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05-03-2016, 09:54 PM
Top women in tech join forces to push startups to tackle diversity earlier
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A formidable group of prominent women in tech is joining forces to tackle one of the biggest issues plaguing the industry right **w: Diversity.*
Ellen Pao, the former interim CEO of Reddit, has partnered with a group of seven women from businesses like Pinterest and Slack to launch*Project Include (http://projectinclude.org/).*
The **n-profit group, revealed on Tuesday, plans to provide recommendations and data to early and mid-stage startups in order to*"accelerate diversity and inclusion solutions in the tech industry."
SEE ALSO: Inside Silicon Valley's struggle for diversity (http://mashable.com/2016/01/18/silicon-valley-diversity/?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=)
"Though startups are making an effort to implement diversity improvement strategies, the reality is that most are taking limited, potentially harmful actions, including one-off training, blaming the pipeline, using language like 'lowering the bar,' and describing the current state of the tech industry as a 'meritocracy,'" the **n-profit explains on its website.** Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/05/03/project-include/)
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A formidable group of prominent women in tech is joining forces to tackle one of the biggest issues plaguing the industry right **w: Diversity.*
Ellen Pao, the former interim CEO of Reddit, has partnered with a group of seven women from businesses like Pinterest and Slack to launch*Project Include (http://projectinclude.org/).*
The **n-profit group, revealed on Tuesday, plans to provide recommendations and data to early and mid-stage startups in order to*"accelerate diversity and inclusion solutions in the tech industry."
SEE ALSO: Inside Silicon Valley's struggle for diversity (http://mashable.com/2016/01/18/silicon-valley-diversity/?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=)
"Though startups are making an effort to implement diversity improvement strategies, the reality is that most are taking limited, potentially harmful actions, including one-off training, blaming the pipeline, using language like 'lowering the bar,' and describing the current state of the tech industry as a 'meritocracy,'" the **n-profit explains on its website.** Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/05/03/project-include/)
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