"In 2015, Ellen K. Pao sued a Silicon Valley venture capital firm, calling out workplace discrimination and retaliation against women and other underrepresented groups. Her suit exposed the tech world's toxic culture and its homogeneity. Her message overcame negative PR attacks that took aim at her professional conduct and her personal life, and she won widespread public support. Though Pao lost her suit, she revolutionized the conversation at tech offices, in the media, and around the world. The daughter of immigrants, Pao was taught that through hard work she could achieve her dreams. She earned multiple Ivy League degrees, worked at top startups, and in 2005 was recruited by Kleiner Perkins, arguably the world's leading venture capital firm at the time. In many ways, she did everything right, and yet she and other women and people of color were excluded from success - cut out of decisive meetings and email discussions, uninvited to CEO dinners and lavish networking trips, and had their work undercut or appropriated by male executives. It was time for a system reset. After Kleiner, Pao became CEO of reddit, where she took forceful action to change the status quo for the company and its product. She banned revenge porn and unauthorized nude photos - an action other large media sites later followed - and shut down parts of reddit over online harassment. Pao shines a light on troubling issues that plague today's workplace and lays out practical, inspiring, and achievable goals for a better future. The story of a whistleblower who aims to empower everyone struggling to be heard, in Silicon Valley and beyond. Ellen Pao graduated from Princeton University with a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering. She then attended Harvard Law School, where she earned a Juris Doctor. After two years of working, Pao returned to attend Harvard Business School, where she received an MBA"--Provided by publisher.

Part I: chasing the American dream. 1. From China to Maplewood ; 2. Sleepless in New Jersey ; 3. Eating ice ceram in hallways ; 4. Harvard Business School -- Part II: starting up in Silicon Valley. 5. Startup city ; 6. Adventure capital ; 7. Getting crushed ; 8. What a wonderful world ; 9. Whack-a-Mole ; 10. The last straw -- Part III: hitting reset. 11. "Clean out your desk" ; 12. The glass cliff ; 13. The trial ; 14. Verdict and fallout ; 15. Project include -- Epilogue: the future of tech.