instead of an office, maybe we can start working a little more like Branson. Remote working is becoming more popular and accepted-and it's time for it to be embraced by the entire working world.

Tech jobs are among the fastest growing in the country, yet girls are being left behind. While interest in computer science ebbs over time, the biggest drop off happens between the ages of 13-17. The gender gap in computing has actually been getting worse since the 1980s. By 2020, there will be 1.4 million jobs available in computing related fields. US graduates are on track to fill 29% of those jobs.
Women are on track to fill just 3%.Girls Who Code was founded with a single mission: to close the gender gap in technology. The Girls Who Code are building the largest pipeline of future female engineers in the United States.

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According to one 2015 study in the U.S., only 25% of speakers at tech events are women - and in Europe certain conferences have fewer than 10%. Why is it so important to feature more women at conferences? Women add new and fresh perspectives to line-ups and panels. And those ideas that can help any business, explains entrepreneur Cindy Gallop: ''There's a huge amount of money to be made out of taking women seriously''. Also, by not speaking at conferences, ''women are losing out on big opportunities'' to promote themselves and their businesses, says tech entrepreneur Anna Rose.

Turning an idea into reality is no easy journey, and every entrepreneur has hit bumps in the road and overcome obstacles. But the great thing about entrepreneurs is that they're pretty freaking resilient, and many are willing to pass along their knowledge to a new generation of business owners. If you dream of starting your own business, you should add these books for aspiring entrepreneurs written by women to your TBR pile.