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

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: X: LinkedIn: Bluesky: Facebook: Instagram: LEARN MORE STVP: eCorner by STVP: Support our mission of providing students and educators around the world with free access to Stanford University’s network of entrepreneurial thought leaders: .

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This episode was published on May 6, 2026.

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