Henry Pickavet

Henry Pickavet

Editorial Director

Henry Pickavet is the Editorial Director at TechCrunch.

Prior to joining TechCrunch, Henry had a hand in a number of online and print publications, including InternetNews.com as chief copy editor and Government Technology Magazine as managing editor. He also did a stint in Sydney as group editor of RBI Australia’s manufacturing group, which is when he also developed an affinity (a love, really) for cricket.

He has a bachelor’s in English from California State University, Chico, and a master’s in Liberal Studies from the New School for Social Research in New York.

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Learn about creating equity in tech with Rep. Barbara Lee at TechCrunch Sessions: Justice

Henry Pickavet
Rep. Barbara Lee, who has represented the East Bay of California since 1998, is one of Congress’s staunchest proponents of diversity in tech. Representing Oakland, Emeryville and other cities nestle

Learn about the importance of accessible product design at TechCrunch Sessions: Justice

Henry Pickavet
When you are able to navigate a world that is designed for you, it’s easy to avoid thinking about how the world is designed for you. But it can be different if you are disabled. At TechCrunch Sessio

Mixtape podcast: Behind the curtain of diversity theater

Henry Pickavet Megan Rose Dickey
It’s fair to say that most people have heard about diversity reports. And it’s probably also fair to say that most of us have watched, sometimes with a metaphorical bucket of buttered popcorn, as

Mixtape podcast: Artificial intelligence and disability

Henry Pickavet Megan Rose Dickey
 Welcome back to Mixtape, the TechCrunch podcast that looks at the human element that powers technology. For this episode we spoke with Meredith Whittaker, co-founder of the AI Now Institute and Mi

Mixtape podcast: Making technology accessible for everyone

Henry Pickavet Megan Rose Dickey
Welcome back to Mixtape, the TechCrunch podcast that examines diversity, inclusion and the human labor that drives tech. This week, Megan moderated a panel at Sight Tech Global, a conference dedicated

Mixtape podcast: Building a structural DEI response to a systemic issue with Y-Vonne Hutchinson

Henry Pickavet Megan Rose Dickey
It’s time for another episode of Mixtape, where we take a look at diversity, inclusion, equity and the human labor that powers tech. This week we spoke to Y-Vonne Hutchinson, the CEO of ReadySet, a

Mixtape podcast: Wellness in the time of the struggle 

Henry Pickavet Megan Rose Dickey
We’re back with another episode of Mixtape. This week Marah Lidey, co-founder and co-CEO of Shine, joins us to discuss mental health, venture capital, portfolio diversity and connecting with other f

Mixtape Podcast: Proposition 22 and the labor divide

Henry Pickavet Megan Rose Dickey
California’s Proposition 22 is the most funded and perhaps one of the most contentious ballot measures in the state’s history. To date, the Yes on 22 side has put north of $185 million into th

The 2019 TechCrunch Include Report

Henry Pickavet Matthew Panzarino
It’s no secret that the tech industry is historically white, straight and male. Despite promises to examine and reform hiring practices so that tech companies big and small better reflect the world

SeeHow helps cricketers train smarter

Henry Pickavet
Like baseball, cricket relies on grass, dirt, wood, cork, spit, spin, drop and rise en route to either victory or loss. And like baseball — and just about any other sport, really — cricket

Startups Weekly: In a crowded field of unicorns, ClassPass becomes another unicorn

Henry Pickavet
I hope you’ve all had a good week. Normally I’m behind the scenes (where I’m most comfortable), but I’ll be managing the Startups Weekly newsletter until I assign it to someone else. M

TechCrunch Include yearly report

Henry Pickavet Matthew Panzarino
Welcome to the third annual TechCrunch Include Progress Report. Our editorial and events teams work hard throughout the year to ensure that we bring you the most dynamic and diverse group of speakers

Equity transcribed: How to avoid an IPO

Henry Pickavet Kate Clark Alex Wilhelm
This week, the Equity duo of Kate Clark and Alex Wilhelm convened to get some quick hits in about Slack’s WORK, Luckin Coffee and Sam Altman’s departure from Y Combinator. They then dug a

Equity transcribed: Digging into the Uber S-1

Henry Pickavet Kate Clark Alex Wilhelm
Welcome back to this week’s transcribed edition of Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast that unpacks the numbers behind the headlines. And because it’s another week, why not

An Equity deep dive on Patreon

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The popular TechCrunch podcast Equity this week launched a new series called Equity Dive, wherein a host interviews the writer of the latest edition of the Extra Crunch EC-1. If you’ve ever want

Equity transcribed: Funding news round-up, a16z’s future, an upcoming IPO and more Lyft

Henry Pickavet Kate Clark Alex Wilhelm
Welcome back to this week’s transcribed edition of Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast that unpacks the numbers behind the headlines. Here we put the words of our wildly popular v

Equity transcribed: What the Lyft IPO means for IPO-ready unicorns

Henry Pickavet
Welcome back to this week’s transcribed edition of Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast that unpacks the numbers behind the headlines. We’re running an experiment for Extra Crunc

How Amazon and Walmart are putting robots to work behind the scenes

Henry Pickavet Brian Heater
This week Brian Heater, fresh off a trip to Pittsburgh to visit a handful of robotics companies, led a discussion about the current state of robotics and how startups are integrating the machines into

Equity transcribed: Uber IPO, Stash’s raise and more YC movement

Henry Pickavet
Welcome back to this week’s transcribed edition of Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast that unpacks the numbers behind the headlines. We’re running an experiment for Ext

Understanding Instagram’s founding story and more from SXSW

Henry Pickavet Josh Constine
Each week, Extra Crunch members have access to conference calls moderated by the TechCrunch writers you read every day. This week, in addition to Zack Whittaker’s discussion about a complicated
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