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Struggling For Investments, Silicon Valley Women Reluctant To Speak Out On Harassment

10:21am November 16, 2017

by Laura Sydell

In Silicon Valley, it's difficult for women to come forward if they want to join the ranks of its richest. Some think the best way to fight harassment is to tread carefully and get to the top.

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Ellen Pao, right, gives a statement to reporters next to her attorney Therese Lawless at in March, after a jury decided that a prestigious venture capital firm did not discriminate or retaliate against her.

Ex-Reddit CEO Ellen Pao Drops Appeal In Gender-Bias Suit Against Kleiner Perkins

5:01pm September 10, 2015

by Eyder Peralta

In a statement, Pao says the odds, both in the corporate world and in the courts, are stacked against those who allege discrimination. In dropping her appeal, Pao will pay Kleiner Perkins' legal fees.

"In my eight months as reddit's CEO, I've seen the good, the bad and the ugly on reddit," Ellen Pao says, in a statement posted to the site. "The good has been off-the-wall inspiring, and the ugly made me doubt humanity."

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Ellen Pao Out As Reddit CEO

7:14pm July 10, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

Pao has been at the center of a controversy following the still-unexplained dismissal of a popular figure in the site's r/IAmA section. She is being replaced by Steve Huffman, the site's original CEO.