I suspect that being a woman was both a help and a hindrance. The company went from a valuation of $10 billion to zero overnight and she's been sentenced to 11

I suspect that being a woman was both a help and a hindrance. The company went from a valuation of $10 billion to zero overnight and she's been sentenced to 11 years in prison for fraud. As far as I can tell, her gender in no way "helped" anything good. It likely helped grow this debacle into one of much larger proportions than it otherwise likely would have been. And when I talk about that, I usually get dismissed out of hand, not taken seriously as a woman going "So, let's say you're a woman -- as I am -- and want to actually start a real business. Just how does one not end up with this kind of debacle if my thoughts on how and why it went so badly have any merit?"