It’s the babies, stupid

I've been to a few entrepreneur, venture capital, and private equity-related panels in the past few days, and I every time I go to one of these conferences, I'm struck by how male-dominated the room -- and the business world -- is, from seed start-ups all the way through private equity partnerships. As a general rule, I've seen that female CEOs in the world of Private Equity only exist as heads of Limited Partners.

These articles explore why female entrepreneurs have trouble securing venture capital for their business plans (it's the babies, stupid).

Silicon Valley Has a Woman Problem, But Women Still Have a Baby Problem 

Silicon Valley: You and Some of Your VC's have a Gender Problem

Capital Gains: Women, Babies, And Getting Ahead In Business

I wonder if and when this will change...