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  • The future of diversity and inclusion in tech

    The future of diversity and inclusion in tech

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    Silicon Valley is entering a new phase in its quest for diversity and inclusion in the technology industry. Some advocates call this part “the end of the beginning,” Code2040 CEO Karla Monterroso tells TechCrunch. At first, advocates were focused on calling out the lack of diversity at tech conferences, pressuring companies to release diversity data…

  • Meet TezLab, the Fitbit for Tesla vehicles

    Meet TezLab, the Fitbit for Tesla vehicles

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    Some of the finest real-time insights to Tesla and its worldwide fleet of vehicles — beyond the boundaries of its Silicon Valley headquarters might function through the lens of TezLab, a very small upstart in Brooklyn. Currently, a little more than two years after its founding, TezLab is on the verge of hitting what its…

  • Stripe and Precursor lead $4.5m seed into media CRM startup Pico

    Stripe and Precursor lead $4.5m seed into media CRM startup Pico

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    Google and Facebook are increasingly slurping up every ad dollar on the internet. Their dominant position is upending the business versions of conventional and startup media companies alike. The click-driven advertisement model of yore is leaving a graveyard in its wake, as high-flying companies like Mic collapse. Learning in the tide of SaaS startups who…

  • Part fund, part accelerator, Contrary Capital invests in student entrepreneurs

    Part fund, part accelerator, Contrary Capital invests in student entrepreneurs

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    First Round Capital has both the Dorm Room Fund and the Graduate Fund. General Catalyst has Rough Draft Ventures. And Prototype Capital and a few other micro-funds focus on investing in student founders, but overall, there’s a shortage of capital set aside for entrepreneurs still making their way through school. Contrary Capital, a soon-to-be San…

  • Tesla’s communications chief is leaving the automaker

    Tesla’s communications chief is leaving the automaker

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    Dave Arnold, Tesla’s director of communications, is leaving the company according to sources familiar with the move. Tesla confirmed to TechCrunch that Arnold was leaving in June. “We’d like to thank Dave for his work in support of Tesla’s mission, and we wish him ” a Tesla spokesperson said in a company-issued statement. “Dave will…

  • Data Sheet—Zuckerberg Needs a Slap, Google I/O vs. Microsoft Build, Bird Rides the Strugglebus

    Data Sheet—Zuckerberg Needs a Slap, Google I/O vs. Microsoft Build, Bird Rides the Strugglebus

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    To Begin you week, three Items I’ve consumed Lately: * Bloomberg BusinessWeek’s cover story on Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is a snappily written and illuminating take on the man who has presided over his company’s reinvention. This story has been told over and over. And still, the yarn about why and how Nadella focused on…

  • Tesla to employees: if you leak, we’ll catch you, we’ll fire you, and we might sue you

    Tesla to employees: if you leak, we’ll catch you, we’ll fire you, and we might sue you

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    Tesla employees received an email today record shooting, felony charges, and lawsuits as potential consequences for leaking information about the electrical vehicle-maker to the media, CNBC reported. The email, which was sent by Tesla’s security team, recorded recent actions the company had taken against employees who had leaked. 1 former employee had “exfiltrated business information…

  • Some reassuring data for those worried unicorns are wrecking the Bay Area

    Some reassuring data for those worried unicorns are wrecking the Bay Area

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    Joanna Glasner Contributor More Articles by this contributor From lab-grown meat to fermented fungus, here’s what corporate Meals VCs are serving up A record $2.5B went to US insurance startup deals last year, and Large insurers are in all the way The San Francisco Bay Area is at launching startups that go on to dominate…

  • Daily Crunch: Zuckerberg lays out his privacy vision

    Daily Crunch: Zuckerberg lays out his privacy vision

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    The Daily Crunch is TechCrunch’s roundup of our most important and biggest stories. If you’d like to get this delivered to your inbox daily at around 9am Pacific, you can subscribe here. 1. Mark Zuckerberg discovers privacy In a long post published yesterday, the Facebook CEO laid out his vision for making Facebook’s products more…

  • Diversity in Tech: Make School Bachelor’s Program with Dominican Accredited

    Diversity in Tech: Make School Bachelor’s Program with Dominican Accredited

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    Make Schoola postsecondary educational program created by two 20-something techies, is currently providing an industry-driven, project-oriented bachelor’s degree in partnership with Dominican University of California which students can finish in two years — and also don’t have to start paying for until they graduate and protected work which pays $60,000 annually. The bachelor’s degree in…