Tracy Chou (Block Party) - Founding a Mission-Driven Startup

About this episode

Tracy Chou discusses her journey in founding Block Party, a mission-driven startup focused on online safety and privacy.

Tracy Chou is a product-minded engineering leader and exited founder with more than 15 years of experience building and scaling consumer and enterprise products. She is best known for her work advocating for diversity and inclusion in tech, and for being founder and CEO of Block Party, a platform for online safety, privacy, and anti-harassment, which was recently acquired by DeleteMe. In this conversation with Adjunct Lecturer Emily Ma, Chou explains how her early experiences working at tech startups inspired her to found a mission-driven company and how Block Party balanced mission and profitability. Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders is produced by the Stanford Technology Ventures Program (STVP), the entrepreneurship center at the Stanford School of Engineering, and published on eCorner by STVP. STVP empowers aspiring entrepreneurs to become global citizens who create and scale responsible innovations. CONNECT WITH US YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/ecorner    X: https://x.com/ECorner    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/stanfordtechnologyventuresprogram/    Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/stanfordstvp.bsky.social   Facebook…

People in this episode

Host: Emily Ma

Guest: Tracy Chou

Topics covered

• mission-driven startups
• diversity in tech
• online safety
• entrepreneurship
• profitability

Keywords

• Tracy Chou
• Block Party
• online safety
• diversity in tech
• entrepreneurship
• mission-driven

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Block Party, DeleteMe, Stanford Technology Ventures Program, Stanford School of Engineering

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