Gender Discrimination in Silicon Valley

Gender discrimination is clearly bad ethics. Is it also bad for business? The real question is, in how many different ways is it bad for business? >>>

How bad will Ellen Pao’s lawsuit be for Kleiner Perkins?

No matter the outcome, there have been moments during the gender discrimination trial against Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers when the venture capital firm has not looked good.

Kleiner Perkins — a venerable Silicon Valley establishment known for a string of early dot-com era hits with investments in Google, Amazon and Netscape — has, during two weeks of trial, had the inner workings of its firm laid bare on the stand.

At times, it has been cringeworthy….