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Something I've been wondering since the Forbes article - is inappropriate investor behavior illegal? The things described there would unambiguously be sexual ha
by davidtgoldblatt 12y ago
Something I've been wondering since the Forbes article - is inappropriate investor behavior illegal? The things described there would unambiguously be sexual harassment if someone's manager did them; it seems unfortunate if the only tool to fight investor/founder harassment is social pressure.
- chimeracoder 12y ago> is inappropriate investor behavior illegal? Depends on what behavior we're talking about, but the simplest answer is no - lots of inappropriate behavior is not illegal. It's not an investor-founder story, but a related and eye-opening read is the story from the co-founder of Meebo, titled "Why I Now Believe the Glass Ceiling Is Real"[0]. [0] http://blogs.wsj.com/accelerators/2013/10/11/elaine-wherry-why-i-now-believe-the-glass-ceiling-is-real/ http://blogs.wsj.com/accelerators/2013/10/11/elaine-wherry-w...