I'm a startup founder and I had sex with an investor

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Post by gpark3 » Thu, Jul 06, 2017, 10:16 PM UTC

I'm a startup founder and I had sex with an investor
businessinsider.com

Re: I'm a startup founder and I had sex with an investor

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Post by alistproducer2 » Thu, Jul 06, 2017, 10:59 PM UTC

So some how the investor is still painted as at fault here? It's not like this dude was her boss and by her in admission the guy was lording "I'm an investor" over her head. Got to be honest, this piece feels like extended click bait.

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Post by mongmong » Thu, Jul 06, 2017, 11:12 PM UTC

Found this very interesting and brutally honest in the details around the circumstances of the consensual night out (she mentioned several times that the meeting being purely business was all made up in her head) and her equally honest opinion on what happened to Cheryl Yeoh (she doesn't agree that was assault).

Pity how a personal account with no clear villain or wrong doing is not getting much attention as it deserves, she is being very honest here and leaving herself vulnerable to being called both a SJW and a traitor to other women. I appreciate her honesty and complicated analysis of her own motivations and subsequent reactions.

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Post by 3uh5weutwehow » Thu, Jul 06, 2017, 11:39 PM UTC

Unroll.me: You stole peoples mail spools and sold them to the opposition. Selling peoples lyft receipts to Uber -- you should be ashamed of yourself and the legacy of violation that you left in your wake. To me -- this is one of the worst abuses of peoples trust that they granted to you. You are scum.

I have no sympathy for any of your antics or tales.

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Post by walrus01 » Thu, Jul 06, 2017, 11:46 PM UTC

3uh5weutwehow wrote: post #4

Unroll.me: You stole peoples mail spools and sold them to the opposition. Selling peoples lyft receipts to Uber -- you should be ashamed of yourself and the legacy of violation that you left in your wake. To me -- this is one of the worst abuses of peoples trust that they granted to you. You are scum. I have no sympathy for any of your antics or tales.

for those who are not aware of what 3uh is posting: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/24/technology/personal-data-...

https://theintercept.com/2017/04/24/stop-using-unroll-me-rig...

yeah, lady, you're pretty low on the ethics totem pole right now. Not too surprised honestly from somebody who used to be a headhunter/recruiter.

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Post by girvo » Fri, Jul 07, 2017, 12:00 AM UTC

mongmong wrote: post #3

Found this very interesting and brutally honest in the details around the circumstances of the consensual night out (she mentioned several times that the meeting being purely business was all made up in her head) and her equally honest opinion on what happened to Cheryl Yeoh (she doesn't agree that was assault). Pity how a personal account with no clear villain or wrong doing is not getting much attention as it deser…

Being moderate on these topics seems to invite scorn from all "sides". Can't win, really.

Re: I'm a startup founder and I had sex with an investor

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Post by burntrelish1273 » Fri, Jul 07, 2017, 12:06 AM UTC

3uh5weutwehow wrote: post #4

Unroll.me: You stole peoples mail spools and sold them to the opposition. Selling peoples lyft receipts to Uber -- you should be ashamed of yourself and the legacy of violation that you left in your wake. To me -- this is one of the worst abuses of peoples trust that they granted to you. You are scum. I have no sympathy for any of your antics or tales.

Thanks for bringing this up. Too often, Valley gossip, masquerading as news, is merely which people are friendly with reporters/bloggers and the resulting pieces are usually lazy journalism and one-sided.

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Post by CyberFonic » Fri, Jul 07, 2017, 12:08 AM UTC

In Hollywood it is the casting couch.

In Washington and on Wall St it is business as usual.

So why should a startup be any different?

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Post by RonanTheGrey » Fri, Jul 07, 2017, 12:08 AM UTC

girvo wrote: post #6

mongmong wrote: post #3

Found this very interesting and brutally honest in the details around the circumstances of the consensual night out (she mentioned several times that the meeting being purely business was all made up in her head) and her equally honest opinion on what happened to Cheryl Yeoh (she doesn't agree that was assault). Pity how a personal account with no clear villain or wrong doing is not getting much attention as it deser…

Being moderate on these topics seems to invite scorn from all "sides". Can't win, really.

Nope. And there's a large and growing group who self-silence (or even.. censor) because being moderate attracts as much vitriol as taking a side - because BOTH sides attack.

I don't get why saying "Many issues are complex" is some kind of war crime.

Re: I'm a startup founder and I had sex with an investor

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Post by bethebutterfly » Fri, Jul 07, 2017, 12:25 AM UTC

So... I'll chime in if you guys want to talk to me.

First, I left unroll.me in 2012 so blame whatever ethics you want but I had nothing to do with that.

Second, this post is about female responsibility in the ecosystem. Clearly you guys, except one of you, didn't read the whole post.

I posted it on Medium. I know no journalists. The editor in chief of BI reached out to me and said it was one of the best pieces she has seen on this topic, can they run it.

So ask away. I'm all ears