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Silicon Valley
Headphones have become survival tool for open offices
Jul 1, 2019
A new survey shows workers split on their preference for the trendy, but noisy design.
Exodus of Chinese investors from Silicon Valley is real. But how much does it matter?
by
Molly Wood
Jan 9, 2019
U.S. legislation is making Chinese investors balk.
Google’s CEO could face tough questions on Capitol Hill about the company's data practices
by
Erika Beras
Dec 11, 2018
Privacy, money and data promise to all be topics of discussion.
Investing while foreign-born: The advantages of being an immigrant venture capitalist
by
Nina Roberts
Dec 6, 2018
Immigrants comprise 13.2 percent of the U.S. population, yet 20.6 percent of the country’s entrepreneurs are immigrants, according to a 2016 report from the New American Economy.
Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian on today's entrepreneurs
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Maria Hollenhorst
Dec 4, 2018
There's "more of a wokeness to these founders," he says.
Is Netflix personalization making you feel *seen* ... or profiled?
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Phoebe Unterman
Oct 26, 2018
If you’ve got a Netflix account, you know the company tries real hard to personalize pretty much everything. But a recent Twitter thread by the writer Stacia Brown revealed what felt like racial profiling on her Netflix feed. Netflix says that it doesn’t collect demographic information, and all personalized recommendations come from a consumer’s viewing […]
Is Netflix personalization making you feel *seen* ... or profiled?
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Phoebe Unterman
Oct 26, 2018
If you’ve got a Netflix account, you know the company tries real hard to personalize pretty much everything. But a recent Twitter thread by the writer Stacia Brown revealed what felt like racial profiling on her Netflix feed. Netflix says that it doesn’t collect demographic information, and all personalized recommendations come from a consumer’s viewing […]
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Are narcissistic CEOs bad for business?
by
Molly Wood
Oct 15, 2018
Chief executives high on the narcissism scale may interview well, but flail long term.
Private money rules Silicon Valley, so where does that leave Wall Street?
by
Molly Wood
Sep 20, 2018
Private funding, like venture capital, can now grow companies as big as an IPO can. Small investors might get a slice, too.
Venture capitalism: Investing today in the companies of tomorrow
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Maria Hollenhorst
Aug 29, 2018
"We are looking at companies and technology well before everyone else recognizes what it is and where it's going," Ann Miura-Ko says.