Changing Silicon Valley’s Frat Boy Culture

However hard they may be clinging to the past, it’s time for Silicon Valley’s men to wake up to the fact that their boys’ club culture is dying out as the gender gap slowly, but surely, closes. By Vivek Wadhwa (Academic & Author, “The Immigrant Exodus: Why America...

Inside Silicon Valley’s Boys Club

Much as we’d like to think that Silicon Valley champions equality, its women are still facing prejudice and discrimination from its men. By Vivek Wadhwa (Academic & Author, “The Immigrant Exodus: Why America Is Losing the Global Race to Capture Entrepreneurial...

How To Hire and Keep Good Women Technologists

Vivek Wadhwa offers advice on attracting and retaining top female tech talent.  By Vivek Wadhwa (Fellow, Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University)  I recently posted about Dropbox’s hiring practices and how they put women at a disadvantage. But...
Calling All Engineers: Please Tell Us Your Gender Numbers

Calling All Engineers: Please Tell Us Your Gender Numbers

Vivek Wadhwa calls on startups and tech companies to support Tracy Chou’s project to collect data on gender in engineering.  By Vivek Wadhwa  (VP of Research, Singularity University) One of the technology industry’s most serious shortcomings is that it leaves...