This shouldn’t come as a surprise to most of you reading this post, but it is worth stating: Fintech has a diversity problem. Specific numbers for diversity in fintech are hard to nail down. But we do know that both technology and finance have a...
From the very beginning, my partners and I at Cofound Harlem have been completely candid that "Cofound Harlem is an experiment." We wondered what would happen if a group of 20-something-year-olds took on the bold and seemingly insurmountable task of helping to transform an entire...
Technology hasn’t always been the most diverse industry, and today it still needs more work, but progress has been made. More women are becoming engineers and programmers, and the landscape is shifting to compensate for the lack of equality. Dr. Rebecca Parsons, CTO at ThoughtWorks Inc.,...
Women of color can be particularly susceptible to putting in hard work while letting others take all the shine. But it's important for women to speak up and promote themselves, said Sandee Kastrul ⇒, president and co-founder of i.c. stars, a technology-based leadership and workforce development...
SAN FRANCISCO — Entrepreneur and diversity advocate Laura I. Gómez has raised $2 million for her 20-month-old recruiting software start-up Atipica, believed to be one of the largest seed funding rounds for a Silicon Valley technology company run by a Latina founder. The round is led...