By Sarah McBride SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – When she started her child-support tracking business SupportPay, Sheri Atwood expected all kinds of suggestions – but not the tip she got from a female investor who suggested she dye her blonde hair darker to be taken more seriously by venture capitalists. To Atwood, who eventually won her […]
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Since venture capitalists were wary of investing in anything that didnt have proven traction with an audience of early adopters, it was difficult for small, independent developers to find outside funding. The rise of platforms like Kickstarter and Indiegogo has changed all that. With a working prototype and a slick demo video, hardware startups have […]
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2014
Silicon Valley has taken some serious heat lately on many fronts; in fact, as Noah Smith puts it on Bloomberg View , it’s effectively been branded the new “Mordor.” Among its evils: “venture capitalists who trick bright young people into throwing their lives away on hopeless startups; sexist ‘brogrammers’ who treat…
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