Erin Griffith
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Gig Workers Are Learning Their Worth With the Para App
A former Uber employee created an app to help drivers. The platforms that hire them are fighting back.
Silicon Valley Slides Back Into ‘Bro’ Culture
Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and Marc Andreessen show how the tech industry’s insular culture remains largely unchanged.
From Boom to Gloom: Tech Recruiters Struggle to Find Work
As tech companies slow hiring and lay off workers, once-busy recruiters are shifting to other roles and cutting their rates.
The Summer of NIMBY in Silicon Valley’s Poshest Town
Moguls and investors from the tech industry, which endorses housing relief, banded together to object to a plan for multifamily homes near their estates in...
The Boy Bosses of Silicon Valley Are on Their Way Out
They rode their unicorns to fame and fortune. In a rocky market, it got a little less fun.
Loans Could Burn Start-Up Workers in Downturn
Tech workers took out loans based on the value of their start-up stock in recent years. That may come back to haunt them.
Stripe, the payments start-up, lowers internal valuation 28 percent.
A sell-off of tech stocks in the public markets has prompted private start-ups to evaluate whether their soaring valuations over the past two years will...
No. 2 Theranos Executive Found Guilty of 12 Counts of Fraud
Ramesh Balwani, who helped his ex-girlfriend Elizabeth Holmes lead the failed blood testing start-up, was convicted on Thursday. They will likely be sentenced together.
Start-Up Funding Falls the Most It Has Since 2019
The drop was another fallout of rising inflation and widespread economic uncertainty, and a retreat after years of a funding boom.
Pinterest’s Ben Silbermann Steps Down as Chief Executive
He oversaw the company’s growth into a place where 431 million people, mostly women, save and share ideas for shopping, hobbies and recipes.