Powers: Only 6% of Silicon Valley startups have an HR function
Laura Weidman Powers · a16z Podcast | If Coding is the New Literacy, How Can More People Code? · Jan 2, 2019 · at 25:09
Laura Weidman Powers, co-founder of Code2040, discusses structural barriers in Silicon Valley startup culture and the lack of formal HR infrastructure in early-stage tech companies.
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“I'm gonna bungle the statistics, but I read that the percent of Silicon Valley tech startups that actually have an HR function At a point when, you know, most organizations elsewhere in the country do is like six percent.”
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