NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--JPMorgan Chase is more than doubling the size of its global Small Business Forward program, it announced today, by committing $75 million over the next three years to support women, minority and veteran-owned small businesses. This includes a $1.9 million grant to the...
As Uber prepares to open its new offices in the former Sears building in Oakland's Uptown neighborhood, a different kind of technology hub is settling into its own new headquarters just a few blocks away. The Kapor Center -- part nonprofit, part community center and part...
Facebook's third diversity report in two years shows its demographics have shifted very little, with African Americans and Hispanics still comprising a tiny fraction of the tech giant's workforce. Hispanics represent 4% and African Americans 2% of Facebook's U.S. workers, percentages that have not budged since...
Curry has big plans in Silicon Valley, beyond his involvement with CoachUp, a Boston-based service that lets parents book private coaches for their kids. When asked whether he sees himself as more of an investor or an entrepreneur, he said: “Is there a middle ground...
Michael Seibel discovers and advises young startups. He joined Silicon Valley’s elite startup incubator Y Combinator in 2014 as its first African American partner and is committed to bringing more minorities into the competitive three-month long program. Seibel -- who studied political science at Yale...
An inspiring story. Turns out, sometimes interns at fast-paced tech firms need some specialized coaching in order to thrive at their fancy temp gigs. “I wasn’t getting any of the Star Wars jokes,” laughs Josuel Musambaghani, a 21 year-old math and computer science student at Morehouse...