Nellie Bowles

Kleiner is a very pro-woman place, she said.

For Pao, whose polarizing personality may well trounce many of the subtleties of the case, establishing a larger gender narrative is key.

Some 78 percent of venture capital firms have never employed a woman investor, according to new research.

“How long does it take to become a thought leader? Can it be learned? Can it be taught? Is it possible to never become one?”

A long weekend in the belly of the startup beast.

Where is the “thought leadership”?

“We didn’t have lots of issues, we had one issue.”

“This is troubling me.”