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@ekp

. ex- reformed VC and lawyer. Author of "Reset"

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    24 Mar 2015

    "if you are free, you need to free somebody else. If you have some power, then your job is to empower somebody else.” ― Toni Morrison

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  2. 1 hour ago

    Voting is not nearly enough. on activism, hope and life: Collective courage must come first, wisdom second, and serenity at the very end.

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  3. 12 hours ago

    Please read this whole thread and be sure to vote

    This is very, very, very, very, very, very bad. I cannot express enough how bad this would be.
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  4. Oct 20

    Reminder: your personal data on a platform is not secure from third-party partners or employees

    LPT: Assume info you share on a platform is public. I talked with other platforms while at reddit. We all ask for privacy protections from 3d parties, but it's a leap of faith that they can/will comply. You just can't audit all the laptops, legacy databases or data warehouses
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  5. Oct 19

    "Give women money"

    Oh my god wins this article with her advice
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  6. Retweeted
    Oct 18

    Brave. Important. Seldom talked about but critical article for market to underrated consequences by

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  7. Oct 18

    The shift of power to founders has meant little to no accountability for bad behavior and that has to change. My thoughts in

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  8. Oct 17

    Wow I tried to get Kleiner to invest in 10 of the top 50 companies on this list, but they only invested in 1 of them. Glad to see 3 Startup Include companies here and 2 personal angel investments

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  9. Retweeted
    Oct 12

    I discussed the links between Kulture and AZNidentity (the Reddit subgroup where a lot of the harassment of Asian women begins) here. I hope some journalist does a followup on this.

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  10. Oct 16

    Such an honor to get to talk with so many amazing women breaking all kinds of barriers like and 's Angie Nwandu

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    Oct 15

    Quick reddit post on a female dev's experience in tech. If you don't want to read a book e.g. 's "Reset", read this. Also, r/TwoXChromosomes is awesome. cc

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  12. Oct 12

    Honored to be on this list with such amazing women. These Women Are Leading the Charge for Equality in the Startup World via

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  13. Oct 12

    All true.

    How does Saudi Arabia get away with being the “ISIS that made it?” Enablers. It long courted DC. Now it’s become one of Silicon Valley’s biggest swinging checkbooks. , , , : Saudi💰. Which makes the enabler you.
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  14. Retweeted
    Oct 11

    "We must stand in solidarity with other communities of color while also resisting the manipulation of our narrative as a tool for racial division." Guest post by Harvard senior Jang Lee.

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    Oct 10

    We're hiring our first technical Talent Acquisition Partner at . If you value D&I, have experience (or interest) building distributed teams, and would like to partner with me to take eng to the next level: Apply here 👉 RT 🙏

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  16. Oct 10

    It's unbelievable that so few people actually care about bad behavior

    Timespan from when you can break federal law with your HR startup to when you can launch a new well-funded HR startup is... 3 years, I guess? Depends on your demographic. (Was only 18 months after he was forced to resign that he started thew new company.)
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  17. Oct 8

    I don't wish it on anyone, but the harassment Kavanaugh experienced is nothing like what women who speak up experience. The threats are real. If Zuck's security costs $7.3M a year, imagine much it would cost to protect Dr. Ford?

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    Oct 4

    "I hope this legislation sounds a warning call to companies that continue to hire their friends and people who look like them throughout their start-ups," writes

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  19. Oct 4

    California takes aim at the corporate "meritocracy;" startups should be doing even more. My thoughts for the

    California is forcing the issue of diversity in corporate America — finally, writes
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  20. Oct 2

    Stages of getting startups to prioritize D&I: 1. Diversity and what? 2. Politely, no, we believe in the tech meritocracy 3. Neat, but we only care about women 4. What's the one thing we need to do? 5. Sure if you volunteer for free 6. Wow, is white backlash real? 7. Help! Now!

    Stages of bringing new technology to market: 1. "Oh hell no." 2. "Politely, no, that technology would never work here." 4. "Neat, but not a priority for us." 5. "Maybe!" 6. "Actually nope, no budget." 7. "Well this is compelling." 8. "Where were you years ago?"
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  21. Oct 2

    Even more important 20 months later: Why and I want to suspend Donald Trump from Twitter …

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