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Clockwise from top left: Sneha Biswas, Anshul Rathi, Angad Daryani, Aryan Chauhan, Sameer and Pragya Goyal.

The Great Immigrant Resignation: Fed Up Indian Tech Workers Ditch the American Dream

By Anita Raghavan · Jan 7, 2022 9:00am PST · 12 comments

For four years, Sameer and Pragya Goyal lived the Indian American Dream. Newly immigrated from India to the U.S., the Goyals both worked for Amazon, notching six-figure salaries in their 20s. They lived in an apartment in downtown Seattle with floor-to-ceiling windows that afforded a precious glimpse of an inlet that flowed out to the Pacific... For four years, Sameer and Pragya Goyal lived the Indian American Dream. Newly immigrated from...

‘The Only Way to Find Out If You’re a Pariah Is to Stick Around’: Sophia Amoruso Looks to the Future

By Josh Duboff · Dec 23, 2021 12:00pm PST · 3 comments

Sophia Amoruso has complicated feelings about the word “girlboss.” “That poor word, I feel so bad for that word,” she says over the phone from her home in Los Angeles. “It must be so exhausted. It is exhausted. It does need to be put to rest. I have no attachment to it. I kind of cringe when people are like, ‘You’re a girlboss,’ or whatever. I... Sophia Amoruso has complicated feelings about the word “girlboss.” “That poor word, I feel so bad...

Tech’s Most Powerful Stories Are Being Written by Women

By E.B. Boyd · Dec 17, 2021 10:10am PST · 3 comments

So there she was. Julie Zhuo. Just two years out of Stanford. At 25, a newly promoted manager at Facebook, wandering around the business sections of Bay Area bookstores, desperately looking for something that would tell her how to lead the team she’d just been battlefield-promoted to run. And finding nothing. It was 2008, early days at Facebook.... So there she was. Julie Zhuo. Just two years out of Stanford. At 25, a newly promoted manager at...

Art by Haejin Park.

Scott Galloway Wants to Be “the Most Influential Thought Leader in the History of Business”

By Josh Duboff · Dec 10, 2021 9:00am PST · 27 comments

Art by Haejin Park.

Scott Galloway Wants to Be “the Most Influential Thought Leader in the History of Business”

By Josh Duboff · Dec 10, 2021 9:00am PST · 27 comments

Scott Galloway begins our phone call with an admission. “To be honest, I’m very uncomfortable with the idea of a profile,” he says before I’ve asked him any questions. “I suffer from imposter syndrome. I’m waiting for the profile that reveals me for the less talented, lower-character person I am.” He pauses. “Anyways, here I am.” Radical honesty... Scott Galloway begins our phone call with an admission. “To be honest, I’m very uncomfortable...

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The Inside Story of a Scorched-Earth Breakup Between Two Founder Friends

By Janice Min · Dec 3, 2021 12:41pm PST · 4 comments

At 31, Erica Johnson, a neuroscientist and engineer, had never been rich, and certainly not tech-unicorn, eff-you-money rich. At Stanford Medical School and University of California San Francisco, Johnson researched brain health and cognitive function, earning between $45,000 and $55,000 a year. Making big money would be great someday, sure, but... At 31, Erica Johnson, a neuroscientist and engineer, had never been rich, and certainly not...

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The Eternal Sunshine of Sam Altman

By Jon Steinberg · Nov 19, 2021 11:30am PST · 6 comments

It’s 10 a.m. on a radiant November morning in San Francisco, when Facetime pings with an unrecognized 917 number. “Hello, Jon, this is DVF.” DVF...DVF...Diane von Fürstenberg! Mother of the wrap dress. Muse of Warhol. Shipmate of Bezos. Wife of Diller. “Oh! Hello!” “I understand you’d like to talk... It’s 10 a.m. on a radiant November morning in San Francisco, when Facetime pings with an...