Thread by @cindygallop, Companion piece to @mariaaspan on female founder takedowns

Companion piece to @mariaaspan on female founder takedowns - VCs Need To Change The Female Founder Double Standard: “I don't necessarily think we're being too harsh on women founders and CEOs. I think we're being too lenient on male CEOs." @emilykramer https://fortune.com/2020/12/03/startup-female-founder-ceo-double-standard-venture-capital/

"I would like to see some consequences for male founders, and a large part of it goes to investors."

'Are female startup founders held to impossibly high standards—or are their male counterparts just generally more able to get away with bad behavior? Yes and yes, according to their employees. They lay much of the blame for that fact with VCs' @mariaaspan https://fortune.com/2020/12/03/startup-female-founder-ceo-double-standard-venture-capital/

"I would like to see some consequences for male founders, and a large part of it goes to investors."

'The power to uphold or shatter the gendered double standard for female founders lies with venture-capital investors, especially those who sit on private startups' boards of directors' @mariaaspan @fortunemagazine https://fortune.com/2020/12/03/startup-female-founder-ceo-double-standard-venture-capital/ #FundFemaleFounders #ProjectIndiscriminate

"I would like to see some consequences for male founders, and a large part of it goes to investors."

"I would like to see some consequences for male founders, and a large part of it goes to investors."

'VC community is also overwhelmingly male, and overwhelmingly reluctant to invest in women and underrepresented groups in the first place: 88% VC partners were men @allraise + only 2.6% of all venture capital in 2019 went to women-only teams' @mariaaspan https://fortune.com/2020/12/03/startup-female-founder-ceo-double-standard-venture-capital/

"I would like to see some consequences for male founders, and a large part of it goes to investors."

"I would like to see some consequences for male founders, and a large part of it goes to investors."

“Startup boards generally start from a place of wanting to preserve the founder's role in the company—but this doesn't seem to be happening in the case of female founders." @CEONYC @mariaaspan @fortunemagazine https://fortune.com/2020/12/03/startup-female-founder-ceo-double-standard-venture-capital/ #FundFemaleFounders #ProjectIndiscriminate

"I would like to see some consequences for male founders, and a large part of it goes to investors."

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