Diversity

23 Aug

If you can’t hire black and Latino tech workers, you’re not really looking, says Walker & Company CEO Tristan Walker by Eric Johnson

On paper, Tristan Walker could check off a lot of the standard boxes for "Silicon Valley entrepreneur." He has an MBA from Stanford and a résumé that includes Twitter, Foursquare and four years as entrepreneur-in-residence at Andreessen Horowitz. However, the CEO of Walker & Company Brands...

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23 Aug

Kobe Bryant Reveals $100 Million Fund For Tech, Media And Data by Darren Heitner

Kobe Bryant says the beautiful part of business is that there are no salary cap restrictions. The retired NBA superstar will get to put that theory to test as he embarks on a new journey off the court — managing a $100 million venture...

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22 Aug

John Maeda’s New Design Problem: Tech’s Utter Lack Of Diversity by Katharine Schwab

Design evangelist John Maeda recently announced that he's joined Automattic, the parent company of WordPress.com, WooCommerce, Jetpack, and others. His new title? The global head of computational design and inclusion—which means he'll be overseeing design efforts as well as identifying exclusionary aspects of the company's...

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22 Aug

Innovative Google Chrome Extension Makes It Easy To Find Black Businesses by Taryn Finley

A growing number of people, celebrities included, have publicly expressed their support of black-owned businesses. But, at times, it can be difficult to find where certain products or services from black-owned business are available to consumers. One woman just came up with an innovative solution...

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19 Aug

Leading National Diversity-Serving Organizations Awarded $2.9 Million National Science Foundation Grant

WASHINGTON D.C (August 11, 2016) – In an effort to increase the diversity of engineering faculty, the National Science Foundation awarded $2.9 Million to the following leading national engineering diversity organizations: Great Minds in STEM (GMiS), American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES), MAES: Latinos...

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