Digital Grass Innovation & Technology

17 Aug

Can these tech tools fight gender bias and increase workplace diversity? By Alison DeNisco

Last month, Qualcomm Incorporated agreed to pay $19.5 million to settle a gender discrimination class action suit—the latest high-profile case to hit headlines and make tech companies reevaluate their own hiring and retention practices. As tech giants release employee statistics and draw criticism against their overwhelmingly...

10:23 / News / DigiStaff

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16 Aug

Black Girls Code: The Next Steve Jobs Will Be A Woman of Color by Whitney Johnson

In March 2011, while attending a Berkeley Women Entrepreneurs Conference, Kimberly Bryant, an accomplished tech engineer with experience both broad and deep, found herself engaged in a discussion about the dearth of women working in the technology field. Observations ranged over the territory of shortages...

15:32 / News / DigiStaff

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16 Aug

Lupe Fiasco, Google exec team to fund startups in Englewood, Lawndale by Cheryl V. Jackson

Entrepreneurs in two Chicago neighborhoods will get a shot at funding from a new organization founded by Chicago rapper Lupe Fiasco and Google executive Di-Ann Eisnor. Through their Neighborhood Start Fund, they're scouring communities overlooked by Silicon Valley investors to find ideas that could generate $100...

12:20 / News / DigiStaff

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16 Aug

Banking vs Tech: the importance of diversity in technology by Renee Whitford

The most successful businesses appeal to a wide range of people because they have diverse teams which understand what customers want and need, according to two senior technology and banking executives. In the final of a three-part series on banking and technology, Microsoft Australia MD Pip...

10:18 / News / DigiStaff

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15 Aug

One year in, PayPal reveals diversity stats—and they’re better than you’d expect

About a year ago, PayPal spun off from eBay and went public. Today, CEO Dan Schulman revealed who comprises the 18,000 staffers at PayPal. In terms of diversity, they're faring better than most of their Bay Area compatriots. In total, women make up 44% of...

12:45 / News / DigiStaff

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15 Aug

Harlem Business Alliance Launches Incubator for Black Women Entrepreneurs By Dartunorro Clark

HARLEM — A new program is hoping to boost the number of African-American women business owners in Harlem. The Harlem Business Alliance recently launched the Lillian Project, which aims to give native-born African American women, who fall within the low-to middle-income bracket, a shot at opening...

12:07 / News / DigiStaff

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