Ellen Pao’s gender discrimination suit against Kleiner Perkins is one data point in the discussion of diversity in Silicon Valley’s venture capital industry.
As two students in the Stanford Graduate School of Business, we set out to unpack the diversity issue as Pao’s trial unfolded last March. We spoke with more than 20 venture capitalists and Valley insiders to examine the numbers and anecdotal trends. In the coming weeks, we will release our data as part of an in-depth survey on bias in the industry.
