"Brotopia" author on Silicon Valley sexism
Silicon Valley may be a place of incredible innovation, but some say what most needs to change is its own business culture. A new book called "Brot...
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Silicon Valley Techies Still Think They're the Good Guys. They're Not. | WIRED
Silicon Valley is slow to come to terms with the fact that it's become the new Wall Street. In 2018, that needs to change. “In 2008, it was Wall...
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Ashamed to work in Silicon Valley: how techies became the new bankers
The Guardian, 2017: “Wall Street has long been the industry people love to hate. But as big tech’s reputation plummets, suddenly a job at Facebook...
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what happens when a culture is driven by the need for money to make more money
Resist and Thrive – Yancey Strickler – cofounder of Kickstarter. Nov 9, 2015 "We don’t expect everyone doing a Kickstarter project to become a ...
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GSD, Get Shit Done: The Worst Startup Culture Ever
GSD! Just ship it! Fail fast! Fire fast! HUSTLE! They’re the battle cries of the startup world, which maintains a culture of moving quickly. Maybe ...
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Theranos and Silicon Valley's 'Fake It Till You Make It' Culture | WIRED
Elizabeth Holmes, the CEO of the once highly touted blood-testing startup, is accused of an "elaborate years-long fraud." “Startup culture vener...
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'They'll squash you like a bug': how Silicon Valley keeps a lid on leakers
Working for a tech company may sound like all fun and ping-pong, but behind the facade is a ruthless code of secrecy – and retribution for those wh...
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‘Where I got it wrong’: The Wing’s Audrey Gelman confronts the realities of rapid growth
For years, Gelman was the archetypal girlboss. But despite raising some $118 million and building a buzzy brand, there was more going on behind the...
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It Doesn’t Have to Be Crazy at Work, by Jason Fried, David Heinemeier Hansson
Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson, the authors of the New York Times bestseller Rework, are back with a manifesto to combat all your modern ...
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Access & Opportunity Podcast || Carla Harris and Freada Kapor Klein
Carla Harris talks to Freada Kapor Klein of the Kapor Capital, which invests in entrepreneurs who are women or from multicultural backgrounds.
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Tim O'Reilly's argument against Reid Hoffman's "Blitzscaling" — Quartz
Blitzscaling promises to teach techniques that are “the lightning fast path to building massively valuable companies.” But it's not a recipe for su...
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The Tech Revolt — The California Sunday Magazine
A sometimes pointed, sometimes resigned conversation with engineers, designers, research scientists, and job candidates who are pushing for a more ...
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Inside Facebook's 'cult-like' workplace: dissent is discouraged and employees pretend to be happy all the time
Former Facebook employees detailed how the company's leadership and performance review system have created a "go along" culture
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An Alternative History of Silicon Valley Disruption | WIRED
Three recent books challenge the tech industry's myths of self-reliance and prescience.
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Kickstarter Employees Win Historic Union Election
The final vote was 46 for the union, 37 against, a historic win for unionization efforts at tech companies.
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