Posted by Guest Author on Mar 10, 2010 in Featured, News | View Comments
By LIMOR ELKAYAM | Guest Writer
There’s been a lot of chatter lately about the lack of female founders in the tech space and some are even questioning if VCs have a gender problem.
Being a female founder of the startup iSpotaStory.com, I started wondering…Is it really any different than being a male founder?
My first reaction was no, but after thinking about it, I realized there are striking differences.
I’ve always had a lot of guy friends and even if there were girls around, I never really paid attention. I knew the tech space was dominated by guys, but I never really noticed that there were no iconic female founders; a la Mark Zuckerberg.
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Posted by Vadim Lavrusik on Feb 8, 2010 in News, The Pitch | View Comments
Limor Elkayam founded iSpotaStory in 2009 after working in the media industry and being unsatisfied with what was out there. (Photo by Vadim Lavrusik)
After several years in the media industry, Limor Elkayam grew frustrated with the way her employers were managing their Web sites. For some, it simply wasn’t a priority and for others their strategy was off.
“I saw a lot holes in the way they were running their sites, and I wanted to fill the gap,” Elkayam said.
The former TV news producer decided that she would start her own user-generated news site, iSpotaStory, which allows users to submit the best stories from around the Web and add their own supplemental elements to the story.
This includes videos or links to other related stories, enabling users to create topical content pages like one for the Super Bowl or the iPad. She hopes the site will not only help filter the Web, but also provide a one stop shop for trending topics on the Web.
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There’s been a lot of chatter lately about the lack of female founders in the tech space and some are even questioning if VCs have a gender problem. 
