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Tag: Silicon Valley

Manager openly discusses hating people from my heritage

September 9, 2017 Catherine Goetze

How can employees effectively respond to overtly racist comments in the workplace? What happened? My manager at the time started talking about how they dislike

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My colleagues asked me to “Take one for the team”

September 2, 2017 Catherine Goetze

Harassment coming from a key client, combined with peer pressure coming from team members, can be stressful – how can employees handle such situations, while

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My advisor would not take no for an answer

July 29, 2017 Catherine Goetze

Sexual advances from potential investors pose both professional and emotional doubt and frustration. How can entrepreneurs handle and overcome such behaviors coming from superiors? What

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I had my chest groped by a VC in his office elevator

July 28, 2017 Catherine Goetze

As a first-time founder, saying “no” to an influential investor may seem frightening, but “there is something much more damaging than having no investor relationships,

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A potential client asked me to “Deepen” the Relationship

July 24, 2017 Catherine Goetze

“I don’t know if I would have had the courage early in my career to say no, but now I know that no one needs

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