A look at Atlanta's emergence as a tech startup hub, bolstered by the diverse entrepreneurial talent coming from regional colleges like Georgia Tech
More than a dozen current and ex-Amazon corporate employees say its Black staff often face direct and insidious bias that harms their careers and personal lives
Interviews with diversity managers and internal data obtained by Recode indicate that Black Amazon employees are promoted less frequently … Tweets: @jordanweyenberg , @delrey , @delrey , @delrey , @de...
A high-profile engineer at Mailchimp accuses the company of “sexism and bullying” in her resignation announcement
- Mailchimp engineer Kelly Ellis quit Wednesday after accusing the company of “sexism and bullying.” — Ellis said in a Twitter thread that she resigned after a conversation about pay “went south.” Tw...
Profile of Google Cloud's Kelsey Hightower, a respected figure in cloud computing and one of the few prominent Black men in enterprise infrastructure tech
Peter Idah had met Kelsey Hightower before. But this time, he brought his son. — It was March 2016, and the Kubernetes jamboree … Tweets: @kelseyhightower , @jbeda , @apbhatnagar , @marktechson , @...
A look at OATV's Indie.vc, a VC firm that invests modest amounts between $100K to $1M to power more sustainable tech startups and fund more diverse founders
Why a new approach to venture capital is powering more sustainable startups — and funding more diverse founders Tweets: @casey__allen , @joshuaogundu , @harryalford3 , @sirjrg , @jamieogrady , @sether...
A look at the emergence of Atlanta as the nation's black tech capital, where about 25% of tech workers were reported to be African American in 2016
ATLANTA — Over an iPad and a cup of tea, Marcus Blackwell Jr. is talking up his mobile app that uses music to help kids learn math. Tweets: @jguynn , @carnage4life , @nmsanchez , @usatoday , @geoffdun...
Sources: Amazon in late-stage talks with several cities including Crystal City, VA, Dallas, New York for HQ2, may place smaller operations in runner-up cities
What Happens Next to Tech Stocks Worldwide Nat Levy / GeekWire : Amazon reportedly in ‘late-stage’ discussions with HQ2 finalists New York, Dallas and Northern Va. Rick Smith / WRAL TechWire : Report:...
Pandora says it plans to add about 250 jobs in Atlanta over the next three years in engineering, sales, legal, and human resources
Michael E. Kanell / Atlanta Journal-Constitution : See also Mediagazer
Yik Yak founders confirm they are shutting down the app, and a few staffers will join Square in Atlanta
We started Yik Yak in 2013 because we wanted to help you connect with the people right around you on campus, whether you knew them or not. And from the University of North Florida couple who met …
Yik Yak founders confirm they are shutting down the app, and a few staffers will join Square in Atlanta
We started Yik Yak in 2013 because we wanted to help you connect with the people right around you on campus, whether you knew them or not. And from the University of North Florida couple who met …