Snap's first head of diversity, equity, and inclusion shares the plan she's...
Summary List PlacementSilicon Valley has long struggled with its reputation as a predominantly white "boys' club," and Snap Inc., the social media company behind Snapchat, Spectacles, and Bitmoji, is...
View ArticleAmazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google employees have reportedly shelled out...
Summary List Placement A new Wired report shows overwhelming support from Silicon Valley employees for Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden over President Donald Trump as the Nov. 3 election draws...
View ArticleHere's the pitch deck that won Silicon Valley's Bespoken Spirits $2.6 million...
Summary List PlacementBespoken Spirits, the drinks startup using machine learning to age whisky faster, has raised $2.6 million in seed funding. The Silicon Valley-based firm is working to disrupt the...
View ArticleGoogle just released plans for a massive new 79-acre campus in San Jose — see...
Summary List PlacementGoogle released some new details about its planned San Jose campus on Thursday, with renderings and a 473 slide deck. The renderings give an idea of how Google envisions the new...
View ArticleFrom pay cuts to permanent work-from-home, here's how Silicon Valley...
Summary List PlacementThe future of Silicon Valley may bear little resemblance to the thriving hub we knew before the pandemic. Since the coronavirus pandemic hit the US in March, tech companies based...
View ArticleWe're a group of female executives at some of America's most innovative...
Summary List PlacementWe are women who work at some of the nation's most innovative and successful companies. We compete fiercely, sometimes with one another. But we all agree that America will be...
View ArticleJoe Biden's VP pick Kamala Harris has held prominent roles in California...
Summary List PlacementSEE ALSO: Kamala Harris, Joe Biden's VP pick, comes from a family of lawyers and Stanford graduates. Meet the family.DON'T MISS: Meet Kamala Harris, Joe Biden's pick for vice...
View ArticleThese are the 20 richest places in the US
Summary List PlacementBloomberg released its annual Richest Places index. The Silicon Valley neighborhood of Atherton came out on top for the fourth year in a row. The index ranks the wealthiest...
View ArticleRent for a studio in San Francisco plummeted over 30% from this time last...
Summary List PlacementThe rent for a studio in San Francisco fell more than 30% from what it was last year, yet another indication that remote work and the pandemic are altering the city's real estate...
View ArticleI stepped down as CEO of my company after battling fertility issues, cancer,...
Summary List PlacementOn October 13, 2020 I stepped down as CEO of CircleUp, the company I started in 2011 with my cofounder, Rory Eakin.Leaving the best job I ever had — at the company I helped to...
View ArticleSilicon Valley's workforce is feeling more burned out than before the...
Summary List PlacementAs the coronavirus crisis stretches into the fall, Silicon Valley's workforce is more burned out than ever before. That's according to a new survey from anonymous workplace chat...
View ArticleRecruiters and headhunters say these are the 8 hottest law firms to work at...
Summary List PlacementThe "wild West" days of Silicon Valley are no longer, and law firms have increasingly been turning their attention westward, seeking to establish a presence in the Bay Area amid...
View ArticleAn unused Carnival cruise ship could soon become a floating office where...
Summary List PlacementA company wants to take a Carnival cruise ship, rendered useless by the COVID-19 pandemic, and turn it into a floating office for tech workers as the industry shifts to remote...
View ArticleStartups run by women of color need money from investors, not empty platitudes
Summary List PlacementToo many women of color are being asked to prove first that our ideas are worthy of investment, while white founders get the benefit of the doubt over and over again. What we...
View ArticleSilicon Valley's biggest billionaires have reportedly poured millions into a...
Summary List PlacementSome of Silicon Valley's biggest tech leaders have poured millions of dollars into a secretive Democratic super PAC that has booked a series of television ads speaking out against...
View ArticleCheck out the pitch deck a serial founder used to raise $10 million from...
Summary List PlacementCap table management startup Pulley has just raised $10 million in a funding round led by Stripe. Founded in 2019, Pulley provides tools to help companies model dilution in future...
View ArticleThe startup behind these $199,000 backyard tiny homes that can be built in a...
Summary List PlacementA Silicon Valley startup, Abodu, is delivering accessory dwelling units (ADUs) that can be installed in just one day.Abodu just raised $3.5 million in VC funding led by...
View ArticleInside a 'haunted' 150-year-old million-dollar castle hidden away in San...
Summary List PlacementAlbion Castle is a four-story castle in San Francisco that was built in 1870 as a home and brewery.The tech hub has grown up and around it over the decades, and now the castle is...
View ArticleThis VC has heard almost 500 pitches over Zoom. Here are the 3 biggest...
Summary List PlacementVenture capital has always been a relationship driven business. With early-stage companies there is no track record to look at and little data to reassure investors. Instead, VCs...
View ArticleReddit employees will keep their coveted San Francisco salaries if they move...
Summary List PlacementReddit will keep paying its employees their San Francisco salaries if they decide to leave the region for more affordable locales, the company said in a Tuesday blog post."To...
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