Re:Wanelo: The First Million Users
by sergiotapia on Monday March 24, 2014 @10:02AM
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That's the real question. It's not like being a female is a handicap or something.
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It isn't but VCs have been known to avoid female founders for fear of them not working as hard as men since 'they'll have a baby sometime' or some nonsense like that [1]. Also women face gender discrimination in the bay area. [2]
source: [1] http://www.businessinsider.com/pregnant-founders-response-to...
[2] http://valleywag.gawker.com/this-is-why-there-arent-enough-w...
It's ever since the pg incident and reinforced by the github gate, the valley is in a "see we welcome women, women are great and we've always loved them" mode. Folks are already calling it "gender washing."
Let's hope it becomes one of those 'fake it until you make it' stories then...