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This particular reckoning may erode media credibility among some members of the tech community. It's also possible that founders and CEOs learn to listen to their employees before they go to the press.
For founders and CEOs, that means public calls for their accountability. Some of those are bound to appear on major media outlets.
As Marc Andreessen pointed out in that 2015 New Yorker profile, the future changes in ways one can't necessarily predict
In the past few years, story after story has been driven by employees and contractors at tech companies disillusioned by their working conditions and their products'effects on society.
""What they're trying to do is destabilize the ability to be critical about tech CEOs.""
This shift posed something of a problem for founder-centric VCs.
The answer, when it presented itself, was simple: go after the media instead.
"There's sort of this larger project going on where they are trying to transmute accountability for CEOs, and the rising worker movements with values they don't agree [with], into what they are going to reframe as part of the 'cancel culture'problem, because that's the thing that has larger purchase, that there's pushback on," one well-known tech CEO tells The Verge

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References

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(Read more) top "Every CEO, founder, investor, and engineer in tech sees the vitriolic tweets these employees of media corporations put out," wrote Balaji Srinivasan, an angel investor who previously worked at Andreessen Horowitz
(Read more) topIn the past few years, story after story has been driven by employees and contractors at tech companies disillusioned by their working conditions and their products'effects on society.
""What they're trying to do is destabilize the ability to be critical...
(Read more) top This particular reckoning may erode media credibility among some members of the tech community. It's also possible that founders and CEOs learn to listen to their employees before they go to the press.
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""What they're trying to do is destabilize the ability to be critical about tech CEOs.""
This shift posed something of a problem for founder-centric VCs.
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"There's sort of this larger project going on where they are trying to transmute accountability for CEOs, and the rising worker movements with values they don't agree [with], into what they are going to reframe as part of the 'cancel culture'problem, because that's the thing that has larger...
(Read more) topFor founders and CEOs, that means public calls for their accountability. Some of those are bound to appear on major media outlets.
As Marc Andreessen pointed out in that 2015 New Yorker profile, the future changes in...
(Read more) top This particular reckoning may erode media credibility among some members of the tech community. It's also possible that founders and CEOs learn to listen to their employees before they go to the press.
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The Clubhouse discussion was sparked by a tweet from New York Times journalist Taylor Lorenz regarding the CEO of the luggage company Away. The executive, Steph Korey, had been railing against the media on Instagram
(Read more) topLorenz posted screenshots of the tirade, writing, "Steph Korey, the disgraced former CEO of Away luggage company, is ranting on IG stories about the media.
(Read more) top "Every CEO, founder, investor, and engineer in tech sees the vitriolic tweets these employees of media corporations put out," wrote Balaji Srinivasan, an angel investor who previously worked at Andreessen Horowitz
(Read more) top... [with], into what they are going to reframe as part of the 'cancel culture'problem, because that's the thing that has larger purchase, that there's pushback on," one well-known tech CEO tells The Verge
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But Silicon Valley's relationship with the media began to change in October 2015, when The Wall Street Journal published the first of a series of blockbuster stories that exposed high-flying blood-testing startup Theranos...
(Read more) top It is no longer 1999; a founder-focused culture has been the norm in Silicon Valley for at least a decade. This particular reckoning may erode media credibility among some members of the tech community
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(Read more) top It's like a tube and I have loudspeakers installed in every reporting cubicle around the world,'" according to a May 2015 New Yorker profile.
But Silicon Valley's relationship with the media began to change in October 2015, when The Wall Street Journal published the first of a series of blockbuster stories that exposed...
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The Clubhouse discussion was sparked by a tweet from New York Times journalist Taylor Lorenz regarding the CEO of the luggage company Away. The executive, Steph Korey, had been railing against the media on Instagram. Lorenz posted screenshots of the tirade, writing, "Steph Korey, the disgraced former CEO of Away luggage...
( MEDIA, INVESTOR ) top
(Read more) top "Every CEO, founder, investor, and engineer in tech sees the vitriolic tweets these employees of media corporations put out," wrote Balaji Srinivasan, an angel investor who previously worked at Andreessen Horowitz
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The Clubhouse discussion was sparked by a tweet from New York Times journalist Taylor Lorenz regarding the CEO of the luggage company Away
(Read more) topwhich invested $10 million in Clubhouse directly and bought up an additional $2 million of previous investors'shares. was early to tap the power of media to raise the profiles of its startups
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TheThe tension between tech journalism and venture capital was at the heart of the discussion that took place on Clubhouse on July 1st.
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(Read more) top Eron Gjoni penned a vengeful screed about his ex, developer Zoe Quinn, in August 2014, which Gamergate supporters used to create a narrative about the games media at large
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(Read more) top... don't agree [with], into what they are going to reframe as part of the 'cancel culture'problem, because that's the thing that has larger purchase, that there's pushback on," one well-known tech CEO tells The Verge.
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(Read more) top "Every CEO, founder, investor, and engineer in tech sees the vitriolic tweets these employees of media corporations put out," wrote Balaji Srinivasan, an angel investor who previously worked at Andreessen Horowitz
( MEDIA, VENTURE ) top
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TheThe tension between tech journalism and venture capital was at the heart of the discussion that took place on Clubhouse on July 1st.
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As a result, tech reporting has focused less on founders and CEOs and more on the hundreds of thousands of workers who power their businesses. For founders and CEOs, that means public calls for their accountability
(Read more) topIt's also possible that founders and CEOs learn to listen to their employees before they go to the press. After all, workers wouldn't have to leak their stories to the media if companies responded to their concerns.
Who knows
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(Read more) top... into what they are going to reframe as part of the 'cancel culture'problem, because that's the thing that has larger purchase, that there's pushback on," one well-known tech CEO tells The Verge.
(Read more) top In an hour-long audio clip obtained by The Verge and first reported by Vice, some speakers painted CEOs as the victims and questioned why the industry needed journalists.
"I believe in standing up for people who do not have a voice, who...
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(Read more) top See ( MEDIA , EMPLOYEES )
(Read more) top This particular reckoning may erode media credibility among some members of the tech community. It's also possible that founders and CEOs learn to listen to their employees before they go to the press. After all, workers wouldn't have to leak their stories to the media if companies responded to their concerns.
Who knows
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(Read more) top See ( MEDIA , CEO )
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"I believe in standing up for people who do not have a voice, who cannot stand up for themselves," said Srinivasan when asked during the discussion about defending Steph Korey, the CEO of Away, who New York Times journalist Taylor Lorenz had tweeted about
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(Read more) topSafe Space
Silicon Valley, Clubhouse, and the cult of VC victimhood
By Zoe Schiffer and Megan Farokhmanesh Jul 16, 2020, 8:00am EDT
On July 1st, a group of venture capitalists and well-known tech elites logged on to the invite-only social platform Clubhouse to discuss a pressing issue in Silicon Valley: journalists canceling CEOs
(Read more) top See ( MEDIA , WELL-KNOWN )
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This shift posed something of a problem for founder-centric VCs. "I think the Andreessen marching order, which is a great one, is to defend the founders at any cost," Upstream co-founder Alex Taub says
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"There's sort of this larger project going on where they are trying to transmute accountability for CEOs, and the rising worker movements with values they don't agree [with], into what they are going to reframe as part of the 'cancel culture'problem, because that's...
( CEOS, TAYLOR_LORENZ ) top
(Read more) top ... for people who do not have a voice, who cannot stand up for themselves," said Srinivasan when asked during the discussion about defending Steph Korey, the CEO of Away, who New York Times journalist Taylor Lorenz had tweeted about.
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"I believe in standing up for people who do not have a voice, who cannot stand up for themselves," said Srinivasan when asked during the discussion about defending Steph Korey, the CEO of Away, who New York Times journalist Taylor Lorenz had tweeted about.
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"I believe in standing up for people who do not have a voice, who cannot stand up for themselves," said Srinivasan when asked during the discussion about defending Steph Korey, the CEO of Away, who New York Times journalist Taylor Lorenz had tweeted about
( CEOS, SOCIETY ) top
(Read more) topIn the past few years, story after story has been driven by employees and contractors at tech companies disillusioned by their working conditions and their products'effects on society.
""What they're trying to do is destabilize the ability to be critical about tech CEOs.""
This shift posed something of a problem for founder-centric VCs
( CEO ) top
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The Clubhouse discussion was sparked by a tweet from New York Times journalist Taylor Lorenz regarding the CEO of the luggage company Away. The executive, Steph Korey, had been railing against the media on Instagram.
(Read more) top Lorenz posted screenshots of the tirade, writing, "Steph Korey, the disgraced former CEO of Away luggage company, is ranting on IG stories about the media. Her posts are incoherent and it's disappointing to see a woman who ran a luggage brand perpetuate falsehoods like this abt an industry she clearly...
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The post exploded on Twitter, prompting a wave of harassment from venture capitalists and other tech executives who felt Lorenz was being unfair.
(Read more) top"We don't have a lot of money or the name recognition that the founders and venture capitalists do," says a former Away employee. They added that no CEO, male or female, should be able to treat workers poorly
( CEO, THE_VERGE ) top
(Read more) top See ( CEOS , THE_VERGE )
( CEO, TAYLOR_LORENZ ) top
(Read more) top
The Clubhouse discussion was sparked by a tweet from New York Times journalist Taylor Lorenz regarding the CEO of the luggage company Away. The executive, Steph Korey, had been railing against the media on Instagram
(Read more) top A "cancel Taylor Lorenz" Twitter account popped up, and a parody website resurfaced. "Every CEO, founder, investor, and engineer in tech sees the vitriolic tweets these employees of media corporations put out," wrote Balaji Srinivasan,...
(Read more) top See ( CEOS , TAYLOR_LORENZ )
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(Read more) top. The executive, Steph Korey, had been railing against the media on Instagram.
(Read more) top See ( CEOS , STEPH_KOREY )
( CEO, NEW_YORK_TIMES ) top
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The Clubhouse discussion was sparked by a tweet from New York Times journalist Taylor Lorenz regarding the CEO of the luggage company Away. The executive, Steph Korey, had been railing against the media on Instagram
(Read more) top
"I believe in standing up for people who do not have a voice, who cannot stand up for themselves," said Srinivasan when asked during the discussion about defending Steph Korey, the CEO of Away, who New York Times journalist Taylor Lorenz had tweeted about.
( CEO, LORENZ ) top
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The post exploded on Twitter, prompting a wave of harassment from venture capitalists and other tech executives who felt Lorenz was being unfair.
( CEO, INVESTOR ) top
(Read more) top A "cancel Taylor Lorenz" Twitter account popped up, and a parody website resurfaced. "Every CEO, founder, investor, and engineer in tech sees the vitriolic tweets these employees of media corporations put out," wrote Balaji Srinivasan, an angel investor who previously worked at Andreessen Horowitz
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(Read more) top"We don't have a lot of money or the name recognition that the founders and venture capitalists do," says a former Away employee. They added that no CEO, male or female, should be able to treat workers poorly. a reference to the argument that male leaders aren't held to the same standards
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(Read more) top See ( MEDIA , WELL-KNOWN )
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(Read more) top ... throw a whole company into turmoil is infuriating: it often feels like only part of the story is being told. and that part is often unflattering. But hidden in the discussion is the fact that workers are also at risk of getting "canceled". and they often have much more to lose. "We don't have a lot of money or the name recognition that the founders and venture capitalists do,"...
(Read more) top Or why their facial recognition systems appear to be openly racist. As a result, tech reporting has focused less on founders and CEOs and more on the hundreds of thousands of workers who power their businesses. For founders and CEOs, that means public calls for their accountability
(Read more) topIt's also possible that founders and CEOs learn to listen to their employees before they go to the press. After all, workers wouldn't have to leak their stories to the media if companies responded to their concerns. Who knows