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This article feels like piling on to me. VC's by their nature are rapacious, driven individuals... and so are most entrepreneurs, male or female. I can think o
by olivermarks 9y ago
This article feels like piling on to me. VC's by their nature are rapacious, driven individuals... and so are most entrepreneurs, male or female.
I can think of several women I have worked with who have weaponized their sex appeal to gain advantage in the workplace, essentially being outrageously flirtatious with their target and then being outraged when they get the desired results, running to HR and climbing over their patsie on the career ladder. I know somebody who now has a c suite position in a major global company who did their MBA funded by the results of a silicon valley CEO rape accusation settlement.
I've met Dave McLure a couple of times and don't particularly like the guy, he seems very hard nosed and lacking in empathy. When some women swim with sharks they expect them to behave themselves which seems naive to me. This whole 'visit the rich uncle to persuade them to give us a unicorn budget' VC perception seems hopelessly naive, or perhaps I'm just over reacting to the endless articles about this.