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Actor looks the part... which speaks to how many people buy into stereotypes about what a CEO looks like.
VCs are shit at picking winners, largely because they only pick young white boys.
In a year of uncertainty, VCs acted like funding female founders was risky — but the real risk is in leaving them behind.
Suit alleges that toxicity in the company hurts Pinterest’s “nice” brand image.
Women Who Tech's report on the sexism and toxic workplace culture in Silicon Valley.
Black start-up founders in Silicon Valley have plenty of stories of racism, but unlike employees at companies, there are few laws protecting them from discrimination.
“If you’re young, privileged, and interested in creating a life of meaning, of course you’d be attracted to solving problems that seem…
There‘s a dearth of black investors in venture capital’s upper echelons and little investment in start-ups with black founders.
Sarada, an assistant professor in the Department of Management and Human Resources at the Wisconsin School of Business, looks at the state of inventor demographics in a little-known era of early American history, 1870-1040. Sarada’s findings were included in a bill currently in Congress that advocates for study of and legislation for greater numbers of women, minority, and veteran patent holders.
When no female directors were nominated for the “Best Directors” Oscars category this year, Bette Midler called for a new awards ceremony, the ...
MIT team estimate that out of their own university, 40 companies that could have been founded by women just don’t exist. Venture capital firms are pledging to increase the number of women in leadership positions in their companies.
Statistics show more women are going freelance. Here's the freelance advice you need.
Closing a legal loophole will improve the tech industry’s office culture—and help gig-economy workers and other independent contractors, too.
Tech CEOs have wrestled greater control of their companies than ever—making it impossible to address bad behavior properly.