Not all unicorns are wounded or dying. And no, this isn't about Uber. In an environment when many late-stage investors are marking down the value of their stakes in billion-dollar startups, Sprinklr, an enterprise software company that helps big companies manage their social media presence,...
The technology industry’s diversity deficit is no secret, and with the issue out in the open, attention is turning toward potential solutions. To that end, the Washington Technology Industry Association produced a comprehensive listing of 55 programs in the state already working to help women,...
“How many white male CEOs are in this room,” asked former NBA commissioner David Stern from the back of the room, “versus the one for the China roundtable next door?” Stern, who is white and male, had a point. Here at the annual Fortune Brainstorm Tech...
Another Bay Area tech company is setting up shop in Seattle. This time it’s analytics startup Mixpanel, which recently opened its first remote engineering office in the South Lake Union WeWork building with three employees. The San Francisco-based company plans to hire at least eight more...
WASHINGTON — Black Entertainment Television founder and serial entrepreneur Robert Johnson has a simple answer to explain the lack of diversity in the startup community – lack of money. “African Americans lag in a significant way in personal net worth, and that’s a problem in this...