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An interesting article I came across this morning:
https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/08/dear-silicon-valley-americas-fallen-out-of-love-with-you/
Some interesting excerpts:
The article also contains some examples of companies trying to do better. I suggest reading through the whole thing.
https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/08/dear-silicon-valley-americas-fallen-out-of-love-with-you/
Some interesting excerpts:
Your ideas are only as good as the people in the room. And your door is shut to most people.
As evidenced by the major backlash over the recent launch of a company called Bodega where the founders and investors genuinely didnt understand why the name was problematic you dont always have the best handle on how your ideas will be received outside of the Silicon Valley bubble. Youve got major blind spots.
Why might this be? Face the facts: when Silicon Valley investors are considering new ideas, you dont have very many different perspectives around the table. Over 90% of the decision-makers in the venture capital industry are white men.
And your insulation makes tomorrows problems harder to solve.
Your leaders are increasingly coming from a narrower group of universities, companies, and socioeconomic classes. Your companies are now solving my-world problems (food delivery, cold-pressed, on-demand juice versus the real-world problems you used to solve (getting affordable computers in the hands of everyone; inventing the Internet). Your solutions literally create the script for a satire show on HBOand you dont see what a big problem it is.
The article also contains some examples of companies trying to do better. I suggest reading through the whole thing.