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For ideas to thrive. landing yourself a space here does not come easily. it involves a stringent selection process, where founders are generally expected to be working on the product full—time, have a prototype or something to show, and already have some users. there is even a green tech meet up happening here in the open offices of investors and big tech companies will stop so for apps that want to find their way on the app store, well, google is over there, apple is over there, so there is help close at hand. in five years end, a1% of the founders based here are female. a very different pr...

Where people won't actually even conscious that they was a gender issue in tech and it wasn't anywhere in the conversation. we have to see it may be more diversity within venture capital teams, we have to see them actually, back in the same way as we have done at station f, really go out and increase the applicant pool and then the different start—ups that they are considering funding. buti that they are considering funding. but i think there is a lot that needs to be done to really get us to where we need to be. ~ , ,, to be. whether it is fitness a - -s to be. whether it is fitness apps th...

Selection process, where founders are generally expected to be working on the product full—time have a prototype or something to show, and already have some users. there is even a green tech meet up happening here in the open offices of investors and big tech companies will stop so for apps that want to find their way on the app store, well, google is over there, apple is over there, so there is help close at hand. in five years end, a1% of the founders based here are female. a very different proportion to that of the wider international tech scene. every sin . le international tech scene. e...

Partner programme i tech scene. every single partner programme we | tech scene. every single i partner programme we have at station f needs to do its best effort to get females in the applicant pool. necessarily selecting people, because they are female, we actually discourage quotas like that at station f what you believe that what you have more women at candidates, the conversion rate will be higher.— will be higher. dora founded blazer, parisien _ will be higher. dora founded blazer, parisien start-up i will be higher. dora founded i blazer, parisien start-up using blazer, parisien startâ...

Many opportunities, so many discussions. people are really engaged and they want to see a difference. and this was not the case from about ten years ago, where people weren't actually even conscious that there was a gender issue in tech and it wasn't anywhere in the conversation. we have to see maybe more diversity within venture capital teams, we have to see them actually, maybe in the same way as we have done at station f, really go out and increase their applicant pool and then the different start—ups that they are considering funding. but i think there is a lot that needs to be done to r...