The Brains Behind the Company, Looker, That Google Acquired for $2.6 Billion
Looker, a big data analytics platform, was recently acquired by Google. Meet the black software engineer who is the brains behind Looker....
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Slack Names One of the Most Powerful Women in Corporate America, Edith Cooper, to Its Board
Edith Cooper, the executive vice president and global head of human capital at Goldman Sachs has been added to Silicon Valley company Slack's board, according...
Code2040 Is Set to Disrupt and Close The Wealth Gap
As readers of Black Enterprise know, STEM jobs are the future. Unfortunately, relatively few black students major in STEM....
Mark Cuban Is Right, Liberal Arts Majors Are the Key to the Future
We’re hoping that with strong critical thinking, communication, and people skills, plus his tech background, he’ll find sustainable employment after he graduates....
Slack’s Former Director of Engineering, Leslie Miley, is a Man of His Word
In November of 2016, Black Enterprise spoke with Leslie Miley, the then VP of Engineering at Slack, about increasing diversity in the tech ecosystem....
7 Productivity Apps Your Smartphone Needs Now
Looking to step up your productivity game in 2017? These are the top 8 apps that you need to install on your smartphone right now....
TechConneXt Backstage: Music, Responsibilities, Snapchat
Nathaniel J. and Stewart Butterfield — founder of Slack — in and exclusive interview backstage @ Black Enterprise TechConneXt 2016 in Silicon Valley...
BE Smart Hackathon Has a Winner!
The challenge? Students were charged with developing an infotainment in-vehicle iOS app within the Ionic Cloud framework. They were required to use a certain set...
#BE30DayChallenge Week 2: Cleaning Up Email Accounts
Email is the one mode of communication that just won’t seem to go away. Despite a plethora of newer communication tools, including Slack, instant messaging,...
The Road to TechConneXt: Stewart Butterfield, CEO, Slack
Perhaps no technological advancement has contributed more to the decline of email, changing the way we collaborate and communicate at work, than Slack. Slack CEO...