One goal I have for 2018 and beyond is to increase my participation in ongoing efforts to make tech workplaces more diverse and inclusive. It’s an urgent and critical problem; one only has to read Emily Chang’s latest book, Brotopia, to get a deeper understanding what has unfortunately become the experience of so many women in tech.…
The startup world has its own unique vocabulary, filled with acronyms, slang, and colorful phrases. An uninitiated listener would be understandably confused by a founder enthusiastically exclaiming, “We’re crushing it! Our lower CAC proves that the dogs are eating the dog food!*” But the core prerequisite for scaling a new company is a common, simple,…
These days, when you talk about your “communities,” you’re less likely to be referring to a small town like “Our Town’s” Grover’s Corners, than you are to your friends on Facebook, or an Instagram group chat. Online communities have simply become communities. Yet while these new communities are central to our lives, we’re still figuring…