While the tech startup sector is booming and making rapid advances, it lacks a key component: diversity. White males dominate the industry, with women making up only 3% of the CEOs in the startup ecosystem, according to Entrepreneur Magazine.
Luckily, Denver is home to one of the largest groups working towards gender diversity in the startup sector: Women Who Startup (WWS). The community is now known as one of the fastest growing female entrepreneur platforms in Colorado and beyond.
Women Who Startup was founded in 2013 by Lizelle van Vuuren. As most women working in tech do, van Vuuren noticed the lack of female colleagues at networking and community events, and decided to do something about it. She began Women Who Startup, which holds monthly events to help educate, inspire, and connect female entrepreneurs.