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Entrepreneur Debra Chen Share C-Level Executive Stories By Women and For Women Meet Debra Chen. She created a media channel to help women professionals share stories. Debra entered the work world on the male dominated trading floor of Lehman Bros. and is currently working with IRTH Communications working in the Investor Relations communications consulting area where she has a chance to share thoughts and ideas with other C-Level executive women. We interviewed Debra recently to talk about her new channel called - Vanity + Trade . Debra shares her story and her motivation to create this unique on-line channel for women. 

It’s no secret that women in tech roles in STEM—the science, technology, engineering and math industries—face significant challenges.  Catalyst ’s groundbreaking new global report,  High Potentials in Tech-Intensive Industries: The Gender Divide in Business Roles ,  shows that those on the business side are impacted too, and it reveals a culture that is particularly unwelcoming to women, no matter what the job. This research is the first to study men and women in business roles in technology-intensive industries such as high tech and telecommunications, oil and gas, and automotive manufacturing. It shines a light on the male-dominated culture of STEM companies as a whole and provides specific steps organizations can take to better attract and retain talented women across both its tech and business sectors.   “STEM companies face a serious talent drain as women take their skills elsewhere, but these organizations also have a remarkable opportunity to turn things aroun...

Nerd Stalker contributor Ramine Darabiha , interviews Jori Lallo , one of the founders of Finnish startup Shobble . Shobble is a service that allows users to submit and rate different stores. The site just launched, and currently focuses on women's products. The problem is quite simple: buying products online requires a lot of trust, and in Europe, delivery is often an issue. The service is being built by a single student, Jori Lallo, who happens to be one of the team members of Aalto Entrepreneurship Society, which we've covered earlier here .