SAN FRANCISCO, CA — The executive team of struggling startup Brokechain.ai replaced one of its core values “Family” with “Revenue”. “We wanted to demonstrate more seriousness in finding our path to growth and profitability,” co-founder and CEO Bill Stedler told reporters. …

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—As Burning Man, the annual gathering that celebrates self-expression, inclusion, and acceptance comes to an end, the tech community returns to its usual asshole roots. “Burning Man is about radical inclusion and accepting everyone regardless of their backgrounds or situations,” Sally Rhinegold told reporters, as she made a…

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — On the first day following No Meeting June, CEO Terry Lam gathered his company for a mandatory emergency All-Hands meeting to announce the start of “We Have No Clue What We’re Doing July”. “Traffic to our site is flat, sales have dropped dramatically, and product hasn’t…

PALO ALTO, CA — Martin Jones, senior managing partner of Hexadecimal Ventures, denies his history of overt sexism by sexually assaulting his first male founder. …

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—BoomMail, a marketing automation startup, reportedly marked their commitment to both non-binary gender acceptance and equality by replacing their men’s and women’s bathrooms with one, large genderless bucket. “We’ve said that we check our gender at the door. Now, it’s time we put our money where our mouth…

SAN JOSE, CA—Though Brad Dagan is a loving husband, generous father of three, well-respected community figure, and VP of Operations at a regional bank, his most valued contribution to society is his online personal data, sources confirmed. “We’ve been married over twenty years and he’s an extraordinary, loving father with…

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—Lee Burnidge, Head of Partnerships at Palm.ai, was reportedly ambling through the 360° Thinking Summit 2017 exhibition hall, announcing his enthusiasm to explore “creating potential value” to anything alive. “You have data, we have data, and, combined, our data will be more valuable,” Burnidge, mid-30’s and dressed in…

I recently came across this post, “My chat bot found my wallet”, and was inspired to build my own chat bot (copied shamelessly — thanks Adrian!). Here’s what I learned about designing conversational interfaces throughout building my own. Help users get started Some chat bots allow users to type whatever they want as a…

Obviously, every successful, hyper-growth tech company needs both SEO Specialists and Tarot Psychics. This handy quiz will help you tell the difference so you don’t embarrass yourself in front of Brad again. Below are lines pulled from their job descriptions. …