Time to sever ties with Peter Thiel? Silicon Valley fights over his donation...
Peter Thiel‘s $1.25 million donation to Donald Trump‘s presidential bid has touched off a Silicon Valley firestorm. Should companies and organizations associated with Thiel, a major investor,...
View ArticleMark Zuckerberg points to Facebook’s mission in defense of Peter Thiel
Connecting the world is Facebook’s mission, and Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s CEO, wove that mission in his defense of company board member Peter Thiel over his recent pledge of $1.25 million to GOP...
View ArticleDiversity advocate Ellen Pao joins Kapor Center
Gender equality advocate and former Reddit CEO Ellen Pao is getting back into the investing game. On Tuesday the Oakland-based Kapor Center for Social Impact announced Pao has joined the team as a...
View ArticleEllen Pao to Jack Dorsey: It’s time to get Trump off Twitter
As inauguration festivities kicked off Friday morning, Americans in the “Never Trump” camp had to finally face the reality that Donald Trump is, indeed, their new president. But while anti-Trumpers...
View ArticleSilicon Valley stars talk politics at Crunchies awards show
President Donald Trump wasn’t invited to the Crunchies on Monday night, but he was there — in nearly every acceptance speech and bad joke throughout the tech awards show. Silicon Valley’s finest...
View ArticleEarly Stage: Meet the startup that’s prevented 25 child and teen suicides so far
Startup of the week: Who they are: Bark, an Atlanta-based startup that launched last year. What they do: The app is designed to protect children and teens online by using artificial intelligence to...
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Early Stage: Turning crooked carrots and weird watermelons into gold
Startup of the week: Who they are: Imperfect Produce What they do: This San Francisco-based startup takes the ugly, misshapen and oddly colored fruits and vegetables that farmers would otherwise throw...
View ArticleEllen Pao’s diversity project shows small gains in first report
A year ago, as a growing number of tech insiders lamented the lack of diversity in the industry, Ellen Pao set out to do something about it. Pao, who became a household name during her gender bias...
View ArticleSneak peek of Ellen Pao’s tell-all memoir: ‘I didn’t have regrets’
Losing her high-profile gender discrimination trial against one of Silicon Valley’s most prominent venture capital firms hurt, but she doesn’t regret the fight, Ellen Pao writes in her new memoir. The...
View ArticleEllen Pao on ‘The Daily Show’: ‘It’s about right and wrong’
Silicon Valley’s own Ellen Pao appeared on “The Daily Show” on Wednesday night to discuss sexism, exclusion and how the tech industry developed a “cool frat boy culture.” The appearance came the day...
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