Ezra Klein isn’t the only founder of Vox

Ann Friedman writes about 16 women who’ve launched startups that haven’t gotten Ezra- and Nate-like attention. One of those women is Vox co-founder Melissa Bell.
“The idea is that tech companies have a woman problem and these new startups have a woman problem,” says Melissa Bell, a cofounder of Vox. “But wait a sec, I’m the technologist and a woman.” After a Guardian story framed a series of new startups, including Vox, as boys’ clubs, Bell pushed back. Despite media narratives that have erased her from the equation, Bell is an equal cofounder. “It’s kind of a chicken and egg thing,” she says. “Is it the media’s fault for picking up on Ezra? Is it my fault for not speaking up?”