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17 Apr Marc Andreessen: It’s shocking ‘how little M&A there’s been’ in tech
Will someone take over Twitter TWTR -0.81% ? Silicon Valley venture capitalist Marc Andreessen wouldn’t say, but at a Fortune Brainstorm Tech dinner in San Francisco on Wednesday night, he weighed in on the latest (or lack of) acquisitions, valuations, diversity, and bubble talk with regard to the technology industry. “I have been shocked in the last five years how little tech M&A there has been,” he told Fortune senior editor Dan Primack. “We’re in this environment of extreme risk aversion, and people are worried about returning cash to investors. Historically, there would have been more combinations.” There has never been a more dangerous time to be an unprotected public company, Andreessen said. Which means companies must take the process of making an initial public offering quite seriously. “If you go public in this environment,” he warned, “God help you.”
17 Apr OU alumnus named Associate Director for Diversity Enrichment
University of Oklahoma alumnus Clyde E. “Trey” Moore III of Tulsa has been named Associate Director for Diversity Enrichment Programs and Coordinator of Student and Alumni Engagement in Recruitment Services. The Associate Director position was created in January by Recruitment Services to work with current students and alumni to enhance and participate in recruitment programming and strategy. The Associate Director will also oversee the Diversity Enrichment Intern Program as well as work with in-state and out-of-state recruiters on minority enrollment growth.16 Apr Putting women on board: Technology companies show the way
Companies across India are struggling to put women on the boards. Many have reportedly appointed family members to comply with a SEBI deadline that expired on March 31, 2015. But was there a need for this last-minute scramble to bring gender diversity at the top?16 Apr Olin creates diversity committee in response to student demands
The newly-formed Olin Diversity and Inclusion Committee will hold its first meeting Thursday in the hopes of tackling its internal issues of diversity and underrepresentation. The committee, which currently consists of 16 Olin faculty members, staff members and students, was formed in order to identify and improve the areas in which Olin is lacking in diversity. Earlier this year, a group of students approached Dean of the Olin Business School Mahendra Gupta with a list of demands in the hopes of bringing to his attention some of these issues and to shift the focus from external efforts to internal improvements. Among their demands was the establishment of a long-term committee tasked with working towards a more diverse and inclusive school.