If Nothing Else, Silicon Valley Reality Show Proves the Existence of Female Tech Entrepreneurs

Even though 2010’s The Social Network renewed mainstream interest in the tech industry for the first time since the dot-com boom (and crash) of the early aughts, the narrative in the media about Silicon Valley has remained the same, a rather dated one about boy wonders—like Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg and Instagram’s Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger—getting rich, changing the world and attracting the girls who used to ignore them when they were geeks. But Bravo’s new reality series about Silicon Valley might change that widely held impression of the tech world by casting female entrepreneurs.

Zuckerberg’s sister Randi is an executive producer of Silicon Valley which is meant to show the reality of the business in contrast to the Hollywood treatment it received in The Social Network. The series is currently filming and will premiere sometime this winter. According to The New York Times, industry insiders are not happy that the goings-on of their insular world will become entertainment for the likes of Real Housewives fans. They are “rankled” and “terrified” that they will become a “laughing stock.”