The FDA wants more medical devices in your pocketBy Molly Wood and Stephanie HughesDecember 20, 2017DAVID MCNEW/AFP/Getty ImagesThe agency is being led by a venture capitalist who is taking some cues from the tech industry.POSTED IN: Tech FDA Scott Gottlieb drugs venture capital medical devices health devices electronic health records ListenreadDownloadDownload
Calling for a new way to fund startups By Molly Wood and Stephanie HughesDecember 19, 2017Brian Ach/Getty Images for TechCrunchChamath Palihapitiya believes venture capitalists need to play with their own money.POSTED IN: Tech Chamath Palihapitya venture capital startups Facebook technology business companies Industry ListenreadDownloadDownload
The Source Code: Chamath PalihapitiyaBy Stephanie Hughes and Molly WoodDecember 19, 2017Mike Windle/Getty Images for Vanity FairSocial Capital founder and CEO Chamath Palihapitiya on why he wants to change how tech companies go public. POSTED IN: Tech Chamath Palihapitya venture capital IPOs The Source Code ListenreadDownloadDownload
Where does Silicon Valley's bro culture start? VCBy Molly WoodNovember 15, 2017Steve Jennings/Getty Images for TechCrunchVenture capital begets the tech industry. What happens if it's rotten from the start?POSTED IN: Tech Silicon Valley venture capitalist technology companies Industry read
The Source Code: Ellen PaoBy Molly Wood and Kristin SchwabNovember 15, 2017Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesOur conversation with Ellen Pao on the pervasive sexual harassment problem in venture capital.POSTED IN: Tech venture capitalist gender discrimination sexual harassment Silicon Valley reddit Kleiner Perkins Caulfield and Byers ListenreadDownloadDownload
Why discrimination in venture capital runs deepBy Molly Wood and Kristin SchwabNovember 15, 2017Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesEllen Pao on why it's going to take more than a few leaders stepping down to solve the problem.POSTED IN: Tech Ellen Pao business venture capital sexual harassment ListenreadDownloadDownload
The powerful hold of Silicon Valley's venture capital priesthoodBy Kai Ryssdal, Molly Wood, and Shaheen AinpourNovember 14, 2017Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty ImagesMarketplace Tech's Molly wood tells how a small, influential group of mostly men have a tendency to fund ... mostly men.POSTED IN: sexual harassment Tech Silicon Valley Steve Jurvetson kai ryssdal Molly Wood venture capital ListenreadDownloadDownload
The role of accelerators in upping diversity in techBy Amy Scott and Stephanie HughesNovember 10, 2017Photo by Steve Jennings/Getty Images for TechCrunchMichael Seibel, Y Combinator's first African-American partner, makes the case for talented minorities founding startups instead of working for someone else.POSTED IN: Michael Seibel y combinator diversity recruiting venture capital funding ListenreadDownloadDownload
Can you really make money while doing good?By Molly Wood and Kristin SchwabOctober 25, 2017Chung Sung-Jun/Getty ImagesHow impact investors hope to change the world while profiting from it.POSTED IN: technology investment investors venture capital business Economy impact investing ListenreadDownloadDownload