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Sep 8, 2021

Why I’m joining SVB

I moved to New York five years ago after David Karp took a chance on me, convincing me to join Tumblr and move to the best city. And those five years of living and building in New York have been transformative. While Silicon Valley taught me to build with the…

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Published in Marker

·Jul 2, 2020

The Gaping Hole in Silicon Valley’s Meritocracy Myth

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…

Work

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The Gaping Hole in Silicon Valley’s Meritocracy Myth
The Gaping Hole in Silicon Valley’s Meritocracy Myth
Work

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Published in Samsung NEXT

·Jun 23, 2020

Gold House x Samsung NEXT virtual salon: Asian Founders Cracking the Bamboo Ceiling

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…

Asian American

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Gold House x Samsung NEXT virtual salon: Asian Founders Cracking the Bamboo Ceiling
Gold House x Samsung NEXT virtual salon: Asian Founders Cracking the Bamboo Ceiling
Asian American

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Published in Samsung NEXT

·Apr 15, 2020

How to Cultivate Community during Uncertain Times

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…

Community Building

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How to Cultivate Community during Uncertain Times
How to Cultivate Community during Uncertain Times
Community Building

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Published in Samsung NEXT NY

·Feb 5, 2020

What’s NEXT Dinner Series: How to be a force for good in technology

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…

Humane Tech

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What’s NEXT Dinner Series: How to be a force for good in technology
What’s NEXT Dinner Series: How to be a force for good in technology
Humane Tech

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Dec 26, 2019

Why we care about Tech for Good and Consumer Empowerment

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…

Privacy

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Why we care about Tech for Good and Consumer Empowerment
Why we care about Tech for Good and Consumer Empowerment
Privacy

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Published in Samsung NEXT NY

·Nov 27, 2019

Creating space to talk about the hard things: AAPI women in tech discuss mental health

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

Asian American

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Creating space to talk about the hard things: AAPI women in tech discuss mental health
Creating space to talk about the hard things: AAPI women in tech discuss mental health
Asian American

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Published in Samsung NEXT NY

·Nov 6, 2019

Why we should care about ethics in AI

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…

Artificial Intelligence

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Why we should care about ethics in AI
Why we should care about ethics in AI
Artificial Intelligence

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Published in Samsung NEXT NY

·Oct 14, 2019

Why We Care about the Future of Food at Samsung NEXT

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. …

Food

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Why We Care about the Future of Food at Samsung NEXT
Why We Care about the Future of Food at Samsung NEXT
Food

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Published in Samsung NEXT NY

·Oct 4, 2019

How to Fix Tech’s–and Venture Capital’s–Diversity Problem

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…

Diversity

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How to Fix Tech’s–and Venture Capital’s–Diversity Problem
How to Fix Tech’s–and Venture Capital’s–Diversity Problem
Diversity

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