Hacker News with Generative AI: Equity

Target suffers 10th consecutive week of foot traffic decline since caving on DEI (retailbrew.com)
As its stock dropped to a four-year low on April 4, Target also saw its foot traffic drop for the 10th consecutive week, a traffic slump that began the week after Target announced it was cancelling its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) program in January.

Retail, Business, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI)

39 points by josefresco 12 days ago | 39 comments

Military to Remove 'Enola Gay' Photos for Violating DEI Rules (newsweek.com)
Images of "Enola Gay," the aircraft that dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima in Japan are among those targeted by the U.S. military in an initiative to eliminate content related to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI).

Military, History, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion

21 points by fortran77 49 days ago | 5 comments

Schools Should Pursue Excellence (educationprogress.org)
For over half a century, inspired by visions of equity, American education has pursued an intoxicating dream: that with the right policies, the right funding, the right teaching methods, we could make every child learn the same ideas, the same way, at the same pace.

Education, Policy, Equity

34 points by apsec112 65 days ago | 34 comments

Unsloth's 5 challenges to get a job offer of $500K/year and equity (twitter.com)

Career Advice, Salary Negotiation, Startups, Equity, Job Offers

17 points by amrrs 68 days ago | 21 comments

OpenAI scrubs diversity commitment web page from its site (techcrunch.com)
OpenAI has eliminated a page on its website that used to express its commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

OpenAI, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Technology

107 points by gpi 71 days ago | 148 comments

1% Equity for Founding Engineers Is BS (fetchfox.ai)
The status quo for Founding Engineer compensation is broken. It’s unfair, outdated, and doesn’t work for founders or engineers.

Startups, Compensation, Equity, Engineering

177 points by execubot0x1 74 days ago | 237 comments

Ask HN: Percent of employees that benefit financially from equity offers? (ycombinator.com)
Title says it all. Equity offers are a very common thing in tech. I don't personally know anyone who has made money from equity offers, though nearly all my colleagues have received them at some point.

Tech, Compensation, Employment, Finance, Equity

27 points by rickcarlino 84 days ago | 16 comments

Apple opposes investor calls to end its DEI efforts (9to5mac.com)
Apple filed its annual proxy report for shareholders today ahead of its annual shareholders meeting next month. The report reveals new information on Tim Cook’s compensation for 2024 and calls on shareholders to vote against a proposal to end its diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.

Apple, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Business

45 points by pyb 103 days ago | 32 comments

CTO / cofounder exit deal after 1.5y at 600k revenue without SHA (ycombinator.com)
I co-founded a deeptech company in France 1.5 years ago with another founder. We both invested €30k initially. My co-founder, who has a business background and is CEO, owns 51% of the shares and has 2/3 of the voting rights, while I own 49% of the shares and hold 1/3 of the voting rights. I have a PhD in AI and serve as the CTO.

Startup, Founders, Equity, Business, Legal

46 points by biphasic 111 days ago | 69 comments

My School Experimented with 'Education Equity.' It Failed (thefp.com)
NEWTON, Massachusetts — In autumn 2021, against the already-challenging backdrop of the Covid-19 pandemic and remote learning, the Newton Public Schools decided to carry out a complex initiative at its two high schools known as “multilevel classrooms.”

Education, Schools, Social Issues, Equity

12 points by barry-cotter 133 days ago | 9 comments

Ask HN: How does a cash acquistion with SAFEs work? (ycombinator.com)
I hope this doesn't come across as too stupid of a question. There is so much insight for more complex situations, but nothing I saw that clearly explained this simple situation. Want to make sure I'm not over/under thinking this.

Finance, Startups, Investing, Equity

7 points by funnywalrus 156 days ago | 3 comments

SFO Ballot Measure Reflects 10-Year Battle to Reinstate 8th-Grade Algebra (justequations.org)
The San Francisco Unified School District, which pulled algebra from its middle schools 10 years ago in the name of equity, will bring the course back next fall, ending a controversial experiment that some say squandered the opportunity for advanced learners to excel in mathematics—and did little to close the achievement gap.

Education, Math, San Francisco, Equity

8 points by throwoutway 165 days ago | 1 comments

The Staggering Success of Vaccines (nature.com)
Vaccines are the first step toward health equity in many parts of the world.

Vaccines, Health, Equity, Public Health

12 points by sohkamyung 180 days ago | 1 comments

The University of Michigan Doubled Down on DEI What Went Wrong? (nytimes.com)
A decade and a quarter of a billion dollars later, students and faculty are more frustrated than ever.

Higher Education, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Criticism

5 points by braza 191 days ago | 0 comments

The University of Michigan Doubled Down on DEI What Went Wrong? (nytimes.com)
A decade and a quarter of a billion dollars later, students and faculty are more frustrated than ever.

Education, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Higher Education

20 points by tysone 192 days ago | 11 comments

Equity share with co-founder for an app I've already built (ycombinator.com)

Startup, Business, Legal, Equity, Co-founder

16 points by mkrblue 262 days ago | 32 comments

25% equity plus 6 month cliff (ycombinator.com)

Startups, Equity, Investments, Compensation

18 points by Joseph614 282 days ago | 25 comments

Corporate HR is taking "Equity" out of DEI (axios.com)

Diversity, Equity, Corporate Culture

23 points by leotravis10 284 days ago | 5 comments

Unique New Vesting Schedules (levels.fyi)