Editor's Pick: GIT CEO Adriana Gascoigne: More Women in Tech Means More Problems Solved

GIT CEO Adriana Gascoigne: More Women in Tech Means More Problems Solved

Vivian Wagner Mar 3, 2017 7:12 AM PT
	Prior to founding Girls in Tech, Adriana Gascoigne was one of very few women working at a startup. "I'd look around the room every day and see that there was a huge problem of representation. I knew we needed to change the culture of the company to recruit more women and benefit more women, but we also needed diversity in product development ... to make a better product," she recalled. [More...]

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