How Cities Can Ensure Fair, Affordable Transit Amid a Glut of Emerging Transportation Technologies
City planners will need to focus on equity and flexibility, while refusing to buckle to venture capital.
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Silicon Valley Outsiders
Our focus on C-suite executives and venture capital-funded unicorns distracts from the underclass that keeps the San Francisco Bay Area running.
The Art of Negotiation for Women in the Workplace
Could banning salary negotiations for new employees reduce gender bias?
The Hubris of Venture Capital
It’s venture capital firms, not necessarily start-ups, that are lighting money on fire in pursuit of the next unicorn investment.
Ellen Pao Might Not Win, and That’s OK
Regardless of the legal outcome, her lawsuit against a venerable venture capital firm stands to change the way Silicon Valley is perceived both inside and out.
Can Snoop Go Up Against Big Weed?
The charm and wile of a celebrity pimp may be no match for the moneyed juggernaut of weed tech.
In Big City, New Ideas Aren’t as Promiscuous as They Used to Be
Ideas can have just as much sex in the suburbs as in the city.
The Smart Money Getting Smarter
Venture capitalists have plunked $15 million into Udacity, the free online university that Kevin Charles Redmon told us…
Do the Rich Really Make All the Jobs?
The argument that taxing the rich is bad because they're responsible for making jobs has some merit, says a researcher, but only for a subset of the wealthy — those funding start-ups.