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Here's a deck from the convicted con artist Anna Delvey, https://www.are.na/block/2250665 https://www.are.na/block/2250665 The strongest slide is the team, whi

by dblock 7y ago

Here's a deck from the convicted con artist Anna Delvey, https://www.are.na/block/2250665 https://www.are.na/block/2250665 The strongest slide is the team, which includes 2 PhDs, and an MIT research scientist.

dpflan 7y ago
What happened with this company and pitch?
- dblock 7y ago
  4-12 years, https://www.thecut.com/2019/05/anna-delvey-sorokin-sentenced-to-prison-after-trial.html https://www.thecut.com/2019/05/anna-delvey-sorokin-sentenced...
  - gefh 7y ago
    Ohhh, that Anna Delvey! I remember her from this long form article, well worth anyone's time: https://www.thecut.com/2018/05/how-anna-delvey-tricked-new-york.html https://www.thecut.com/2018/05/how-anna-delvey-tricked-new-y...
hangonhn 7y ago
Did they know they were on her team?
Traster 7y ago
Put this next to the old Softbank pitch deck, take the company names off and I bet you people wouldn't be able to figure out which was fake.
fortran77 7y ago
People really want to believe in a "Female Steve Jobs." I think one key to a successful scam today is a female CEO.
- jacquesm 7y ago
  This should not be downvoted. It is definitely a factor, just not quite in that way. Founder diversity is a thing and female CEO will get you funded in some cases where a male CEO would not. There is a huge push to level between males and females and in some cases the balance is shot through to the other side and critical thought loses out over the gender balance thing.
  - astura 7y ago
    https://www8.gsb.columbia.edu/newsroom/newsn/6917/why-arent-startups-founded-by-women-getting-more-funding https://www8.gsb.columbia.edu/newsroom/newsn/6917/why-arent-... >According to researchers from Columbia Business School and London Business School, businesses led by women are 63 percent less likely to obtain venture capital (VC) funding than those led by men.
    - jacquesm 7y ago
      That's not in any way contradicting what I wrote. Yes, men are much more likely to obtain funding than women. But, in some cases women are funded when men would be passed over with the same idea. It's similar to affirmative action.
- aty268 7y ago
  This is very very true.
ch 7y ago
Don't investors ever ask to meet the team first? Seems like a fair ask if one is to invest.

by dblock 7y ago

dpflan 7y ago

What happened with this company and pitch?

dblock 7y ago
4-12 years, https://www.thecut.com/2019/05/anna-delvey-sorokin-sentenced-to-prison-after-trial.html https://www.thecut.com/2019/05/anna-delvey-sorokin-sentenced...
- gefh 7y ago
  Ohhh, that Anna Delvey! I remember her from this long form article, well worth anyone's time: https://www.thecut.com/2018/05/how-anna-delvey-tricked-new-york.html https://www.thecut.com/2018/05/how-anna-delvey-tricked-new-y...

hangonhn 7y ago

Did they know they were on her team?

Traster 7y ago

Put this next to the old Softbank pitch deck, take the company names off and I bet you people wouldn't be able to figure out which was fake.

fortran77 7y ago

People really want to believe in a "Female Steve Jobs." I think one key to a successful scam today is a female CEO.

jacquesm 7y ago
This should not be downvoted. It is definitely a factor, just not quite in that way. Founder diversity is a thing and female CEO will get you funded in some cases where a male CEO would not. There is a huge push to level between males and females and in some cases the balance is shot through to the other side and critical thought loses out over the gender balance thing.
- astura 7y ago
  https://www8.gsb.columbia.edu/newsroom/newsn/6917/why-arent-startups-founded-by-women-getting-more-funding https://www8.gsb.columbia.edu/newsroom/newsn/6917/why-arent-... >According to researchers from Columbia Business School and London Business School, businesses led by women are 63 percent less likely to obtain venture capital (VC) funding than those led by men.
  - jacquesm 7y ago
    That's not in any way contradicting what I wrote. Yes, men are much more likely to obtain funding than women. But, in some cases women are funded when men would be passed over with the same idea. It's similar to affirmative action.
aty268 7y ago
This is very very true.

ch 7y ago

Don't investors ever ask to meet the team first? Seems like a fair ask if one is to invest.