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Tokyo Forum on Women and Foreign Nationals in Information Society

The following is a summary of the keynote speech by Professor Saskia Sassen at the Tokyo Forum on October 16, 2001


Women and Information Technologies

Saskia Sassen (Ralph Lewis Professor of Sociology, University of Chicago and Centennial Visiting Professor, London School of Economics)



Table 2: Women Start-Ups-Owned and Operated (some have been sold off, not indicated here)(source: Dotcom Divas, 2000)
Category Website
Portal, Content and Community Ventures Astronet
  AudioBasket
  eSampo
  lVillage
  ThirdAge Media
Web-Based Service Ventures Desktop.com
  EDGAR Online
  E-Loan
  NetCreations-bought by an unnamed third party for cash, not up anymore
E-Commerce Ventures Della.com-renamed weddingchannel.com
  Eve.com-out of business, now recommends sephora.com
  oneNest
  Petopia-finished, bought by petco
  Sparks.com
  SuperVerticals
E-Business Applications and Web Technology Ventures CoVia
  eCommerce Industries
  Marimba
  RightWorks
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