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The Startup Gender Equity Gap, Explained

Here we go again. First there was the gender wage gap. Now it’s the gender equity gap getting everyone all riled up about gender bias in startups and Silicon Valley’s brogrammer culture. Cue the sensational headlines, the breathless commentary, the activist protests and the Twitter trolls. As usual, the truth[…] Read On

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Posted by Steve Tobak on September 18, 2018 in
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There’s Neurotic, Then There’s Me

I was working on a post for today — my take on the leaked Google TGIF meeting where the search giant’s execs are seen melting down over the 2016 election results — when I found out that I need foot surgery to remove two fractured sesamoid (not sesame, sesamoid) bones[…] Read On

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Posted by Steve Tobak on September 17, 2018 in
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The Casual Look: Fleeting Fad or Here to Stay?

I don’t know what success means to you but to me it’s always meant not having to shave or dress up for work. Guess I was way ahead of the curve on that but I couldn’t be happier that the world eventually caught up. Nobody bothers to shave or dress[…] Read On

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Posted by Steve Tobak on September 16, 2018 in
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Thoughts From an MRI Machine

Funny what goes through your head when you’re alone with your thoughts and no distractions for a while. I’m lying in this MRI machine listening to all the thumping and pumping and wondering how I’m going to keep still for 30 minutes without going bananas. So I tune my brain[…] Read On

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Posted by Steve Tobak on September 13, 2018 in
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How Celebrities Get Millions of Twitter Followers

Some guy started following me on Twitter today. He has more than three million followers. I was intrigued; what’s so special about this guy’s tweets to have all those followers? So I picked a random day and was rewarded with this: I had a dream that the Russians were bombing[…] Read On

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Posted by Steve Tobak on September 12, 2018 in
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PSA: Get Off Social Media and Get a Life

When asked in a recent CNBC interview why he doesn’t tweet more – you know, like Elon Musk and Donald Trump – Warren Buffett replied, “I am not that desperate for somebody to hear my opinion.” Since Buffett’s far too nice a guy to just come right out and say[…] Read On

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Posted by Steve Tobak on September 11, 2018 in
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Are We Dumbing Down Our Kids and Destroying Our Future?

Sitting on the outdoor patio of our favorite local breakfast place the other day my wife and I were getting a kick out of watching this little boy who run around nonstop, banging into things, spewing gibberish and looking like he was having a blast. After a few seconds I[…] Read On

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Posted by Steve Tobak on September 10, 2018 in
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