I'm a woman, and I want to be a founder. Please don't assume you know why.

Re:I'm a woman, and I want to be a founder. Please don't as... by thenduks on Wednesday March 16, 2011 @03:31PM (#2333502)

So when I read the title I tried to guess what the reason was going to be -- but it was really hard. All I could come up with that was reasonably plausible was: "To prove the people who say there are no women in tech wrong."

You can imagine my surprise upon reading the actual article... some guy thought you only wanted to be a founder to 'support your husband'? I can't even wrap my head around why that makes sense (or, well, why it made sense to the guy who said it anyway).

Can someone willing to play devil's advocate explain why this might come to someone's mind as a reason for starting a startup? How exactly does her having a company 'support' him? Unless it's in a financial sense, and then, well, that's a fairly valid reason for anyone to start a company (to support their family financially).

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Re:I'm a woman, and I want to be a founder. Please don't as... by JoachimSchipper on Wednesday March 16, 2011 @04:09PM (#2333660)

Well, they have a company together. One could assume that her husband (male/provider/aggressive) wanted to start a company and that she (female/nurturer/passive) joined to make it easier for him (as a real-world example, my girlfriends' mother does most of the administration for my girlfriends' father dentist business, but even if this work is highly appreciated it's clear which one of them is the dentist/owner/boss.)

In short, this thinking is rooted in a rich tradition. Of stupidity, but still.

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