How I raised a $5.1M seed as a first-time, female, solo founder for a biotech co
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Re: How I raised a $5.1M seed as a first-time, female, solo founder for a biotech co
#2As long as you don't subsequently add Henry friggin' Kissinger to the board, you'll do fine!
Re: How I raised a $5.1M seed as a first-time, female, solo founder for a biotech co
#3As long as you don't subsequently add Henry friggin' Kissinger to the board, you'll do fine!
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Re: How I raised a $5.1M seed as a first-time, female, solo founder for a biotech co
#4This is absolutely stellar advice
Re: How I raised a $5.1M seed as a first-time, female, solo founder for a biotech co
#5Why was gender chosen as one of the key attributes that makes you stand out? Why not where you went to school, which country/state you're from? Your family income while growing up? Your college degree? There are plenty of things that make you more unique than your gender.
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#6Why was gender chosen as one of the key attributes that makes you stand out? Why not where you went to school, which country/state you're from? Your family income while growing up? Your college degree? There are plenty of things that make you more unique than your gender.
Female founders are less likely to be taken seriously and command high valuations by investors, because patriarchy.
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#7Why was gender chosen as one of the key attributes that makes you stand out? Why not where you went to school, which country/state you're from? Your family income while growing up? Your college degree? There are plenty of things that make you more unique than your gender.
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#8Why was gender chosen as one of the key attributes that makes you stand out? Why not where you went to school, which country/state you're from? Your family income while growing up? Your college degree? There are plenty of things that make you more unique than your gender.
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Why is that disastrous, given that you have to be obsessed and highly risk tolerant to found a new moonshot company? That's why men are more common here. It's not some conspiracy. They are simply more likely to be obsessed, unbalanced and take on risk. Crazy, if you like. See also the most dangerous jobs, and a curious lack of concern about those being dominated by men.
VCs don't care about gender or any other irrelevant attribute one bit when investing and that notion is simply absurd. Just as absurd as thinking that prisons are biased against women as a way to explain why it's mostly men in jail.
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#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
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Why is that disastrous, given that you have to be obsessed and highly risk tolerant to found a new moonshot company? That's why men are more common here. It's not some conspiracy. They are simply more likely to be obsessed, unbalanced and take on risk. Crazy, if you like. See also the most dangerous jobs, and a curious lack of concern about those being dominated by men. VCs don't care about gender or any other irrele…
Ok James Damore.
Re: How I raised a $5.1M seed as a first-time, female, solo founder for a biotech co
#10Why was gender chosen as one of the key attributes that makes you stand out? Why not where you went to school, which country/state you're from? Your family income while growing up? Your college degree? There are plenty of things that make you more unique than your gender.
Because unfortunately gender matters when trying to raise money to start a business. Investors factor it in to their investment decisions. Sometimes they do it on purpose (i.e. Are you going to have kids? Will men in ___ industry take you seriously to do deals with or want to join your team? If I give her money, will she sleep with me?) and sometimes they don't do it on purpose (i.e. Misgivings of whether she can "lead", "be tough", manage money, take risks. More doubts than a man with similar or lower credentials).
Last I read something like 97% of venture funding goes to men. 57% of bachelors degrees are earned by women. So it's not like there is a lack of women who can set and accomplish long term goals and manage money.