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Economy Sep 28

How Ellen Pao realized women ‘cannot succeed’ in Silicon Valley frat boy culture

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Economy Sep 28

Ellen Pao leaves San Francisco Superior Court Civic Center Courthouse during a lunch break in San Francisco, California March 25, 2015. Pao, the interim CEO of Reddit, is suing her former employer Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byerr, a venture capital firm, for $16 million in a landmark case detailing the alleged sexual bias against women in Silicon Valley. REUTERS/Stephen Lam - RTR4UVEY
Ellen Pao on her gender discrimination suit: ‘If I didn’t do it, then who would?’

Ellen Pao’s new book, “Reset: My Fight for Inclusion and Lasting Change,” chronicles her career in Silicon Valley and gender discrimination lawsuit against the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. Pao recently spoke with PBS NewsHour economics correspondent…

By Paul Solman

Economy Sep 22

Ellen Pao leaves San Francisco Superior Court Civic Center Courthouse during a lunch break in San Francisco, California March 25, 2015. Pao, the interim CEO of Reddit, is suing her former employer Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byerr, a venture capital firm, for $16 million in a landmark case detailing the alleged sexual bias against women in Silicon Valley. REUTERS/Stephen Lam - RTR4UVEY
Why women are often put in charge of failing companies

The glass cliff is a phenomenon in which women are more likely to be put into leadership roles under risky and precarious circumstances.

By Marianne Cooper

Economy Apr 07

Ellen Pao leaves San Francisco Superior Court Civic Center Courthouse during a lunch break in San Francisco, California March 25, 2015. Pao, the interim CEO of Reddit, is suing her former employer Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byerr, a venture capital firm, for $16 million in a landmark case detailing the alleged sexual bias against women in Silicon Valley. REUTERS/Stephen Lam - RTR4UVEY
Reddit CEO Ellen Pao bans salary negotiations

Ellen Pao may have lost a Silicon Valley gender discrimination suit on all four accounts, but she isn’t backing down on a mission to increase gender equality in the tech world.

By Anna Sillers

Nation Mar 27

Watch 4:28
How women in tech see Ellen Pao’s gender discrimination case

A jury of six men and six women found gender was not a factor in the firing of former junior partner Ellen Pao at venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. The case drew attention to sexism and gender…

By PBS News Hour

Feb 25

Watch 7:03
Silicon Valley lawsuit shines light on struggles for women in tech

By PBS News Hour

A discrimination lawsuit in California involving a former employee at a Silicon Valley venture capital firm signals another instance of that industry being critiqued for its treatment of women. Jeffrey Brown talks to Nicole Sanchez of Vaya Consulting and Nellie…

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