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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.
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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...
Photograph by Dave Zahrobsky. Art by Haejin Park.
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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...
Art by Haejin Park. Photo of Altman by Getty.
The Eternal Sunshine of Sam Altman
By Jon Steinberg · Nov 19, 2021 11:30am PST · 6 comments
Art by Haejin Park. Photo of Altman by Getty.
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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...