Author: DigiStaff

26 May One Of The Biggest Challenges Of Getting Funding For Minority-Owned Business

When Natasia Malaihollo and her cofounder raised $1.5 million for their startup Wyzerr, she became part of a very small group. As a woman of color, Malaihollo was one of only a dozen who’ve raised over $100,000 in outside investments for their businesses, according to early data from Digital Undivided’s Project Diane.

26 May Tackling The Tech Industry’s Diversity Problem

New nonprofit organization plans to level the tech industry playing field for minorities and women. The lack of diversity is a familiar anthem in the tech industry.

25 May Is lack of gender diversity in tech really shocking?

In the past year, I've written several pieces on the gender gap in cyber security. Only last month, the fact that women were members of college teams competing in national cyber competitions was news worthy. When I posted last week about hiring women, I received a message from a reader who had shared the blog with his three daughters. He said, "Your title should have been: Don't wait for educational process to close jobs gap: Hire women and Pay them Like Men."

24 May The pipeline is only part of the problem in tech worker diversity: Report

Think diversity in tech is a pipeline issue? Think again. Nine percent of graduates from top engineering programs are black and Latino, according to a recent report titled “Diversity in High Tech” by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Representation for blacks and Latinos at tech firms, however, typically falls to around 5 percent, showing a sharp disparity between supply and demand.

24 May Silicon Valley’s tech workforce diversity has long way to go, say feds

In recent years, major high-tech firms have started releasing workforce diversity data, along with a promise to improve. And there is much room for improvement, according to federal officials.