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We’re Making the Wrong Case for Diversity in Silicon Valley

Harvard Business

Ethnic and gender diversity are important to business, we are assured, because they promote the kinds of product and process innovation that boost the bottom line. According to data obtained from the Labor Department and reported by Mother Jones, the top Silicon Valley tech firms lag well behind the general population in diversity.

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The On-Demand Economy Is Growing, and Not Just for the Young and Wealthy

Harvard Business

“Explorers” are the most innovative and optimistic about technology and are early adopters; they make up 41% of on-demand consumers. The on-demand economy is large, and getting larger. since 1999. Results were projected to the U.S. adult population (18 years and older) with internet access in the home, based on data from the U.S.

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