"I’ll bet that if Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs had even one woman on his executive team, the iPad would have been given a different name. Otherwise why would Apple (AAPL) give its new device a name half of the population equates with feminine hygiene?"

“Addressing the Dearth of Female Entrepreneurs” (BusinessWeek)

via jenbee:

Ran into a colleague at breakfast yesterday morning and we were discussing the iPad. I was surprised by how horribly awkward it felt to say it out loud in polite company. I’m pretty sure that I don’t want to buy one now. (Which has nothing to do with the product itself, which I totally covet.)

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