At the GLAAD Media Awards last weekend, Facebook was recognized for its support and protection of the LGBT community over the past couple years.
But why, you ask, would an ostensibly neutral, public platform want to support and protect any …
We told you earlier that Facebook had won a coveted GLAAD Media Award for its significant, long-term work with and for the LGBT community. We told you that the awards show would be a Cirque du Soleil-meets-Glee-meets-Beverly McClellan, star-studded orgy …
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Have you taken inventory of your coworkers recently? And have you noticed the lack of women, and specifically women in leadership roles within the science, technology, engineering and math (or STEM) fields? Why is that?
To me, the definition of …
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Forbes today published its Midas List, an annual recounting of who’s who among the top investors around the globe.
We took a look at the tech sector, and of the top 100 investors chosen to be listed, only five were …
This week, we told you about Etsy’s new grant program to get women into a summer school for hackers.
Marc Hedlund (pictured) is Etsy’s vice president in charge of all things engineering-related, and he’s actually the one who spearhearded the …
Etsy’s community is famously female-driven, so it makes sense that the company would look to women in hosting a developer initiative, as well.
The company is an online marketplace for handmade and vintage goods, and it boasts a huge audience …
Women might be outnumbered in tech, but there’s one area where we outnumber the dudes: virtual freelancing.
Yes, according to one study, women make up 55 percent of the online marketplace of freelancers. Data from talent firm Zinnov show the …
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Jeremy Lin is the talk of the NBA. Sportswriters everywhere are busy cranking out column inches on what people have called the ultimate Cinderella story: The emergence of an Asian-American Harvard graduate, seemingly from nowhere, as one of the NBA’s …
“In college, I wanted someone to talk to about being gay and found someone through Craigslist. Clearly a poor decision in retrospect, despite the fact that I did end up finding a mentor who helped me come out.
“However, I …
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Until just a few years ago, CIOs have largely been defined by how well they could deliver products or solutions to their core customer, the business user.
However, as the cloud emerges as a truly viable alternative to IT, it …
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Although women have made much progress in reaching the leadership levels of business, such progress is disappointing and stalled.
Why is this such a stubborn issue? Why aren’t more women making it to (and staying at) the top?
The answer …
Every now and then, we hear from a female startup founder who says she’s having a hard time raising money. She can’t quite figure out if it’s her idea or her slide deck or — and no one wants to …
Every now and then, we hear from a female startup-founder who says she’s having a hard time raising money. She can’t quite figure out if it’s her idea or her slide deck or — and no one wants to think …
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Startups are not too hard for women. Women just have to work way harder to create a startup.
In the midst of my life as a fundraising CEO, I am going to posit one thing: That the ramen-eating, asocial women …
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services director Alejandro Mayorkas is getting serious about creating reforms that would make it easier for foreign entrepreneurs to settle in the US.
A group of VCs, academics and thought leaders recently petitioned Mayorkas about the …
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There’s a lack of women in the startup economy, but it’s not a problem.
First of all, if diversity was really a problem in the startup world, VCs would be solving it. Because VCs like making money, and VCs are …
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Women and minorities are fighting for a place in fast-growth science and engineering-driven industries, and the struggle is stoking a heated dialogue, especially at its epicenters in Silicon Valley and the emerging New York City tech hub.
VentureBeat recently debunked …
The professional venture capital community is more diverse than ever, but employment is still largely dominated by white men, according to the results of a joint census conducted by the National Venture Capital Association and Dow Jones VentureSource, which was …
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Editor’s note: CNN’s upcoming documentary, Black in America 4, has sparked a heated discussion about race in the tech industry. VentureBeat has asked several black entrepreneurs to contribute their opinions prior to the airing of the show on Sunday November …
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Editor’s note: CNN’s upcoming documentary, Black in America 4, has sparked a heated discussion about race in the tech industry. VentureBeat has asked several black entrepreneurs to contribute their opinions prior to the airing of the show on Sunday November …
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