Henry Pickavet

Director of Editorial Operations

Henry Pickavet is the Director of Editorial Operations. 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

Feb 25, 2021 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

Feb 05, 2021 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

Jan 03, 2021 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

Dec 19, 2020 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

Dec 06, 2020 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

Nov 19, 2020 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

Nov 05, 2020 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

Oct 22, 2020 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

Sep 11, 2020 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

Feb 27, 2020 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

Jan 12, 2020 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

Dec 31, 2019 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

May 25, 2019 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

Apr 13, 2019 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

Apr 08, 2019 Henry Pickavet, Connie Loizos

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

Apr 07, 2019 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

Mar 30, 2019 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

Mar 21, 2019 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

Mar 16, 2019 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

Mar 15, 2019 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