Tech Industry’s Diversity Problem Starts in College — and Earlier
“The pipeline problem.” That’s the catch-all phrase that keeps coming up in discussions of diversity in Silicon Valley. Tech companies say they’d love to hire more women and minorities, but that too few qualified candidates are graduating with technical degrees. That leaves them choosing from an applicant pool that is largely white, male and Asian. “We [...]
Read More3 Reasons Tomorrow’s Tech Industry Will Be More Culturally Diverse
The issue of diversity is frequently brought up across industries. It’s popularly framed in the context of top-level executive positions at Fortune 500 companies, head football coaching jobs and elected government officials. But what does this conversation look like when we discuss it in the context of digital media, given its prominence in today’s modern [...]
Read MoreThe Niche Within a Niche Idea, Don’t Bring Sand to the Beach
As evidenced by you reading this right now, the Internet is definitely here to stay as a medium of exchange, commerce and ideas. That’s great right? Revolutionary, innovative and all that, correct? Yes but your start up doesn’t have to be billed as an online start-up, a social networking community, a blog, an e-commerce site or produce revenue [...]
Read MoreThe BW20 Stimulus Plan
President Obama has taken swift action to turn around America’s steep economic downturn by wasting no time and moving an $820 billion stimulus package proposal through congress. Still, a little more scrutiny could have been used in deciding where the money will and will not be spent. How is $50 million dollars in grants to [...]
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