Women In Business – The Cat Fight Myth

I believe that’s why the myth soldiers on… to keep us from talking. 😉 By Tara Hunt (Co-Founder & CEO, Buyosphere) My #1 pet peeve is the “women don’t support one another” myth that gets thrown around all too often and by men and women alike. First off, let...

Gender In Tech: No Longer A Silent Issue

Ellen Pao’s lawsuit allows our community to discuss these “women in tech” issues as real problems. By Cristina Cordova (Business Development, Pulse) TechCrunch reported that Kleiner Perkins Partner Ellen Pao sued her firm for gender and sexual discrimination. A friend...

Racism and Meritocracy (Engineers Don't Blog)

By Hadiyah Mujhid (Co-Founder, Black Founders) It was never my intention to write about racism and meritocracy. Mainly, because I hate “talk” and prefer to “do”. Not saying that “talk” and discussion isn’t helpful, but its never been my thing, I “do”. So it slightly...
Racism and Meritocracy (Engineers Don’t Blog)

Racism and Meritocracy (Engineers Don’t Blog)

By Hadiyah Mujhid (Co-Founder, Black Founders) It was never my intention to write about racism and meritocracy. Mainly, because I hate “talk” and prefer to “do”. Not saying that “talk” and discussion isn’t helpful, but its never been my thing, I “do”. So it slightly...
Racism and Meritocracy

Racism and Meritocracy

By Eric Ries (Contributing Writer, TechCrunch) Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you can’t have missed the recent dust-up over race and Silicon Valley. Like almost every discussion of diversity and meritocracy in this town, it turned ugly fast. One side says:...