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An interesting theory. I don’t know what to think about Holmes. At this point she thinks she just did what every other (male) startup founder did, and that she
by village-idiot 8y ago
An interesting theory.
I don’t know what to think about Holmes. At this point she thinks she just did what every other (male) startup founder did, and that she’s getting singled out for punishment when plenty of other startups over promised and under delivered. She doesn’t seem to grasp that flopping on some shitty social media site is far lower stakes than lying about medical issues, which makes me question her ethics and grasp on reality.
- startupdiscuss 8y agoI have not seen her current response to the situation. Does she hold out examples? I don't know of any under delivery of this magnitude. (I think even webvan peaked at $4.8 Billion in value. It eventually had peak sales of $178million).
- village-idiot 8y agoI don’t have the exact quote in front of me, I’m recalling this from Preet Bharara’s podcast. You’d have to inflation adjust those numbers to be fair, but I suspect that you’re right in calling this one of the biggest under deliveries in a while.