Blendoor
| Website | http://www.blendoor.com/ |
| Executive Team | Stephanie Lampkin |
| Employees | 1-10 |
| Capital | 165,000 |
| Location | San Francisco, CA |
| Founded | 2014 |
| https://www.linkedin.com/company-beta/6404331 | |
| https://www.facebook.com/blendoorapp | |
| https://twitter.com/blendoor |
Blendoor is a mobile job matching app that hides candidate name and photo to circumvent unconscious bias & facilitate diversity recruiting.
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San Francisco Business TimesUpstart 50 Inventor: Stephanie Lampkin, CEO and founder at Blendoor
San Francisco Business Times
Both quantitative data and anecdotal evidence show that the tech industry has a diversity problem and Stephanie Lampkin is looking to chip away away at the issue through her startup Blendoor.and more »
FortuneThis Entrepreneur Is Ranking Tech Companies on Diversity
Fortune
Blendoor founder and CEO Stephanie Lampkin told Axios that the goal of the list is to show “the real differentiation” between companies because so many “are just hiring a chief diversity officer, giving money to non-profits, but still aren't putting ...and more »
Essence.comForbes Called This Startup Queen 'The Next Steve Jobs' and Her Receipts Will Blow You Away
Essence.com
Some of the Black women she admires who are on the rise and making headway in the startup space include: Jessica Matthews (Unchartered Play), Dawn Dickson (Vending Solutions), Stephanie Lampkin (Blendoor), Maude Okrah (Bonnti), Erin Horne ...and more »
The Daily DotCan this 'blind' hiring app help solve Silicon Valley's diversity issue?
The Daily Dot
The lack of diversity in the tech sector is what inspired Lampkin to create Blendoor, a blind recruiting app that anonymizes user profiles to eliminate bias from the hiring process. Lampkin, 32, came up with the idea for Blendoor after her own ...and more »
ForbesPromising New Software Reduces Unconscious Bias In Hiring, But Investors Are Dismissive
Forbes
When job seekers submit their information to Blendoor, they are presented to companies without their name, photo, age or university information. “The idea is companies are able to see more of the skills, experiences and behaviors from a candidate ...and more » - Blendoor App Breaks Down Computer Bias In Hiring
NPR
NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Stephanie Lampkin, founder and CEO of Blendoor, an app that tries to counteract bias in the job application process, about the potential for bias in interpreting big data and what can be done about it. ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST:.and more »
Fast CompanyHow This Tinder-Like App Aims To Eliminate Unconscious Bias In Recruiting
Fast Company
Unlike another bias-busting recruiting platform Jopwell that is openly creating a talent pipeline of underrepresented minority workers, Blendoor is a mobile app that hides a candidate's name, age, employment history, criminal background, and even their ...and more »
UpstartSAN FRANCISCO: The app builder who wasn't 'tech' enough for Google
Upstart
Lampkin launched the first beta version of the Blendoor app in March. It borrows Tinder's user experience, Lampkin said, allowing both candidates and companies to browse profiles and swipe left or right depending on preference. When there's a match, ...and more »
ForbesBlack Woman Engineer Launches 'Blind' Job Match App To Take Bias Out Of Tech Hiring
Forbes
"It's quantifiable," Lampkin said. "We realized that hiding names and photos created a safer space. Women and people of color felt better sharing their information." Blendoor will go live on March 11th at this year's SXSW digital festival for public ...and more »
ForbesMoving the Needle on Diversity in Tech: What More Needs To Be Done
Forbes
In this interview, Lampkin, founder and CEO of Blendoor, a job-matching app that reduces bias in the hiring process, discusses why diversity numbers are not moving, and what her company is doing to help solve the problem. There's been a big push in ...and more »
