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DATA MINE Aug. 25, 1999 Geeks in Skirts Say bye-bye to a cyberworld dominated by guys toting arcane software codes and pocket protectors. According to a recent report, women from all over the globe are poised to jump onto the World Wide Web in a big way. And they won't just be surfing. They'll be launching and leading a whole new crop of Internet startups over the next five years. Surprisingly, women aren't expected to make their biggest splash in the U.S. In a recent study, Japan ranked as the best place for female entrepreneurs. Here's where women will do best: COUNTRY RANKING Japan 1 U.S. 2 Canada 3 Australia 4 Britain 5 Spain 6 Ireland 7 France 8 The Netherlands 9 Portugal 10 DATA: Computer Economics, based on each country's projected Internet usage growth, education levels for women, and education incentives related to the Net _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ BACK TO TOP					MORE NUGGETS What Strikes a Chord with Online Music Buyers? Getting CDs from online stores, more than downloading music files E-commerce Eats into Traditional Commerce Why brick-and-mortar merchants have to hustle to protect their turf Think Web, Think AOL AOL has a commanding lead of mind share The Mother Lode Collected nuggets from Data Mine