Why “few successful startup founders grew up desperately poor” My co-founder David and I both grew up in poverty and can call ourselves “battle-tested” when it comes to both life and startups, so when the talk in the Valley turned to income inequality, our ears perked up. For a moment, our two worlds were colliding. … Continue reading Privilege and inequality in Silicon Valley
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What Steve Jobs meant to me
What Steve Jobs meant to me. Having just learned about his death, I'm mustering something together to try to articulate Steve Jobs' impact on my life. Unlike many people here in the valley, I wasn't much of a geek, let alone an Apple fanboy. I came to Stanford because they offered me a great financial … Continue reading What Steve Jobs meant to me