Ellen Pao
Judge Tentatively Orders Ellen Pao To Pay More Than $275,000 In Court Costs To Kleiner Perkins
Judge Harold Kahn has tentatively ordered Ellen Pao to pay $275,996.63 back to Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers for costs incurred during a high-profile sexual discrimination case earlier this yea
Reddit Bans Five Harassing Subreddits, Its Trolls Respond Exactly As You’d Expect
Reddit, the hugely popular online community know as the 'front page of the internet', has dropped the hammer on five groups on its site judged to be in violation of its policy against harassing users.
Ellen Pao Files Notice Of Appeal For KPCB Discrimination Case
Reddit CEO and former venture capitalist Ellen Pao has filed a notice of appeal in her long-running gender discrimination case against venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, accord
Ellen Pao Says Silicon Valley Isn’t A Meritocracy. It’s Not.
Reddit CEO Ellen Pao took the stage today at the Code Conference in Southern California. Though she is currently the CEO of popular news aggregator Reddit, which has 170 million monthly active users,
Why The Kleiner Perkins-Social+Capital Deal Fell Apart
In January, reports surfaced that Social+Capital was in "acquisition" talks with Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. Those talks fell apart. So what happened? TechCrunch has heard from a few people
The Most Powerful Force In The Universe
There was an incredible media glare this week on the Kleiner Perkins sex discrimination trial and its negative outcome for Ellen Pao, but all the news about equality in tech was not nearly as negative
Two Jurors On Opposite Sides Share Their Pao Vs. Kleiner Perspectives
It’s been a very suspenseful day for all of those involved in the Pao vs. KPCB trial (well, maybe not “Sleeping Guy”). We had a verdict, and then suddenly we didn’t, because a juro
Ellen Pao’s Statement On Losing The Kleiner Perkins Case: “The Battle Was Worth It”
Directly after the jury announced its final verdict in Ellen Pao Vs. Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, in which it ruled against all four of Pao’s claims of gender discrimination and retalia
15 TechCrunch Stories You Don’t Want To Miss This Week
This week’s tech news included big announcements from Facebook and Y-Combinator, a sighting of the Tesla Model X on the road, a controversial Indiana bill that has tech leaders up in arms, and t
In Final Verdict, Jury Rules Against Pao On All Four Claims In Ellen Pao Vs. Kleiner Perkins
Updated: After several days of deliberations, a San Francisco Superior Court jury has come to a conclusion in Ellen Pao Vs. Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, the gender discrimination trial that b
Thou Shalt Not Google
At every break during the high-profile Pao versus Kleiner Perkins trial these past couple of weeks, judge Harold Khan reminded the jurors, "Do not form or express any opinions about the case. Do not d
As Jury Deliberates Pao V. Kleiner Perkins, Allegiances Aren’t Always Based On Gender
“The jury is six men and six women, so this probably won’t be quick,” a man in a suit said to a female colleague as they shuffled out of the court. They were among the dozens of others who have
Pao Vs. Kleiner Defense Rests Its Case, Showcasing A Different Side Of The Story
Yesterday afternoon, the legal team representing venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers rested its case in the Ellen Pao Vs. Kleiner Perkins trial, bringing the fourth full week in
Death By A Thousand Seating Charts
When Kleiner Perkins’ head legal counsel Lynne Hermle pulled up a seating chart from the firm’s December 2011 offsite on the court’s projector during her cross examination of Ellen Pao yeste
Judge Denies Kleiner Perkins’ Bid To Discuss Ellen Pao’s Financial Motives In Court
Harold Kahn, the San Francisco Superior Court judge who is overseeing the ongoing Ellen Pao Vs. Kleiner Perkins trial, has ruled that Kleiner Perkins' legal team will not be able to discuss the person
Ellen Pao “Owns The Room”
Kleiner Perkins' legendary venture investor John Doerr testified last week that Ellen Pao needed to "own the room" if she wanted to move up in the world of venture capital.
Today, she did just that
Kleiner Trial Is A Front Row Seat To A VC Firm In Flux
"Didn’t you tell Ms. Pao at the time that one of the reasons you chose Randy Komisar to be a board partner was that Randy ‘needed a win’?" asked Alan Exelrod, the lead counsel for the plaintiff
As Kleiner Trial Plays On, VC’s Upper Echelon Is Laid Bare To The Real World
The world of venture capital has long been cloaked in understated reticence and secrecy. That’s especially been true for the traditional top tier Sand Hill Road firms, such as Kleiner Perkins Ca
It’s Well Past Time VCs Hired HR Directors
Those following the Pao/KPCB saga in court yesterday were treated to the testimony of Trae Vassallo, a former Kleiner partner, who claimed on the witness stand that she too was uncomfortably propositi
As Ellen Pao Vs. Kleiner Trial Gets Underway, A Number Of Power Players To Take Stand
It was nearly three years ago that TechCrunch broke the story that Ellen Pao, then a partner at vaunted Silicon Valley venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers, was suing the firm fo