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Why I Quit Coding: The Pain and Pleasure of Focus

Why I Quit Coding: The Pain and Pleasure of Focus

by Lauren | 30 Apr 2014 | Accidental Bosses & Leadership, Business, Self-awareness

Last month, I sat in a dark auditorium in Austin, watching Edward Snowden in conversation with the ACLU’s Ben Wizner and Christopher Soghoian, and getting pretty wound up about the implications of blanket state surveillance of the internet. And I thought to...
Why Pinterest is Seriously Valuable (and What It’s Teaching Men in Power)

Why Pinterest is Seriously Valuable (and What It’s Teaching Men in Power)

by Lauren | 25 Oct 2013 | Business, Technology

Pinterest has just closed a big funding round – $225 million – and has posted its current valuation at $3.8 billion. The digital world is all abuzz about it. And I notice that many of the online commentators seem surprised – shocked, even – by that valuation. This...

How to Make Smart Systems Work for Fallible Humans

by Lauren | 7 Dec 2012 | Business, Curiosity, Self-awareness

I’m a big fan of systems. Especially the ones that promise to help me make fewer mistakes (or at least, learn from my mistakes more quickly), become more efficient, and/or love my life more. I mean, I looooove a good system. I read Gretchen Rubin’s...

The “Yes, and” of Women Angel Investors

by Lauren | 8 Aug 2012 | Business, Technology, Values

Venture capitalist Dave McClure gives women who care about business and/or technology lots to chew on in his post, “Women in Tech: Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is.” I like some of what he’s saying, disagree with parts of it, and am enormously...

How Women Can Help Square Beat the Competition

by Lauren | 1 Aug 2012 | Business, Technology, Values

Earlier this month, Jack Dorsey (the illustrious Twitter co-founder who now heads up Square, the market leader for mobile payments) came under fire for a photo he tweeted that showed him lunching with Square’s crop of summer interns. The photo was rather...

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