sandberg told me that she saw herself in ellen pao.any women have said the same thing in the technology industry. sue decker said that many of the behaviors raised in this trial often happens in incremental steps. it happens in incremental steps. so we move on. in aggregate, with the perspective of hindsight, they are real. how do you respond to the idea that while this may not be discrimination according to the law, small repeated slights can have a real impact on someone. beth: there is no question, all of us women saw ourselves in this situation. we are often the minority. emily: but do you understand how a lot of these things can be small things in isolation, but altogether they are a big deal. john: yes, i understand that. we understand that. and we all possess biases, hidden biases. unconscious bias. it is important to be aware of those and mitigate them, act on them. so you can get the best out of all of your people and make decisions. emily: the great irony is that kleiner has had women top partners for a long time. there are m

emily: my exclusive interview with ellen pao.ll to come, what she has been up to since the controversial discrimination case ended a year ago. more of our conversation, in just a moment. now, in today's revolving door, amazon may have lost out to twitter on the nfl streaming deal. but the e-commerce giant is not giving up on sports. they have hired executives to head up the project. james stiller and so is their new head of sports. ran digital video for "sports illustrated." google's first deal with a major car dealer, bringing their famous self driving cars closer to commercial reality. ♪ emily: to part two of our exclusive interview with ellen pao, former kleiner perkins junior investing partner. i continued by asking about her life after suing her former employer for discrimination. would she do it again if she could, and why did she leave reddit where she served as interim ceo? you said you don't regret it, now that you have had a year to reflect, would you do it again? ellen: that is a good question. i would do it again. but

interviewexclusive with investor and not governor ellen pao.street is getting worried about robots. also, replacing its robots. industry leaders new asset management at the industry most at risk for disruption by financial technology. they said the sector would feel the biggest changes, followed by banking, securities, insurance, and this could be bad news for financial employees. remarks made this week i executives at the milken global conference, said they should fear job replacement. another story we're following, a new king among desktop browsers, google chrome has edged out microsoft explorer. over 41.7% ofjust the market in april. trailed opera, respectively. chrome in the had lead before and last month. coming up, we meet the ceo partnering with instacart to take on the meal delivery market. ♪ mark: you are watching "bloomberg west." let's begin with a check of your first word news. the envoy to syria held talks in moscow. the meeting occurred as russia and the u.s. worked toward a cease-fire in aleppo, that could be the way to end syria

ellen pao is back. started a new advocacy group that will push for diversity and greater inclusion at technology companies. year afterabout a she lost her gender discrimination suit against kleiner perkins. emily chang is standing by with a exquisite interview with ellen pao. emily: that you, david. ellen thank you for joining us. projectou are launching include, to speed up inclusion in tech. why do you think this will work when so many other things haven't? pulled together a team of women who have almost 150 years of collective expanse in tech. we've seen other problems. we've seen on the issues. we have a set of recommendations that people will be able to do to solve these problems and i a that are years of experience in the richard -- the research we have done will make a difference. emily: what makes you think they will actually listen? ellen: we've had some that say they want to use our recommendations and anticipate in our starter program. we also met with ceos and tech executives and they say th

. ♪ ♪ emily: now to ellen pao it was launching a new initiative called project include with other siliconwomen. in my conversation yesterday, she told me some companies have already expressed interest in the project. she is working on a book that will chronicle her experiences in silicon valley. i asked her about michael morris at sequoia capital who once told me the firm would focus on hiring women but he would not "lower the firm's standards to do so." later on he clarified and said there are many qualified women and they are working hard to find them. listen to pao's reaction. >> it is hard for people to change. there is a system that works well for them and they think it's a great system because it works for them. they don't have the ability to think outside of that system. for us, what we are trying to do is bring in all these different views. we have eight women that have not phenomenal things, each a tremendous leader in tech. these are recommendations. you can not think about them and continue to live in your world, or you can open up and really hear other people's ideas and think

who environments and ellen pao who filed for sexual discrimination the wife of george lucas admitshat friends of the park in chicago are trying to stop the art museum near soldier field over development walls and his wife expresses her frustration with this saying they are pursuing other options, and oakland said, we want them there and want to lure the private collection of memorabelia to their city. >> speaking of "star wars" may the 4th be with you. it is may 4th, so. get it? >> fans are tweeting and putting on social media, so this comes from the vacuum company dy can you hear that? i got sue hall to call me on her phone because that is --. >> we have a real "star wars" fan in the studio, sue. >> dyson said i am your showing the big father compared to the little vacuum. there are various characters from the movie but i love this, it is a bread company from another country and they are using a knife to cut the bread can looks like a life saver. enjoy your day, "star wars" fans. >> this is not a raincoat for today but an every day sort of thing. >> we have sprying new details of

emily: ellen pao versus kleiner perkins trial. what did you see in that? david: let's see.uess i would see a no-win situation for anybody. it was a tragedy all the way around. emily: why? david: it is something that is not good for venture, not good for kleiner, not good for ellen. it turned out to be something where there is a lot of drama and a lot of pain. i am not sure what good came out of it. i am hoping there will be some. there are some good lessons there about how you treat employees. maybe some lessons about document retention. maybe some thoughts about how you build your firm. john: at the meta-level, the pressure it puts on our industry is to make sure we are representative of full diversity is very good. we have a lot of work to do there. david: until a firm votes with their feet and their wallets, they can be judged harshly. emily: part of the reason kleiner found itself in this position is venture capital firms have historically had a problem with succession. how do you make sure greylock is around for 50 years? david: greylock at 50 years could sometimes get

manyet: we saw so differences in the culture with holding back ellen pao in her career.out to more than just a female support group? telle: i think it is important that the people involved want to make a difference. and know what it takes taking their own personal experience and adding that to research makes a huge difference. alix: we tend to hear platitudes like if you have more women in the board, you will do better -- as services become much more important, that technology, if women are not part of that, we don't set world policy at the end of the day. telle: this is why it is so important. we are 50% of the population in technology is something that will change all of our lives. having women at the table is fundamental to our future. it really is. scarlet: these are statistics that highlight the mismatch. 18% of women hold computer science degrees. what is needed on the corporate or legislative level to move the needle when it comes to hiring more women in stem? telle: accountability is key. knowing your numbers. that's why the top companies effort is important. wha

emily: have you been following the ellen pao versus kleiner perkins trial? mike: yes. yeah.ly: well, now lawsuits have been filed with facebook and with twitter. it certainly seems to be -- i mean, what is your take on the sexism issue in silicon valley? mike: it is kind of surprising to me that it took this long for anything like this to happen. i mean, it has been male-dominated for as lon as i -- i mean, i am old. i was in it, you know, in the 1980's. i am not surprised. i think engineers -- and this is, i am making a broad statement here -- but a lot of male engineers have this thing about women that probably goes back to women treating them badly in high school or something. and maybe there is a little bit of that. alec: anything that is ripe for satire, obviously, i think we have a duty to the show to go after. if we can figure out an inspired way to hit it, absolutely. emily: would you work for an amazon studios? would you work for a netflix? ♪ emily: i wonder, how does "silicon valley" compare to the other things that you've done? "seinfeld," "beavis and butthead," o

they'll miss an interview with the former kleiner perkins partner ellen pao about her new advocacy venture. that is one year after losing her discrimination lawsuit against the legendary the sea firm. catch that today at 3:00 p.m. eastern. we are halfway through a pretty brutal trading day. i want to head to the markets desk where bloomberg's julie hyman has the latest. it started in some areas of asia , spread to europe, european banks, and now spreading to the u.s.. economic orders we got in asia, and then in europe, the sentiment shift that seemed to come into the markets, this risk off idea, concerned of global growth needs to come back into the market. we are seeing all three major averages have been hovering near the lows of the session and relatively high volume, more than 10% above the 20 day average. it is a sharp reversal from a we saw yesterday. remember, we saw frank throughout the day yesterday accelerating into the close of trading. if you look at the two day chart in the s&p 500, you saw it again near the .8% before the big gap down that we see in today's session. of course,

my exclusive interview with ellen pao. big changes are afoot for the industry. we will hear from the box media ceo. studioreating an entire for snapchat. tivo is planning for a monumental shakeup. we'll hear from the ceos from both companies. ♪ emily: vox said it was expanded into tv and creating a studio for snapchat. many traditional news outlets are struggling to keep media levels up. they are siphoning away at dollars. i set down with jim to find out with more about his expansion plan. emily: you are doubling down. why now? jim: all of our growth is on mobile generally. within mobile, it's on a few of the big platforms. e-mail is a mobile application. ucs doing more e-mail newsletters. facebook is a great mobile application and we are investing in face back. snapchat is the fastest growing. we have a great brand. we want to unleash those great brands either in food or tech or news and take advantage of our storytelling skills. we are really excited to be investing more and snapchat. emily: i am curious about how these are evolving. jim: that's a good idea. y

emily: my exclusive interview with the former interim ceo of reddit ellen pao. coming up, big changes are afoot for the industry. vox is leading the charge. we will hear from the vox media ceo. he is creating an entire studio for snapchat. a match made in tv heaven. tivo is planning for a monumental shakeup. we'll hear from the ceo's of both companies. ♪ emily: this week, vox said it was expanding into tv and setting up the studio dedicated to snapchat. players like facebook and google are siphoning away at dollars. dollars. i sat down with jim to find out with more about his expansion plan. emily: explain this partnership with snapchat, you are doubling down. why now? jim: all of our growth is on mobile generally. specifically within mobile, it's on a few of the big platforms. e-mail is a mobile application. that is why you see us doing more e-mail newsletters. facebook is a great mobile application and we are investing in facebook. snapchat is the fastest-growing storytelling mechanisms on mobile. we have a great brand. we want to unleash those great brands ei

ellen pao speaks out for the first time since losing a gender bias case against vc firm kleiner perkinsst of bloomberg west, this weekend on bluebird television. ♪ ramy: apple shares tumbling to 2014 lows, with the stock falling on 14 of the last 16 sessions, down 18% in the past three weeks. the iphone maker has been on a downhill slide among worries that smartphone demand is getting -- shrinking. tsy shares down more than 9% on concerns of the company's long-term outlook, a turnaround from earlier this week. shares had been up after etsy reported earnings on tuesday, announcing the first quarter the profits since becoming a public company. next up, the chinese entrepreneur building an alternative to satellites use today, helium balloons sent to the edge of space. he wants these unmanned devices to provide services coming from processing telecoms, meteorological data, satellite tv, traffic surveillance, and tourism. this time he is launching a $300 million investment firm based in israel. elliott gotkine caught up with him. elliott: why israel? of all the countries in the world you cou

eight women business leaders including ellen pao are leading the charge. she lost a high-profile discrimination case against her former employer last year. she was later ousted after an 8 month stint as ceo of reddit. >>> tesla stocks got a boost after the bay area-based automaker reported its 1st quarterrer. the announcement came after the closing bell. stocks had slumped for much of the day then jumped by 7% in after-hours trading. tesla posed a net loss of $282 million in the 1st quarter in part because of production problems with its model x but investors cheered the news it's on target to meet delivery goals this year and bring its new low cost model 3 to market by 2017. we also learned today two tesla executives that manage manufacturing and production are leaving. >>> page 6 reports tesla's ceo elon musk was snubbed at the met gala after party monday night. the site says he and his mother waited in the rain as "a" list celebrities walked past the velvet rope with ease. that party was sponsored by apple. >> aha. >>> san jose city council members have