Recode Decode: Trae Vassallo and Michele Madansky, Co-Authors, "The Elephant in the Valley"

Decoder with Nilay Patel

Vox Media Podcast Network

Technology, Business

4.3 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 11 January 2016

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Former Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers partner Trae Vassallo and former Yahoo exec Michele Madansky sit down with Kara Swisher to talk about "The Elephant in the Valley," their new report on gender bias and harassment in tech. The report examines the different facets of sexism through both data and anecdotes from hundreds of women. Later on: Lauren Goode and Kara Swisher are launching a new podcast! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:27.7	Recode radio presents recode decode hosted by Cara Swisher, powered by digital media.
0:33.7	Hi, I'm Cara Swisher, executive editor of Recode.
0:37.1	You may know me as the world's hoverboard champion, but in my spare time I talk tech.
0:41.7	And you're listening to recode decode, a podcast about tech and media's key players,
0:46.5	big ideas and how they're changing the world we live in.
0:49.5	Today in the red chair we have Tre Vesalo and Michelle Medanski.
0:53.4	Tre was a general partner at Clanner Perkins from 2002 to 2014.
0:58.1	And today works as an independent investor and entrepreneurial advisor.
1:01.9	Michelle spent four years at Yahoo starting in 2003.
1:05.3	And since 2007 has run her own advertising and marketing consulting firm.
1:09.7	There are also co-authors of a big new report about sexual harassment and bias in tech
1:14.6	called the elephant in the valley.
1:16.9	Welcome Tre and Michelle.
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