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The biology argument is an affront to the spirit of entrepreneurialism. There's nothing natural about starting a company. Often it requires ignoring social need
by colevscode 15y ago
The biology argument is an affront to the spirit of entrepreneurialism. There's nothing natural about starting a company. Often it requires ignoring social needs and occasionally one's health. What about the need for sleep? I don't often read comments compelling founders to heed that biological requirement.
- araneae 15y ago>What about the need for sleep? I don't often read comments compelling founders to heed that biological requirement. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39699 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39699 http://www.ted.com/talks/arianna_huffington_how_to_succeed_get_more_sleep.html http://www.ted.com/talks/arianna_huffington_how_to_succeed_g... Besides your counterpoint being blatantly wrong, I don't understand why something being an "affront" to what you feel is the entrepreneurial "spirit" is a valid argument at all. It's like Christians saying evolutionary theory is an "affront" to Christianity. It very may well be, but that doesn't mean that evolutionary theory isn't correct or have merit.
- drumdance 15y agoHe's not saying that women are doomed to fail. He's just pointing out that they often make different choices than men, and that many of those choices are likely rooted in biology.