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While much more action is needed in this area, any efforts made can ultimately benefit us all.

Stephanie Lampkin, founder and CEO of Silicon Valley company Blendoor, is focused on increasing diversity and reducing unconscious bias in technology ...

Growing up in Prince George's County and Charles County, Maryland, Stephanie Lampkin was a competitive tomboy in a low-tech household. There was no ...

Two HR software startups are applying people analytics to make for a more diverse -- and happier -- workforce.

Stephanie Lampkin created Blendoor last year, a job-matching app that hides candidates' name, photo, gender and race information, only highlighting what's ...

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 ...

2019 will go down in history as the first time we saw a record number of diverse women serving in the US Congress and announcing their candidacy for ...

These entrepreneurs on Inc.'s Female Founders 100 are creating the solutions you didn't know you needed.

Can new software that reduces unconscious bias in the hiring process succeed if investors won't back it?

Stephanie Lampkin learned to code at age 13. By 15, she was a full-stack web developer, fluent in the languages of computer programming. She has a Stanford ...

Tech workers are among the most in demand this year, commanding the highest salaries and most career opportunities. And while there is a plethora of job ...

Stephanie Lampkin, founder and CEO of mobile job matching application Blendoor, is the 2015 National Black MBA Whiteboard Innovation Challenge ...

Blendoor, founded by engineer Stephanie Lampkin, has a new ranking of tech firms based on their demographic data and diversity efforts.

rtificial intelligence (AI) applications are multiplying rapidly in the workplace today—so quickly that in some cases they're outflanking managers' ability to ...

Among the three 'Most Powerful Women' executives featured on the cover of Black Enterprise's January-March issue is Gloria Boyland, corporate VP, operations ...

For years, black women have been overlooked in tech. Now their startups are raising millions in venture capital and forcing Silicon Valley to pay attention.

Founding teams that include men and women produce dramatically stronger valuation growth than all-male founding teams, according to research from First ...

As you read last week, Nissan is busy sharpening its axe, ready to chop the company back to sunnier balance sheets. Some 12,500 positions, or more than 9 ...

When Lampkin pitched Blendoor, the two female investors were completely opposed to the concept.

Stephanie Lampkin, founder and CEO of Blendoor, explains why the diversity needle in tech is not moving and how her company is working to help.

Stephanie Lampkin’s Blendoor app helps remove bias and increase diversity in recruitment. The black female owned job matching app has raised $100000.

With her venture firm, Backstage Capital, and a new $36 million fund for black female founders, Arlan Hamilton is changing entrepreneurship in the U.S..

Stephanie Lampkin, TEDx speaker and former downhill ski racer, has graced the cover of The Atlantic, MIT Tech Review 35 under 35 and Forbes to name a few.

It's August 2019 and your author is pouring one out for little Blue Oval hatchbacks with mouths to match their trousers. Soon to depart from our shores (North ...

For those of you who value, um, value in your pickup purchase, there's good news. Ram's 1500 Classic, the name given to the previous-generation half-ton that ...

Stephanie Lampkin has a photo of Ursula Burns, the CEO of Xerox, up in her office. Oprah, Maya Angelou and Melanie Hobson have a special place in her ...

By Samantha Walravens & Heather Cabot Blendoor founder and CEO Stephanie Lampkin is learning how tough it is for tech startups to raise money these days.

Top tech companies have a diversity problem. Reports show that Facebook and YouTube—and many companies like them—struggle to build a workforce that is ...

While writing my posts Forbes.com, I have a chance to talk to many CEOs. Often I will ask them what books they have read recently. If anything, this gives me a ...

2017 has made it official: Diversity problems are impossible for tech companies to continue to avoid. With these apps, you can start to address them.

Las Vegas - The technology industry is quickly moving into a time where there will be a plethora of jobs but a shortage of tech workers, therefore finding,

The battle for talent is on and it's getting tougher by the day. According to management consulting firm Korn Ferry, by 2030 there will be a global human talent ...

To hear them tell it, the biggest and most influential Silicon Valley companies don't make any distinction between women and men when payday comes around.

A variety of new apps aim to create blind hiring processes and draw more women and minority job candidates to tech businesses.

Anna Wiener writes about the tech industry's diversity problem, and about startups that aim to recruit women and people of color to Silicon Valley jobs.

Implicit bias in hiring is so hard to root out because, well, it's implicit. Even when managers talk a good game about increasing diversity at the office, their actions ...

Many technology companies like Blendoor SAP SuccessFactors and Stockroom io are helping businesses in strengthening diversity Let's take a look at how ...

On the new streaming show Entrepreneur Elevator Pitch, founders step into the Entrepreneur Elevator and have just 60 seconds to present their idea, product or ...

Despite setbacks, the past year has seen some staggering success stories, with women entrepreneurs raising record funding rounds, blowing past revenue ...

In its S-1 filing Snap Inc. said that diversity is about more than numbers, which is true–but numbers are important too.

Leaders from Snap, Google, and more share their ideas for making 2018 the year that tech finally becomes more inclusive.

Artificial intelligence can make hiring less of a headache.

Stephanie Lampkin is the CEO of Blendoor, a merit-based recruiting platform that takes names and photos out of the early stages of interviewing job candidates.

The argument that increasing the diversity of job candidates leads to “lowering the bar” is flawed because it presumes the existence of an objective, quantifiable ...

'Wonder Woman' is a hit at the movies. These business leaders are wonder women in the business world.

With a record 18 women, the 2018 list is the most gender-balanced to date and features a strong mix of influencers from diverse backgrounds.

There's a plethora of tech meant to make recruiting fairer. Joonko wants to help ordinary workers pinpoint bias throughout the workday.

Lindsey Wingo had a big decision to make. She grew up in the small town of Rector in Northeast Arkansas, and when it came time to choose a college, she ...

PORTLAND, Ore., July 30, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Elevate Capital, which manages one of the nation's first venture capital funds to support inclusion and diversity, ...

Tech companies are spending hundreds of millions of dollars to improve conditions for female employees. Here's why not much has changed—and what might ...

Google said last week that it had “closed the gender pay gap globally.” Yet the Labor Department alleged in a hearing that “discrimination against women in ...

In the last two years, diversity practices at major Silicon Valley tech companies like Google, Facebook, and Twitter have been held under a microscope. The big ...

Analysis Here are 10 startups outside of Silicon Valley you should watch in 2018: Uptake, Pendo, Skuid, Lisnr, Duo Security, Cradlepoint, Lessonly, Qualtrics, ...

TripleByte removes variables like previous job experience and college degrees to help employers focus on candidates' technical skills.

How do you improve the diversity of your applicants? These tech tools can help you remove bias, review resumes and target diverse candidates.

With a record 18 women, the 2018 list is the most gender-balanced to date and features a strong mix of influencers from diverse backgrounds.

There are plenty of recruiting tools that aim to tackle the persistent “pipeline” problem that the tech industry in particular often cites as a reason they can't find ...

Because most of the quickly growing companies and startups that tend to dominate it emerged from the maker community, the 3D printing industry often seems ...

TalentWorks is a job-matching platform designed to give the job seeker–not the employer–an edge in order to land an offer.

Just a few days left, and the wait will be over for the grand HR Tech Conference. We have packed our bags and will soon be heading towards Las Vegas.

Editor’s Note: The U.S. Embassy in Ukraine, as part of its Fourth of July Independence Day celebration, is honoring 19 outstanding Ukrainian and 29 ...

If you're a hiring manager, you're probably happiest getting a sense of a candidate through unstructured interviews, which allow you to randomly explore details ...

Computing pioneer Stephanie Shirley thinks we need to start teaching children, especially girls, to code between ages of 2 and 7.

SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) today announced that SAP SuccessFactors is building an open community of purpose-built and easy-to-consume applications designed to ...

To tackle gender bias in the workplace, employers are turning to an array of new software options and adopting training programs to foster diversity.

Hiring is fraught with unconscious bias, but Interviewing.io aims to change the game at the outset to allow only the skills to shine.

"Raise your hand if you've judged a candidate based on the college on their résumé," says Kelly Grossart, recruiting manager for Evernote. She's standing ...

This International Women's Day, we at YourStory organised a live Twitter chat in partnership with Microsoft India, focused on AI's opportunity and influence on ...

Although 2017 saw a few welcome success stories, the generally dire fundraising landscape for female founders is well documented. Of the $60bn in venture ...

Elevate Capital, a new venture capital firm based in Portland, today unveiled its first funds. The firm announced that it closed both a $10 million Elevate Capital ...

With their company-logo T-shirts tucked in by Gucci belts, gripping mixed drinks in Gatorade bottles and chatting about the latest work gossip, hundreds of ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- If lack of diversity is Silicon Valley's problem, is there a tech solution? While creating a diverse workforce with proportionate women and ...

The Atlantic magazine, based in Washington, D.C. organized a free, well-attended one-day conference in San Francisco on improving diversity in the US tech ...

Once we are aware of the shortcuts our minds take when deciding who to listen to, we can take steps to block those shortcuts.

More than 2,000 attendees and 100 speakers from 30 different countries gathered in Stockholm in September for the second incarnation of me Convention.

TheGrio highlights female forces of nature who showcased #BlackGirlPower making an impact last year with our 20 Millennial Women Making Moves series.

These days it seems as if "wantrepreneurs" are everywhere, looking to claim their piece of the proverbial business pie. But if you want to know what it really takes ...

As tech companies continue to receive heat over their lack of inclusivity of women and people of color, more studies are showing that there is a measurable ...

Let's be real: We live in a fundamentally unfair society where bias against black-sounding names is just the tip of the iceberg. A job applicant may have ...

One of the most advanced industries is still challenged by inefficiencies and bias in recruiting. Refdash hopes to change all that.

In the Trump era, companies are feeling pressured to champion inclusivity. Here's how tech execs are responding.

Startups like Teamable, which says its recruiting platform helps companies diversify their workforces, are benefiting from the recent industry-wide push to hire ...

What if AI isn't taking your job but instead doing the drudge work so you can focus on the things you enjoy?

These venture capitalists are not only some of the top investors but many of them are committed to spending dollars with black-owned businesses.

When Portland financier Nitin Rai established the Elevate Inclusive Fund in 2016 to invest in minority- and female-owned startups, people were skeptical he'd ...

BI Prime: We've rounded up some of the most active female angel investors who are writing early stage checks for growing startups in cities ranging from San ...

Hiring bots are being utilized by companies to reduce employee turnover and fix the human error that has historically shut out women and minorities.

President Donald Trump has seen an upsurge in his job approval rating in Arkansas and that's boosting the Republican brand in political races headed into the ...

June 24, 2019 -- Registration for the 2019 ACM Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing Conference is now open. The Tapia Conference is the.

Companies that advertise job openings for “digital natives” may think they're simply appealing to the most tech-adept candidates out there. But they aren't.

Angel Rich's addictive financial literacy game app garnered a whopping 200000 downloads in less than two weeks.

Leaders of Warby Parker, Lyft, Coinbase and others share their secrets for obtaining professional and personal success.

Called “the Coach” by Marie Claire magazine, Natalia Oberti Noguera is founder and chief executive officer of Pipeline Angels, a network of women investors ...

Salesforce vet Todd McKinnon, co-founded Okta in 2009 foreseeing the enterprise shift to cloud computing technology. As more businesses moved their ...

Start Slideshow. 50 Most Daring Entrepreneurs. Image credit: Entrepreneur. November 2, 2017 59 min read. Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors ...

In the Pacific Northwest, women investors are having a bigger impact both at the angel level and at venture capital firms, which are increasingly adding women ...

Ford's dual-clutch transmission in the Fiesta and Focus have had serious issues. Ford is reportedly telling dealerships to fix them for free.

Next time you apply for a job, it could be a computer algorithm deciding whether or not you fit the bill. This is because clever, self-learning programs are getting ...

It's easy to mock the young men who dream of a world where no one has to do their own laundry, but they aren't the real problem.

Black women-owned businesses represent the fastest-growing group of small business people in the U.S. but raise surprisingly little startup capital.