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anthonyb on July 24, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: How We Got 50 Women to Our Hackathon (And You Can,...

Except that it's mentioned on the very first line:

> About a month ago, Hack’n Jill organized a hackathon with a simple goal: get 50 men and 50 women in a room to build something to improve their summers.

ja30278 on July 24, 2012 [–]

Having a 'goal' of 50 women is quite different from having a quota of 50 men.

anthonyb on July 24, 2012 | [–]

Not if you're limited to 100 participants.

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