Sarah Lacy

About the author

Sarah Lacy is an American journalist, entrepreneur, and author specializing in technology, business, and gender equality in the workplace. She founded and serves as CEO of Pando Media, a technology news platform focused on Silicon Valley culture and startup ecosystems. Prior to establishing Pando, Lacy worked as a senior writer for TechCrunch and BusinessWeek, covering emerging markets and venture capital. Her previous publications include "Once You're Lucky, Twice You're Good" (2008), examining Silicon Valley's entrepreneurial culture, and "Brilliant, Crazy, Cocky" (2011), analyzing emerging market entrepreneurs. Lacy's journalism has consistently focused on power dynamics within technology sectors and workplace inequality, establishing her as a prominent voice in discussions surrounding women's professional advancement in male-dominated industries.

Lacy's extensive experience as a technology journalist and entrepreneur provides the foundation for her positioning within ongoing feminist workplace discourse while specifically targeting the persistent devaluation of working mothers. Her background in covering Silicon Valley culture and startup ecosystems offers unique insights into how workplace cultures systematically undervalue skills developed through caregiving, exposing the artificial separation between domestic competencies and professional excellence.