#GAReads | Forget golf courses and cigars: A new networking startup is focused on executive women
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“Forget golf courses and cigars: A new networking startup is focused on executive women”:
Golf courses. Steakhouses. Cigar bars. These are the stereotypical images that come to mind when picturing male executives networking. A nearly year-old startup is taking advantage of this cultural moment — the long-overdue focus on diversity and gender equality — and creating an alternate kind of networking opportunity.
“For generations, there have been these places where men typically have an opportunity to come together and blend professional and personal. And for women, there just wasn't that place,” said Carolyn Childers, co-founder and CEO at Chief, a private network for senior executive women. Its physical homes are two clubhouses in New York City, with more to come in Los Angeles and elsewhere.