The Venture Edge

What prompted what will be one of my rare rants was an email I received this morning touting several new books on women and entrepreneurship, which came on the heels of debate in the media about the appointment of Marissa Mayer as the new CEO of struggling search engine Yahoo, the ongoing questions about why there aren’t more women in C-level positions in Fortune 500 companies or on their boards of directors, and arguments about why women-owned firms tend to be smaller than men-owned ones.  Being a woman who has worked in male-dominated fields her entire adult career I had to weigh in, even if it might stir up some women who don’t necessarily agree with me.