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26 May Intel’s diversity fund driver Lisa Lambert leaves for Westly Group

Intel Capital veteran Lisa Lambert has left her position with the company to join Westly Group. It’s a real loss for Intel, as Lambert was managing director of Intel Capital’s Software and Services Fund as well as the Intel Capital Diversity Fund.

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.