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glimshetoday at 11:03 AM3 repliesview on HN

It sure did. And it backfired in a way that could make future female innovators guilty by association. I can see investors asking themselves "That girl looks sharp, but is she another Elizabeth Holmes?"


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epistasistoday at 4:06 PM

Interestingly you won't find this for well connected white males.

Sam Bankman Fried didn't hurt anybody else in his gender class, but somehow now all women have to carry the baggage of Elizabeth Holmes.

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FranzFerdiNaNtoday at 11:07 AM

Plenty of male-led businesses also turned out to be scams, and yet no one goes 'that guy looks sharp, but he is male so seems suspicious'. Which only proofs how deep sexism is rooted.

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