Digital Grass Innovation & Technology

24 Nov

In San Francisco Bay Area, tech companies still lag on gender diversity

Gender diversity in the San Francisco Bay Area technology sector has improved over the last five years, but the region's most gender-diverse businesses are in the retail, biopharmaceuticals and financial services sector, a new study from the University of California, Davis, found.

10:18 / News / DigiStaff

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23 Nov

3 St. Louis companies among nation’s best workplaces for diversity

Two St. Louis-based companies are among the nation’s very best when it comes to workplace diversity, according to new rankings from Fortune and Great Place to Work. World Wide Technology came in at No. 7 on the list while Build-A-Bear Workshop appeared two spots lower at No. 9. Monsanto also ranked No. 30 on the list of 100.

11:04 / News 2 / Tech Talk / DigiStaff

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20 Nov

Tech Diversity: Accelerators Go After Women, Underrepresented Minorities For New Startup Ideas

When Diego Lafuente, 27, started pitching his idea for a startup that connects Hispanic Americans with lawyers, he was met with confusion. Mentors and classmates in his school’s accelerator seemed not to know the size of the Latino market or why the service would be useful to people who need immigration or other legal help.

10:22 / News 2 / Tech Talk / DigiStaff

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19 Nov

Atlanta Tech Diversity Pioneer Joins Opportunity Forces

Rodney Sampson has many titles and has done many things in his career. The most paramount of those to date has been the creation of the Opportunity Hub in Atlanta and taking the reigns of the tech diversity mission in the Atlanta area and much...

10:19 / News 2 / Tech Talk / DigiStaff

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18 Nov

Madison365: Building Diversity In Madison Technology Startups

[soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/232525975" params="color=ff5500" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /] (WORT) — Madison365, a new online media organization that covers diverse communities, recently covered the burgeoning technology business sector in the city and its lack of diversity. In his report, Madison365 editor-in-chief David Dahmer explored this issue and introduced...

10:17 / News 2 / Tech Talk / DigiStaff

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17 Nov

Build Tech Pipeline for HBCU Scholars

The computer giant has created a new internship program to give it access to African-American students across the nation.

15:01 / News 2 / Tech Talk / DigiStaff

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