Tag: opinion
When it comes to diversity in hiring, businesses are their own worst enemy
Jonathan McBride Contributor Jonathan McBride is the former global head of inclusion and diversity at BlackRock and previously served as director of the Presidential Personnel Office in the White House. Rasheed Sabar Contributor More posts by this contributor Putting biases to work can be a strategy for better investment decision-making…
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What is happening to risk-taking in venture capital?
Navin Chaddha Contributor Navin Chaddha is managing partner at Mayfield, an inception and early-stage investor with more than 50 years of a people-first investing philosophy. More posts by this contributor Biology as technology will reinvent trillion-dollar industries The renaissance of silicon will create industry giants Sam Lessin’s post in The…
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Silicon Valley should fight its stigma against military work
Phil Wagner Contributor Dr. Phil Wagner is the founder and CEO of Sparta Science. After receiving his medical degree from USC, he was frustrated by the lack of evidence-based approaches to performance and injury prevention within sports, the military and occupational health, inspiring him to create Sparta Science. Political debate…
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How the law got it wrong with Apple Card
Liz O’Sullivan Contributor Liz O’Sullivan is CEO of Parity, a platform that automates model risk and algorithmic governance for the enterprise. She also advises the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project and the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots on all things artificial intelligence. More posts by this contributor Here are a few…
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Embedded finance won’t make every firm into a fintech company
Eyal Lifshitz Contributor More posts by this contributor Banks and fintech in 2025: An unlikely alliance A short decade after software started eating the world, along came headlines about every company becoming a fintech thanks to innovation and growth in embedded finance business models. This narrative oversimplifies the evolution that’s…
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Cities can have flying cars if they start working on infrastructure today
Nimrod Golan-Yanay Contributor Nimrod Golan-Yanay is the CEO of Urban Aeronautics, the Israel-based aerospace company behind the world’s first wingless, eco-friendly and compact aircraft fleet designed specifically for dense urban environments. Nearly everyone knows the pain of sitting in traffic watching valuable minutes tick by. Just as bad is the…
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