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If you’re a man between the ages of 18 and 35, you used to be tech industry’s most coveted prize. You were the one who decided what products failed and what products succeeded. That’s why companies like Asus tweet ridiculous, sexist stuff. That’s one reason why less than 10 percent of venture capital-backed companies have female founders and there is a massive gender gap in tech. The technology industry’s focus on men is reflexive and all too intuitive to the men who run the companies. And it’s built on a plain wrong reading of the reality of the market.

The Atlantic

More Tech Services Stats

80% of venture capital investments take place in the enterprise

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

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

Growth rate accelerates in the expansion stage ($2.5M – $10M ARR)

After $10M in ARR, the median growth rate slows to just under 50%

In 2018, the market size of information technology outsourcing amounted to 62 billion U.S. dollars.

The top 50% of the fastest growing SaaS businesses generate much higher upsells than their competitors. The larger the business, the greater the impact of upselling

If your Net Revenue Churn is high (above 2% per month) it is an indicator that there is something wrong in your business

When venture capitalists participate in seed rounds, the average round size is 3x larger

Agile projects are twice as likely to succeed as projects run with traditional project management

More Culture Stats

It’s been reported that women who work in computer and mathematical fields earn 80 cents to the dollar that men earn doing the same job

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

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

Google only has a 30 percent female workforce

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

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

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

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

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

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