Industry

How One of the Most Powerful Women in Tech Beat Uber in China (Bloomberg)

Jean Liu is the president of Didi Chuxing, one of the world’s biggest ride-hailing services. More

How to Build a Great Relationship With a Mentor (HBR)

The research on the power of mentorship is pretty clear: People with mentors perform better, advance in their careers faster, and even… More

Best Cities for Women in Tech (FB)

If you’re a woman in the technology industry, you may want to head to Baltimore, not San Francisco. SmartAsset published a report… More

Why MBA Programs Want to be Classified as STEM Studies (Quartz)

With applications to American MBA programs falling for five years straight, business schools across the US are scrambling to find new ways… More

Fearless Fund Launches $5M Dollar VC Fund for Women of Color Entrepreneurs (Forbes)

There is a glaring inequality in the world of venture capital that too often leaves black women at the short end in… More

Study: Women’s Share of U.S. Corporate Board Seats Rises, but Not Top Roles (Reuters)

Women gained seats on U.S. corporate boards at a steady pace in recent years, but their share of top board leadership roles… More

Melinda Gates Leads $50M Initiative to Boost Women in Tech (Crunchbase)

The majority of venture capital dollars flow to the Bay Area and New York, but Melinda Gates is trying to change that.… More

Women in Tech are Taking to TikTok to Roast the Male-Dominated Industry for its Diversity Issues (Insider)

Emily Kager only downloaded TikTok a few months ago. Originally, the 25-year-old software developer only wanted to use the app to relate… More

How Women Can Gain More Venture Capital (Thrive Global)

By now, we’re aware that female entrepreneurs face harsh barriers to gaining venture capital funding. In recent years, studies have shown that… More

‘Uncanny Valley’ Reveals What it’s Really Like to Work in Tech (HuffPost)

Ask someone what working in Silicon Valley is like, and they’ll probably default to industry buzzwords and rhetorical talking points: unicorns, clouds,… More

How This CEO is Streamlining the Copyright Process for Independent Artists (Forbes)

Jessica Sobhraj, cofounder and CEO of Cosynd, is on a mission to be the central hub that creators use to protect their… More

The 5 C’s That Can Help Businesses Ride Out Tough Times (MESA)

With corporate CFOs expressing worries that 2020 could bring a recession, businesses small and large know they need to hope for the… More

Goldman Sachs Won’t Take Companies Public if They Have All-Male Corporate Boards (Forbes)

Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon told CNBC that the investment bank wouldn’t take companies public unless the company had at least one… More

Pay Inequity is Still a Thing – And it Matters (Chief Executive)

With the war for talent still raging, CEOs should be sending the message to both current and future employees that they value… More

Women in Tech Statistics: The Hard Truths of an Uphill Battle (ITworld)

Despite national conversations about gender diversity in tech, women are still underrepresented, underpaid and often discriminated against in the tech industry, numbers… More

Spotify Official Speaks on Female Inclusion (DT)

Spotify Chief Content Officer Dawn Ostroff discussed the company’s expansion into podcasts, female inclusion in the industry and the Spotify business model… More

Tamr Brings Asher-Dotan on as Chief Growth Officer (MESA)

Enterprise data unification and data mastering specialist Tamr has hired longtime marketing executive Lital Asher-Dotan as the company’s first chief growth officer,… More

Latin America is the New Hub for Female STEM Entrepreneurs (Story Exchange)

Latin America has seen a rise in female STEM entrepreneurs, thanks to an influx of accelerators and mentoring initiatives to get more… More

Sundance, Adobe Launch $10K Women Artist Fellowship (THR)

Sundance is about to inaugurate a new fellowship. The Park City, Utah-based film festival and institute and software maker Adobe announced the… More

The Engineer’s Guide to Career Growth (First Round)

Raylene Yung likes to say that her path into engineering management was in some ways gradual, and in others, a wild ride… More