Changes: Sexism and Racism in Venture Capital

Revision as of 03:45, 11 September 2014

Michael Arrington has multiple allegations of physical and sexual violence towards past partners.
Jason Calacanis: claimes racism doesn't exist in blogging.
Dave McClure called a woman a lying bitch at a talk.
Dan Bilzerian threw a model off a roof during a Hustler shoot and broke her foot.
Marc Andreesen tweeted support of Tom Preston-Werner after he departed GitHub in the midst of a sexual harassment scandal.
Paul Graham said he would probably not co-found a company with a young woman because she might give birth.
Peter Thiel said women getting the vote was disastrous for U.S. democracy.
Pavel Curda propositioned multiple women who pitched to him.

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 * Michael Arrington [http://gawker.com/5993507/former-friend-of-michael-arrington-says-hes-heard-abuse-allegations-before-its-been-the-worst-kept-rumor-in-the-valley-for-years has multiple allegations of physical and sexual violence towards past partners.]
 * Jason Calacanis: [http://gawker.com/5981825/racism-doesnt-exist-in-tech-because-white-tech-blog-millionaire-jason-calacanis-has-never-seen-it claimes racism doesn't exist in blogging.]
-* Dave McClure [http://valleywag.gawker.com/star-investor-dave-mcclure-calls-woman-lying-bitch-du-500212536 calls a woman a lying bitch at a talk.]
+* Dave McClure [http://valleywag.gawker.com/star-investor-dave-mcclure-calls-woman-lying-bitch-du-500212536 called a woman a lying bitch at a talk.]
 * Dan Bilzerian [http://gawker.com/instagram-playboy-throws-naked-porn-star-off-his-roof-1567637853 threw a model off a roof during a Hustler shoot and broke her foot.]
-* John Doerr [http://blogs.wsj.com/independentstreet/2008/05/08/why-venture-capitalists-dont-want-you-to-have-a-sex-life/tab/article/ said he looks for white male Stanford dropouts with no social life.]
 * Marc Andreesen [https://twitter.com/pmarca/status/458366210598400001 tweeted support of Tom Preston-Werner after he departed GitHub in the midst of a sexual harassment scandal.]
 * Paul Graham [http://www.forbes.com/sites/85broads/2011/05/16/the-false-choice-between-babies-and-startups/ said he would probably not co-found a company with a young woman because she might give birth.]
 * Peter Thiel [http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/05/21/1093450/-Facebook-Billionaire-Peter-Thiel-It-sucks-that-women-have-the-vote said women getting the vote was disastrous for U.S. democracy.]
 * Pavel Curda [http://valleywag.gawker.com/one-woman-finally-calls-out-a-tech-investor-for-creepy-1623490558 propositioned multiple women who pitched to him.]
+=== Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB) Alumni ===
+* Tom Perkins [http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/01/29/1273403/-Tom-Perkins-world-s-worst-person-Literally compared the persecution of Jews under Nazi Germany to the "war" on the rich 1%]
+* John Doerr [http://blogs.wsj.com/independentstreet/2008/05/08/why-venture-capitalists-dont-want-you-to-have-a-sex-life/tab/article/ said he looks for white male Stanford dropouts with no social life.]
+* Ray Lane [http://www.businessinsider.com/kleiner-perkins-ellen-pao-lawsuit-sex-scandal-silicon-valley-2012-6#ray-lane-allegedly-told-pao-to-solve-her-problem-by-marrying-nazre-7 allegedly advised a women KPCB partner being harassed by another KPCB partner to solve the problem by marrying her harasser (Lane also married a direct report)]