Could we have a summary for people like me who are not familiar with them? What's the case on Theranos? what did they do and sale? What happened?
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#22To my disgust, the biggest thing most people seem to take away from it is "Yup, that's what happens when a woman is in charge of a business." I'm a woman. I am fine with her burning. But, geez, I hate the idea that there is lava-like splash back spattering all other women in the world who are trying to be taken seriously.
Interesting, because most of the comments I've heard from friends and relatives is "Snake Oil seller updated for Silicon Valley". Looks has been brought up, but that goes both ways as you don't find many hucksters who are on the ugly side regardless of gender.
True. Zuck, Page-Brin, Evan Spiegel all are pretty good looking. PG once said , "I can be tricked by anyone who looks like Mark Zuckerberg" (though he claims it was a joke)[1]. I think good looking people have a natural advantage when it comes to persuading VCs or getting the media interested in their companies.
[1] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-05-03/how-to-ge...
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#24Earlier quoted context omitted.
I've seen this complaint several times, but personally have yet to see any comments attributing the disaster to Theranos's founder being a woman.
And, yet, her catastrophe and the fact that it is founded by a woman gets vastly more press than any female successes. So, one must wonder why that is. And my feeling is that it is a form of sexism and the subtext is "See, this is why you shouldn't put a woman in charge." Also, at this point, there are six comments refuting what I said. Why is that? If I am so wrong, crazy and stupid, why do so very many people need…
"If I am so wrong, crazy and stupid, why do so very many people need to step up and inform me of my error?"
Because it is wrong?
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#25Earlier quoted context omitted.
I've seen this complaint several times, but personally have yet to see any comments attributing the disaster to Theranos's founder being a woman.
And, yet, her catastrophe and the fact that it is founded by a woman gets vastly more press than any female successes. So, one must wonder why that is. And my feeling is that it is a form of sexism and the subtext is "See, this is why you shouldn't put a woman in charge." Also, at this point, there are six comments refuting what I said. Why is that? If I am so wrong, crazy and stupid, why do so very many people need…
I think a large part of the initial hype and optimism about Theranos was that its founder was female. People were excited to have a female Steve Jobs type figure, and saw her as an inspiration. I think those same people are now disappointed. But personally I haven't seen anyone blaming her femininity for this happening. There's certainly plenty of instances of men doing this. To the extent that her gender has any fault in this, its in creating an additional layer of premature hype/attention around her company.
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#26Earlier quoted context omitted.
And, yet, her catastrophe and the fact that it is founded by a woman gets vastly more press than any female successes. So, one must wonder why that is. And my feeling is that it is a form of sexism and the subtext is "See, this is why you shouldn't put a woman in charge." Also, at this point, there are six comments refuting what I said. Why is that? If I am so wrong, crazy and stupid, why do so very many people need…
"If I am so wrong, crazy and stupid, why do so very many people need to step up and inform me of my error?" Because it is wrong?
Oh, and in addition to all the downvotes and the pile on, you needed to create a brand new account to join the pile on.
But, sure, I am just a vitriolic, hysterical woman who is oversensitive. I couldn't possibly have a valid point or concern.
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#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
Interesting, because most of the comments I've heard from friends and relatives is "Snake Oil seller updated for Silicon Valley". Looks has been brought up, but that goes both ways as you don't find many hucksters who are on the ugly side regardless of gender.
True. Zuck, Page-Brin, Evan Spiegel all are pretty good looking. PG once said , "I can be tricked by anyone who looks like Mark Zuckerberg" (though he claims it was a joke)[1]. I think good looking people have a natural advantage when it comes to persuading VCs or getting the media interested in their companies. [1] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-05-03/how-to-ge...
Zuckberg is considered attractive?
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#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
I've seen this complaint several times, but personally have yet to see any comments attributing the disaster to Theranos's founder being a woman.
And, yet, her catastrophe and the fact that it is founded by a woman gets vastly more press than any female successes. So, one must wonder why that is. And my feeling is that it is a form of sexism and the subtext is "See, this is why you shouldn't put a woman in charge." Also, at this point, there are six comments refuting what I said. Why is that? If I am so wrong, crazy and stupid, why do so very many people need…
So all the bad press Uber and AirBnB is getting is because they're male?
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#29Earlier quoted context omitted.
I've seen this complaint several times, but personally have yet to see any comments attributing the disaster to Theranos's founder being a woman.
And, yet, her catastrophe and the fact that it is founded by a woman gets vastly more press than any female successes. So, one must wonder why that is. And my feeling is that it is a form of sexism and the subtext is "See, this is why you shouldn't put a woman in charge." Also, at this point, there are six comments refuting what I said. Why is that? If I am so wrong, crazy and stupid, why do so very many people need…
If I say you are racist, and 10 people tell me I'm wrong and that nothing you said is racist, by your logic that means you are racist, because why else would so many people say I'm wrong? If I'm so wrong, crazy, and stupid I mean.
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#30To my disgust, the biggest thing most people seem to take away from it is "Yup, that's what happens when a woman is in charge of a business." I'm a woman. I am fine with her burning. But, geez, I hate the idea that there is lava-like splash back spattering all other women in the world who are trying to be taken seriously.
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