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Kathryn Gould, the real author of the post was one of my mentors. She was one of the first woman VC's in the valley and hated being reminded of it. She said she
by sblank 9y ago
Kathryn Gould, the real author of the post was one of my mentors. She was one of the first woman VC's in the valley and hated being reminded of it. She said she wanted to be known as one of the best VC's - period - and she was. Her commencement speech at the University of Chicago is worth a read. https://steveblank.com/2014/08/05/pioneering-women-in-venture-capital-kathryn-gould/ https://steveblank.com/2014/08/05/pioneering-women-in-ventur... She passed on way too early in 2015.
- jacquesm 9y agohttps://www.strictlyvc.com/2015/02/23/kingmaker-background-kathryn-gould/ https://www.strictlyvc.com/2015/02/23/kingmaker-background-k...
- Mz 9y agoIt’s Not the Calls You Take, It’s the Calls You Make One of my sayings You are the creator of your destiny. In whatever business you’re in, there is always so much coming at you that you can stay insanely busy just responding. Don’t do that. Always think about what is your agenda, what do you want to make happen, what do you want the future to look like. This is not so easy. I think this is a powerful idea. I was a homemaker for a lot of years. I think more than men typically are, women get socialized to respond to other people rather than setting their own agenda in this way, and it consigns us to servile roles, even if we are very talented. She was apparently 65: https://news.uchicago.edu/article/2016/01/05/kathryn-gould-venture-capitalist-and-university-trustee-1950-2015 https://news.uchicago.edu/article/2016/01/05/kathryn-gould-v... https://techcrunch.com/2015/11/26/r-i-p-kathyrn-gould-vc-pioneer-straight-shooter-lover-of-curse-words/ https://techcrunch.com/2015/11/26/r-i-p-kathyrn-gould-vc-pio... To my surprise, I can find no Wikipedia article about her.