What to Say When Someone is Being a Jerk
How do you reply when someone makes insensitive or obnoxious comments? Here’s one founder’s suggestion. By Karen X. Cheng (Co-founder, Giveit100) “If I had known you would become pregnant, I wouldn’t have invested in your company.” This is what an investor...How to Deal with Oafs, AKA the Adria Richards Mess
A female developer evangelist calls out a couple of misbehaving males for making sexist jokes at a conference, getting one of them fired. All hell breaks loose online. What lesson, if any, can we learn from this unsavory incident? By Jessica Stillman (Editor, Women...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...