Pinterest CEO Ben Silbermann is stepping down and transitioning to executive chairman, to be replaced by Google's president of commerce Bill Ready
and Google's e-commerce exec takes the reins Mahira Dayal / The Information : Pinterest Bets Big on Commerce With CEO Hire; A Science Creator Shuns YouTube Ad Share Abner Li / 9to5Google : Google lose...
Tweets by 8VC's Joe Lonsdale about “woke” tech diversity prompt swift criticism from tech investors as he attempts to recontextualize his earlier statements
Last week, in response to someone who tweeted that VCs were racist, venture capitalist and entrepreneur Joe Lonsdale … Tweets: @thevaluesvc , @ceonyc , @triketora , @brianbrackeen , @jtlonsdale , @jtl...
Analysis of internal data at Coinbase through 2018 highlights pay inequity for women and Black employees; Coinbase says it implemented a new compensation plan
often an important part of pay at start-ups—the compensation for women and men was roughly the same” In conclusion: women are paid slightly more in stock options for a company about to go public & mig...
Sam Altman loses 2015 bet against a tech bubble, as 1 of the 3 portfolios failed to achieve its proposed valuation by Jan. 1, 2020, will give $100K to a charity
In 2015, Sam Altman wrote a post titled “Bubble Talk” which lamented the “boring reading” of ongoing press coverage of a bubble … Tweets: @vivekraju93 , @zachgins , @triketora , @balajis , @synopsi , ...
An excerpt from “Uncanny Valley”, a memoir on the aspiration, ambivalence, and disillusionment of Silicon Valley startup culture
Life in Silicon Valley during the dawn of the unicorns. — Depending on whom you ask, 2012 represented the apex, the inflection point … Tweets: @tmytrn , @oteghauwagba , @devapriyaroy , @laurengoode ...
A look at the state of diversity and inclusion in the US tech industry, and why new startups and VCs with inclusive-minded CEOs are critical for change
Where the industry needs to go from here — Silicon Valley is entering a new phase in its quest for diversity and inclusion in the technology industry. Tweets: @amydiehl , @steven_aquino , @arlanwash...
As Lyft, Pinterest, Postmates, Slack, and Uber prepare to go public, VCs are preparing to invest in a new wave of startups created by employees enriched by IPOs
SAN FRANCISCO — Riley Newman, a former head of data science at Airbnb, set out in mid-2017 to raise a venture capital fund that would invest in a multitude of tech trends. Tweets: @triketora , @eringr...
How sexist undercurrents, from a widely-used Playboy image to personality tests favoring men, turned Silicon Valley into a brotopia despite early women pioneers
Lena Söderberg started out as just another Playboy centerfold. The 21-year-old Swedish model left her native Stockholm … Tweets: @triketora and @mims Tweets: Tracy Chou / @triketora : the most iconic...
Sources: at least three prominent investors have decided not to fund HQ Trivia after finding troubling conduct on part of the founders, particularly Colin Kroll
When the New New Thing Is an Old Thing: Bicycles Madison Malone Kircher / New York Magazine : HQ Founder Accused of ‘Creepy’ Behavior Toward Women Steve Kovach / Business Insider : HQ Trivia was getti...
Interview with Uber's HR chief Liane Hornsey on the firm's efforts to improve its work culture since Susan Fowler's blog post
Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @triketora , @triketora , @ericajoy , @susanthesquark , @wsj , @sw , @lkherman , @sfiegerman , @danprimack , @danprimack , and @demetria_g Tweets: Tracy Chou / @triketor...