While I’m the first to say the National Urban League and many of my colleagues in the field are doing great work, too many companies are relying on us alone to change the world.
Dear Sophie: What are the latest rules for H-1B visas?
I have been applying for positions in the U.S., and one company says that if they hire me and get me an H-1B visa, the filing fees and cost will be taken out of my paycheck. Is that allowed?
Maple VC locks down $16.5 million for its second seed-stage fund by waving the Canadian flag
Maple VC is based in San Francisco, but don’t let that fool you, says its founder, Andre Charoo. The young fund, which launched in 2016 with $1.2 million in capital commitments, just closed on $16.5 million in capital commitments for a second fund that promises to almost exclusively back savvy Canadian founders, no matter where […]
4 common DEIB mistakes startups can avoid
These four common mistakes are not just bad for underrepresented employees — they’re bad for all of your current and future employees, which means they’re bad for your startup.
VCs and university endowments should partner to make venture more diverse
University endowments should invest in educational opportunities to give more people pathways to careers in venture.
アクティヴィジョン・ブリザードのCEOが、性差別的な企業文化を“放置”してきたことの罪
大手ゲーム会社アクティヴィジョン・ブリザードで、性差別的な企業文化をCEOが“放置”してきたことに反発した社員たちがストライキに踏み切った。社員たちは問題を明らかにした報道を根拠にCEOのロバート・コティックの辞任を求めているが、会社側も本人も「誤解を招くような見解」であるとして報道内容を否定している。
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Dear Sophie: Any advice on visa issues for new hires?
I run operations at an early-stage startup, and I’ve been tasked with hiring and HR. I’m feeling out of my depth and trying to figure out visa issues for prospective hires. Do you have any advice?
Why DEI programs are failing
Before diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives will have a long-lasting impact on corporate structures, businesses must reprioritize their DEI efforts to put equity before everything else.
An inclusive new DTC beauty platform secures $3 million in funding — and a supercharged offline strategy
Earlier this week, Thirteen Lune, a direct-to-consumer beauty platform that was launched last year in LA with $1 million in seed funding from Diddy, Gwyneth Paltrow and Beautycounter founder Gregg Renfrew, announced $3 million in additional seed funding. We might not normally pause on this kind of development, especially in a market where dozens of […]
One woman’s mission to build a network of female and non-binary angel investors
Angel investing has traditionally been mostly open to men, who travel in certain circles and have access to certain networks, but Amanda Robson, a principal at Cowboy Ventures, is attempting to change that by building an informal network of women and non-binary folks who have the means to write checks, but for whatever reason have […]