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 liberal arts college in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Historically affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA), it is a member of the Associated Colleges of the South and is accredited by the Southern Associa ...

Career

Lacy is the former co-host of web video show

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Tech Ticker and was a columnist at ''

BusinessWeek ''Bloomberg Businessweek'', previously known as ''BusinessWeek'' (and before that ''Business Week'' and ''The Business Week''), is an American monthly business magazine published 12 times a year. The magazine debuted in New York City in Septembe ...

''. Lacy was a columnist at ''

TechCrunch TechCrunch is an American global online newspaper focusing on topics regarding high tech, high-tech and Startup company, startup companies. It was founded in June 2005 by Archimedes Ventures, led by partners Michael Arrington and Keith Teare. I ...

'' 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 ''

PandoDaily PandoDaily, or simply Pando, was a web publication offering technology news, analysis, and commentary, with a focus on Silicon Valley and startup companies. History PandoDaily was started by former TechCrunch writer Sarah Lacy on January 16, 201 ...

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

Marc Andreessen Marc Lowell Andreessen ( ; born July 9, 1971) is an American businessman and former software engineer. He is the co-author of Mosaic, the first widely used web browser with a graphical user interface; co-founder of Netscape; and co-founder and ...

Peter Thiel Peter Andreas Thiel (; born 11 October 1967) is an American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and political activist. A co-founder of PayPal, Palantir Technologies, and Founders Fund, he was the first outside investor in Facebook. According ...

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, Hsi ...

, David Sze,

Jim Breyer James W. Breyer (born July 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. Brey ...

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

, Chris Dixon and Josh Kopelman. 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-

Uber Uber Technologies, Inc. is an American multinational transportation company that provides Ridesharing company, ride-hailing services, courier services, food delivery, and freight transport. It is headquartered in San Francisco, California, a ...

executive Emil Michael 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, a subscription-based question-and-answer forum targeted at working mothers, in April 2018.

Recognition

In 2012,

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

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