Sarah Ruth Lacy (born December 29, 1975) is an American technology journalist and

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Early life

Lacy received her B.A. in literature from

Rhodes College Rhodes College is a Private college, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Memphis, Tennessee. Historically affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA), it is a member of the Associated Colleges of the Sout ...

Career

Lacy is the former co-host of web video show

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Tech Ticker and was a columnist at ''

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''. Lacy was a columnist at ''

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'' until November 19, 2011. She is the author of 3 books: '' Once You're Lucky, Twice You're Good'' (2008), which also goes under the title ''The Stories of Facebook, Youtube and Myspace''; ''Brilliant, Crazy, Cocky: How the Top 1% of Entrepreneurs Profit from Global Chaos'' (2011); and ''A Uterus Is A Feature, Not A Bug'' (2017).

''PandoDaily''

In 2012, Lacy founded technology news site ''

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'' with a reported $2.5m investment from investors including

Marc Andreessen Marc Lowell Andreessen ( ; born July 9, 1971) is an American entrepreneur, investor, and software engineer. He is the co-author of Mosaic, the first widely used web browser; co-founder of Netscape; and co-founder and general partner of Silicon ...

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Tony Hsieh Anthony Hsieh ( ; December 12, 1973November 27, 2020) was an American internet entrepreneur and venture capitalist. He retired as the CEO of the online shoe and clothing company Zappos in August 2020 after 21 years. Prior to joining Zappos, Hs ...

David Sze David Sze is an entrepreneur, investor, and managing partner at the venture capital firm Greylock Partners. Sze has also been named to Forbes' prestigious Midas List multiple years in a row. In 2013, he was No. 10; in 2012, he was No. 4. Sze a ...

Jim Breyer James W. Breyer (born July 26, 1961) is an American venture capitalist, founder and chief executive officer of Breyer Capital, an investment and venture philanthropy firm, and a former managing partner at Accel Partners, a venture capital firm. B ...

Reid Hoffman Reid Garrett Hoffman (born August 5, 1967) is an American internet entrepreneur, venture capitalist, podcaster, and author. Hoffman was the co-founder and executive chairman of LinkedIn, a business-oriented social network used primarily for prof ...

Chris Dixon Chris Dixon is an American internet entrepreneur and investor. He is a general partner at the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, and previously worked at eBay. He is also the co-founder and former CEO of Hunch. He was #1 on the Midas ...

and

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. The site consisted of a daily technology blog and a monthly event series entitled "PandoMonthly". A series of emails from 2012 indicated Lacy was involved in a dispute regarding an event ''PandoDaily'' hosted in 2012 at event space Cross Campus in Los Angeles. On November 17, 2014, then-

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executive

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allegedly said Uber should consider hiring a team of opposition researchers to dig up dirt on critics in the media including Lacy, and suggested a $1 million smear campaign, after PandoDaily featured a story criticizing the misogynist practices and culture of Uber. On October 23, 2019, Lacy sold ''PandoDaily'' to BuySellAds. Lacy cites the history of harassment, threats, and betrayals she saw and experienced in the Silicon Valley area as the reason for her exit.

''Chairman Mom''

Lacy co-founded ''Chairman Mom'' in May 2017, with the site's stated goals being to aid working mothers solve the toughest problems they face. The service is subscription based at $5/month.

Recognition

In 2012,

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named Lacy one of the top 20 most influential businesswomen in the world.

References

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