At least half a dozen startup founders from non-Western markets say YC's fully remote S20 Demo Day put them on a more equal footing with their US counterparts
Due the merchant connected nature of their business the founders didn't bother applying to YC having to operate on a different timezone than their customer. Virtual YC baited them. They applied. Got i...
As tech giants renew vows to diversify their workforces, a look at why their efforts have fallen short, especially in retaining new Black and Latinx employees
Quora Inc., which runs the eponymous questions and answers website, couldn't figure this one out: Why were so many Black … Tweets: @rebeccamkern , @dinabass , @girlsintech , @paigesmithnews , @adblanc...
Interviews shed light on the strained relationship between Masayoshi Son and Vision Fund leader Rajeev Misra, who some say has created a divisive workplace
Son's support tested after $18 billion in writedowns, clashes with internal rivals — In early March, before the coronavirus pandemic triggered … Tweets: @economictimes , @andresbarreto , @bradstone ...
Intel's US pay disclosure report shows 26% of white men are in the top tier, making at least $208K, while less than 10% of black employees are in the top tier
and it's not pretty! https://www.bloomberg.com/... pic.twitter.com/VSqQPpjsys Fatima Goss Graves / @fgossgraves : Intel shared its pay data not just with the EEOC (as companies now are required to do...
Overview of startup exits outside Silicon Valley from the past ten years, not including Asian companies: Sweden edges out UK, Boston remains big, more
There's never been a better time to build a company outside the Bay Area — The Bay Area has been the best place to build a startup for the last two decades. Tweets: @niklas_a and @stevecase Tweets: ...
Research: white and Asian women paid 3% less than white and Asian men in same tech jobs last year; Latinx and black women paid 9% and 11% less than white men
Data reveals the wage gap … Erin Carson / CNET : Equal Pay Day: Women in tech are still making less than men Tweets: Rani Molla / @ranimolla : The gender wage gap is smaller in tech, but it will hurt ...
Line names founder Shin Jungho as co-CEO to drive the Asian chat app's expansion from ads into payments, banking, and other fintech businesses
Mark Zuckerberg recently outlined a strategy that would see the future of Facebook in private messaging. Shin Jungho, the reclusive founder …
Profile of Alex Zhou, who built his US-based e-commerce site Yamibuy into a $100M business by serving the untapped Chinese migrant community
Zen Soo / South China Morning Post : Tweets: @scmp_news , @shanghaiist , and @jrichlive Tweets: @scmp_news : How a taste for soy inspired a Chinese graduate to build US$100 million e-commerce busines...
Apple diversity report: staff is 32% female worldwide, no change YoY; in US, 54% white, down 2% YoY, 13% Hispanic, up 1% YoY, 21% Asian, up 2% YoY, and 9% black
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Google hires ex-Intel VP Danielle Brown as VP of Diversity, says 20% of tech employees are now women, 1% are black, 39% are Asian, 53% are white
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