Analysis

January 29, 2020

Do Spanish startups have a macho problem?

The hispanic world is stereotyped for having its own brand of misogyny — Machismo — but is it a real problem in Spanish startups?


Tim Smith

6 min read

Sienna Brown, founder of Las Morenas de España

At an after-work event for a well-known Spanish online travel startup last year, a senior manager sips his beer and says to one of his female employees: “It’s pretty surprising how many women we have working here, given that there are so many numbers involved in this job.”

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Nerea Torres, chief executive of Siemens Logistics in Spain and president of EJE&CON
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Source: BBC
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Clelia Morales, founder of fertility app Woom
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Úrsula O'Kuinghttons, Spanish chapter head for Chicas Poderosas
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Tim Smith

Tim Smith was news editor at Sifted. He covered deeptech and AI, and produced Startup Europe — The Sifted Podcast . Follow him on X and LinkedIn

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