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title: 'Forbes' Features Abby Ross's Leadership Lessons for Women in Tech
description: 'Forbes' Features Abby Ross's Leadership Lessons for Women in Tech
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# ['Forbes' Features Abby Ross's Leadership Lessons for Women in Tech](https://blog.thinkcerca.com/abby-ross-writes-forbes-leadership-lessons-women-founders-tech-start-ups)

 Written by [Claire Podulka](https://blog.thinkcerca.com/author/claire-podulka) | October 21, 2014

The tech sector can be a notoriously difficult place for women. From distasteful gaffes to a small number of women represented on boards, it's easy to see why. Yet, despite these hurdles, ThinkCERCA COO Abby Ross says the startup space hasn't been an issue for her.

> Maybe it’s the dynamic between me and my co-founder, Eileen Murphy Buckley, or the fact that we’re an ed-tech company that operates in a female-dominated industry (nearly two-thirds of teachers in the U.S. are women). I’d like to think it’s because we built an amazing product that helps great teachers teach better.

In addition, Abby has a few tips for surviving this male-dominated field, which she shared via a guest blog post on *Forbes*.

[**Read Abby's leadership tips here >>**](http://www.forbes.com/sites/yec/2014/10/21/3-leadership-lessons-for-women-co-founders-in-tech/)

 

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