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Google just hired Ruth Porat, a former Morgan Stanley executive, to be its chief financial officer, and is paying her a reported $70 million. You’d think that’s a sign that things are looking up for women in the tech industry.

The percentage of computing jobs held by women has actually fallen over the past 23 years, according to a new study.

In 2013, just 26 percent of computing jobs in the U.S. were held by women, down from 35 percent in 1990, according to the study released Thursday by the American Association of University Women, a nonprofit that promotes gender equality. During that same period, the number of women earning computing degrees also declined.

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More Tech Services Stats

The median SaaS business loses about 10% of its revenue to churn each year and that works out to about 0.83% revenue churn a month

As with unit churn, companies with longer contracts (2+ years) tend to report lower annual dollar churn

The median startup spends 92% of first year revenue on customer acquisition, taking 11-months to payback their Customer Acquisition Cost

13.7% of sales are online

SAAS companies invest between 80% and 120% of their revenue in sales and marketing in the first 5 years of their existence

At Facebook, 15 percent of tech roles are staffed by women

In 2018, the revenue of General Dynamics amounted to nearly 36.2 billion U.S. dollars.

Non-renewal rates are higher than gross dollar churn rates and higher for shorter duration contracts. Source: ForEntrepreneurs

For a SaaS business of almost any scale, the valuation impact of better retention is in the tens of millions over time

High-growth companies are 8X more likely to reach $1 billion in revenues than those growing less than 20%.

More Culture Stats

in 2016, women-led companies received $1.46 billion in investments from venture capitalists. Male-led companies, on the other hand, received $58.2 billion

At Twitter, 10 percent of tech roles are staffed by women

63 percent of the time, women receive lower salary offers than men for the same job at the same company

The boom in the industry is creating more jobs for techies. Data reveals there were 627,000 unfilled positions in tech in April 2017

Women-led companies have historically performed three times better than those with male CEOs

Women in western countries use the internet 17 percent more than their male counterparts

A University of Texas study showed that women ask for $7,000 less than their male counterparts in job interviews

The venture-backed companies that were acquired most often had a 7 percent share of female execs, as opposed to 3 percent at unsuccessful (unacquired) firms

47% of millennials want to work at diverse companies, according to a recent study.

At Facebook, 15 percent of tech roles are staffed by women

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