Women and people of color are still being lowballed by recruiters, stonewalled in negotiations, and passed over for promotions — As protests against racial injustice erupted across America over the last month, I watched with interest as companies in the tech industry, where I’ve spent my career, came out with statements of solidarity, donated to the cause of racial justice, and promised to do better with their diversity and inclusion…

In celebration of Asian Pacific Heritage Month (APAHM) we hosted a virtual salon with Gold House last month. Gold House is a nonprofit collective of diverse leaders dedicated to forging stronger relationships that empower Asians to have more authentic, more successful, and healthier lives to advance all of society. We…

We are navigating through unprecedented times as community builders, founders, operators, investors, and society as a whole. As we migrate from offline communities to online due to the COVID-19 crisis, we see a cultural, social, and economic paradigm shift in how businesses, communities, and organizations operate. At Samsung NEXT we…

Purpose-driven technology has become a huge focus in tech for the past year given the rise of privacy/data breaches and adverse effects of persuasive technology. With the rise of social enterprise startups, B-corps, and humane tech advocacy groups, the tech industry is at an inflection point. After seeing the negative…

A few weeks ago I had the honor to speak on a Tech for Good panel co-hosted by Enterprise Ireland and Deloitte Digital. It was entitled “Tech, Media, and Ethical Innovations” and also featured Facebook VR Product Designer Michelle Cortese and Newship founder and CEO Paul Quigley. On the panel…

At Samsung NEXT, we understand that each individual’s various identities largely shape their experiences as builders and founders. …

How does the role of responsibility and governance come into play for companies building the foundation of AI? How can AI be biased? What are the best practices around privacy and trust? To discuss these questions, we hosted our second What’s NEXT Founder Dinner series on October 24, with a…

Every month at Samsung NEXT NY we choose a theme to focus our events and content programming on. In September, we chose the Future of Food. We thought this was an appropriate topic because, for several decades New York has been the food capital of the U.S. …

This article was originally published on Samsung Next, which invests in innovation. If a tech company made a big investment in a new product initiative without achieving any tangible results, shareholders would rightly demand that something should be done to fix the situation. Yet every year big tech firms spend…