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HP isn't dropping its demands for diversity at its ad agencies — and the new...

Last September issued its ad agencies an ultimatum: move the needle on the number of women and minorities in the teams servicing the brand, or risk losing the business.Today, the company said that...

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There might be a lack of diversity in Silicon Valley, but my tech startup...

CEO of Evite Victor Cho has worked in tech for three decades, and has seen the positive impact diversity has had on business success.Now he runs a company that is 60% women. The company achieved this...

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Tech companies have a Baby Boomer problem

All the recent focus on sexism and gender discrimination in Silicon Valley has obscured another long-festering diversity problem for the tech industry: ageism. Now job hiring website Indeed is shining...

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Apple reiterated its commitment to diversity — but it made little progress in...

Apple released its latest diversity report Thursday. Among the company's leadership and tech-worker ranks, women made only a slight gain while underrepresented minority groups actually lost ground....

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Tech workers are now earning an average of $135,000 but black tech workers...

Tech salaries are on the rise, up 5% to $135,000, according to research from job hunting site Hired.Yet for all the talk about increasing diversity in the tech industry, the data shows that race has an...

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This Stanford grad went from living in motels to working in VC — here's his...

As an African-American, Frederik Groce, an associate at Silicon Valley's Storm Ventures, is a rarity in the venture capital world, where only 3% of all employees are black.In addition to being an...

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Tech's diversity problem is even bigger than we realized — here's why that's...

Silicon Valley has long had a diversity problem.Women, African-Americans, and Latinos are underrepresented in the tech industry and tend to be paid less than their white male counterparts.But the...

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This tech investment firm published startup diversity stats for the first...

Tech startups and investment remain fairly homogeneous, with ethnic minority and female founders still in the minority.One problem is that no one really wants to disclose how lacking in diversity they...

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She helped one company define a new market. Now, former MetricStream CEO...

On Thursday, Okta shareholders voted to bring Shellye Archambeau, former CEO of MetricStream, on to its board of directors.Okta CEO Todd McKinnon believes Archambeau's experience in helping a company...

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Here's the breakdown of how Microsoft managers earn their cash bonuses,...

As some employees inside Microsoft decry the company's diversity efforts, they claim that managers have financial incentives tied to diversity.This, it turns out, is true, according to a post that...

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Over 100 Riot Games employees walked out protesting the company's policy on...

Over 100 Riot Games employees walked out of work on Monday afternoon to protest the company's forced arbitration policy for worker disputes.The walkout follows months of turmoil at the video game...

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Satya Nadella says the 'brilliant jerk' phenom in tech 'is done,' but it...

Microsoft was one of the original "brilliant jerk"tech cultures.But Satya Nadella has done a lot to overhaul the company's culture.Nadella became CEO five years ago, but has worked at Microsoft for...

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Google employees are circulating a memo written by a former Googler who says...

In a memo that's circulating through Google, a former employee who recently decided to leave described the racism they felt as a black person working at the company."I never stopped feeling the burden...

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Only 40% of venture firms say investing in underrepresented founders is a...

Megan Holston-Alexander is a senior associate at Unusual Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm started by former AppDynamics founder Jyoti Bansal and former Lightspeed general partner John...

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How to get a $100,000-plus career in cloud computing without a college...

Broadus Palmer flung himself into a high-paying career in cloud computing without a college degree and says anyone can do the same.His path to tech was a long and windy one which began in earnest by...

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Trump's executive order is already scaring companies away from diversity...

Summary List PlacementThe CEO of a diversity training consulting firm said Thursday that her company has already lost a client due to President Trump's recent executive order. We just lost our first...

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NFL superstar Malcolm Jenkins just created a venture capital fund focused on...

Summary List PlacementTwo-time Super Bowl champion and New Orleans Saints star Malcolm Jenkins launched a new venture capital fund last week called Broad Street Ventures. It's funded entirely by Black...

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The ultimate guide to getting a job at Shopify. Here's how to land one of the...

Summary List PlacementShopify, the e-commerce powerhouse known for creating technology that enables merchants and entrepreneurs to easily set up online stores, has had a big 2020. The Ottawa-based...

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In a hopeful sign for tech diversity, Harlem Capital raised $134 million for...

Summary List PlacementHarlem Capital, a Black-led VC firm focused on backing founders from diverse backgrounds, has just raised a new fund.The firm announced in a blog post on Wednesday that it had...

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Initialized's Alda Leu Dennis takes inspiration from 'Rooney Rule' to invest...

Summary List PlacementThe venture capital market is ablaze with eye-popping deals these days — but relatively few involve female founders. That doesn't sit well with Alda Leu Dennis, a general partner...

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