Overview
Overview:
This website is, quite simply, a list of women entrepreneurs, business owners, authors, podcast hosts, and speakers. It is not an exhaustive list, but it is a start. If you want women to feature in your panel, this website should make it even easier to find them.
This website was created by Sarah Peck and Alex Peck as a “Romjul” project (Romjul is the Nordic word for the time between Christmas and New Years).
Sarah, an author who works in the tech startup scene, found herself having one type of conversation far too often. “I tried to find more women for my panel, but I just couldn’t seem to find any,” someone would say to her. She started keeping a spreadsheet and sharing the list with people every time this conversation came up. Digging deeper, she and her partner Alex found that this “subtle bias” was rampant and, without thoughtful efforts to the contrary, stayed consistent.
They decided to take the list and make it into a public website.
Spud’s Thoughts:
As someone who is always try to find good speakers and social entrepreneurs to feature at my retreats and gatherings, finding the female voice can sometimes be difficult. There’s no reason it should take more effort to identify those voices, but at times, it does. Having a database of people to scroll through is super helpful.
