Diversity By editor on January 28, 2018 — 1 min read Diversity needs to be more broadly defined. People think, “Oh, let’s just have some more people of color and everything is gonna work out.” I don’t think that’s what diversity means. Diversity means you have a really interesting complexion of experiences. One way to solve for experiences is gender and race. Another way to solve... More
Silicon Valley By editor on January 28, 2018 — 1 min read Coming [to Silicon Valley] is not that productive in general. You’re actually better off, on a probabilistic basis, staying where you are to start a company. You’re much better being a large fish in a small pond, [for example] in Toronto. There’s a lot of people that don’t want to come to the valley, that... More
Direct Feedback By editor on January 28, 2018 — 1 min read So many people shy away from direct feedback. You try to sugarcoat stuff, because the culture we live in is, “Come along, get along.” Let’s paste everything over with pleasantries, make everybody feel good, everybody gets a star. Participation is more important than the actual accomplishment. We’re veering to a culture of inclusiveness that’s gone... More
