Shawn Wen
Verified- Executive Technology Podcast Producer, Bloomberg News
- Executive Technology Podcast Producer, Foundering
- Executive Producer, Bloomberg Tech (Podcast)
San Francisco
Executive Producer of #Foundering @technology, writer, reader, cinephile.
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Articles by Shawn Wen
Foundering: Bob Lee, the Tech Industry, and the City That’s Become Its Reluctant Home
Never miss an episode. Follow Foundering today. With Nima Momeni convicted of second degree murder, the media storm around Bob Lee faded. Reporter Shawn Wen tries to make sense of the widespread fascination with Lee’s death. She looks to the period before his death, when San Francisco was gripped by a bitter political fight over street crime, and to the years afterwards, when it emerged from the doom loop and into the AI boom.
IVF Disrupted, The Kindbody Story: The Baby Project
(Bloomberg) -- In October 2023, a letter arrived at a Kindbody clinic in Chicago alleging that the company had dismissed red flags and warnings and ended up being one of the fertility providers to help Greg Lindberg, a billionaire trying to father dozens of children through egg donors and surrogates.
IVF Disrupted, The Kindbody Story: Fertility Care, Meet Sales Targets
(Bloomberg) -- As Kindbody’s financial crisis deepened, executives turned to a controversial strategy: setting retrieval quotas for its doctors. Interviews with dozens of current and former employees revealed how the pressure unfolded in Kindbody exam rooms across the country. Costly add-ons with dubious benefits became standard recommendations. Procedures that other clinics deemed optional were presented as essential, employees said. This created a minefield of upselling for women to navigate.
IVF Disrupted, The Kindbody Story: Rocketship to Nowhere
(Bloomberg) -- In 2022, Kindbody acquired a competitor, instantly doubling its footprint and making it one of the country's largest fertility networks. Executives told employees they were boarding “a rocket ship to the moon” and were going to get rich. Internal documents obtained by Bloomberg tell a different story. The company’s losses were mounting and only a handful of clinics were turning a profit. As Kindbody scrambled to reduce costs, it started cutting jobs across the company.
IVF Disrupted, The Kindbody Story: The Embryo Mixup
(Bloomberg) -- After years of heartbreak, Dina and B approached the culmination of their fertility journey at Kindbody's Manhattan clinic. What happened next would shatter their carefully laid plans and force them into an impossible decision. Their story wasn't unique—2021 would prove to be a difficult year for Kindbody, with multiple incidents that left some families questioning everything they'd been told about the startup’s state-of-the-art care.
IVF Disrupted, The Kindbody Story: The Fertility Spa
(Bloomberg) -- In 2018, a new company built a chain of spa-like clinics with the intention of revolutionizing fertility care. Kindbody's founder, Gina Bartasi, envisioned facilities that felt more like SoulCycle locations than medical offices. Her pitch attracted millions from venture capitalists and private equity firms eager to cash in on the booming business of making babies.
Bob Lee’s accused killer says tech executive ‘went crazy on me’
Technology executive Bob Lee’s accused killer told a jury he acted in self defense after Lee tried to attack him with a knife on a San Francisco street a year and a half ago, saying “he went crazy on me” after losing his temper.
Bob Lee’s accused killer says tech executive ‘went crazy on me’
SAN FRANCISCO — Technology executive Bob Lee’s accused killer told a jury he acted in self defense after Lee tried to attack him with a knife on a San Francisco street a year and a half ago, saying “he went crazy on me” after losing his temper.
Bob Lee’s accused killer says tech executive ‘went crazy on me’
SAN FRANCISCO - Technology executive Bob Lee's accused killer told a jury he acted in self defense after Lee tried to attack him with a knife on a San Francisco street a year and a half ago, saying "he went crazy on me" after losing his temper.
Bob Lee’s Accused Killer Says Tech Executive ‘Went Crazy on Me’
Technology executive Bob Lee’s accused killer told a jury he acted in self defense after Lee tried to attack him with a knife on a San Francisco street a year and a half ago, saying “he went crazy on me” after losing his temper.
Tech Star Bob Lee’s Accused Killer Testifies in His Own Defense Original
Technology executive Bob Lee’s accused killer took the witness stand in his own defense, testifying about his martial arts training as he tries to convince a San Francisco jury that he didn’t pull the knife in a fatal confrontation on a city street last year. Nima Momeni told jurors Wednesday that he trained in Krav Maga, the Israeli military style of martial arts.
Tech Star Bob Lee’s Accused Killer Testifies in His Own Defense
(Bloomberg) -- Technology executive Bob Lee’s accused killer took the witness stand in his own defense, testifying about his martial arts training as he tries to convince a San Francisco jury that he didn’t pull the knife in a fatal confrontation on a city street last year. Nima Momeni told jurors Wednesday that he trained in Krav Maga, the Israeli military style of martial arts.
Man accused of fatally stabbing tech executive Bob Lee aims to flip blame for death
A year and a half after technology executive Bob Lee was slain on a downtown San Francisco street, a lawyer for the acquaintance accused of stabbing him told a jury it was an act of self-defense while Lee was binging on illegal drugs. After a prosecutor promised during the trial's opening arguments Monday that video footage and DNA evidence would prove that Nima Momeni is guilty of attacking Lee, Momeni's attorney sought to flip the script - and cast Lee as the aggressor.
Man accused of fatally stabbing tech executive Bob Lee aims to flip blame for death
A year and a half after technology executive Bob Lee was slain on a downtown San Francisco street, a lawyer for the acquaintance accused of stabbing him told a jury it was an act of self-defense while Lee was binging on illegal drugs. After a prosecutor promised during the trial’s opening arguments Monday that video footage and DNA evidence would prove that Nima Momeni is guilty of attacking Lee, Momeni’s attorney sought to flip the script — and cast Lee as the aggressor.
Man accused of fatally stabbing tech executive Bob Lee aims to flip blame for death
A year and a half after technology executive Bob Lee was slain on a downtown San Francisco street, a lawyer for the acquaintance accused of stabbing him told a jury it was an act of self-defense while Lee was binging on illegal drugs. After a prosecutor promised during the trial's opening arguments Monday that video footage and DNA evidence would prove that Nima Momeni is guilty of attacking Lee, Momeni's attorney sought to flip the script - and cast Lee as the aggressor.
Tech Star Bob Lee’s Accused Killer to Argue Self-Defense to Jury
(Bloomberg) -- One and a half years after the fatal stabbing of technology executive Bob Lee on a downtown San Francisco street drew nationwide attention, his accused killer is going on trial — and is set to argue he acted in self-defense. Lee was revered by the Bay Area’s tech community as a master coder who helped develop Google’s Android and Square’s Cash App before becoming a top executive at MobileCoin.
Tech Star Bob Lee’s Accused Killer to Argue Self-Defense to Jury
(Bloomberg) -- One and a half years after the fatal stabbing of technology executive Bob Lee on a downtown San Francisco street drew nationwide attention, his accused killer is going on trial — and is set to argue he acted in self-defense.
Tech Star Bob Lee’s Accused Killer to Argue Self-Defense to Jury Original
One and a half years after the fatal stabbing of technology executive Bob Lee on a downtown San Francisco street drew nationwide attention, his accused killer is going on trial — and is set to argue he acted in self-defense. Lee was revered by the Bay Area’s tech community as a master coder who helped develop Google’s Android and Square’s Cash App before becoming a top executive at MobileCoin.
ChatGPT, OpenAI, Sam Altman and the Most Silicon Valley Man Alive
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The real battle for data privacy begins when you die
In 2012 a 15-year-old girl died in Berlin after being hit by a subway train. Her bereaved parents asked Facebook to turn over her private messages in hopes of understanding whether her death was a suicide or an accident. Facebook refused. Her death had already been reported to the social media site, which then converted her profile to a “memorialized account.” According to the company’s policy at the time, no one could access memorialized accounts, even with a password.
The real battle for data privacy begins when you die
Advertisement Advertisement The real battle for data privacy begins when you die April 11, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. by Shawn Wen / Bloomberg News (TNS) Policies on posthumous data are a largely unacknowledged frontier in data privacy, an academic argues. (Dreamstime/TNS) In 2012 a 15-year-old girl died in Berlin after being hit by a subway train. Her bereaved parents asked Facebook to turn over her private messages in hopes of understanding whether her death was a suicide or an accident. Facebook refused.
The real battle for data privacy begins when you die
In 2012 a 15-year-old girl died in Berlin after being hit by a subway train. Her bereaved parents asked Facebook to turn over her private messages in hopes of understanding whether her death was a suicide or an accident. Facebook refused. Her death had already been reported to the social media site, which then converted her profile to a “memorialised account”. According to the company’s policy at the time, no one could access memorialised accounts, even with a password.
The real battle for data privacy begins when you die
In 2012 a 15-year-old girl died in Berlin after being hit by a subway train. Her bereaved parents asked Facebook to turn over her private messages in hopes of understanding whether her death was a suicide or an accident. Facebook refused. Her death had already been reported to the social media site, which then converted her profile to a "memorialized account." According to the company's policy at the time, no one could access memorialized accounts, even with a password.
The real battle for data privacy begins when you die
In 2012 a 15-year-old girl died in Berlin after being hit by a subway train. Her bereaved parents asked Facebook to turn over her private messages in hopes of understanding whether her death was a suicide or an accident. Facebook refused. Her death had already been reported to the social media site, which then converted her profile to a "memorialized account." According to the company's policy at the time, no one could access memorialized accounts, even with a password.
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