Post #834787
2026-02-10 15:33 UTC
Finished Invisible Women:
Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
By Caroline Criado Pérez
Really well written and researched.
Got me thinking Apple women design leads and amazing market share growth in laptops. Women in leadership at Microsoft has been a refreshing change I must say.
Thought back on a startup I did as part of a startup factory diverse experiment; fastest launch and validation. Amazing CEO. Performance data off the charts… all except Investor interest lower. Data not enough.
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@renedudfield@fosstodon.org 2026-02-10 15:51
With that data it was expected that investors would all want to get in. Ended up having to do PR showing the CEO with boxing gloves showing aggression, and other nonsense to counteract the silliness. So raised the next round pretty well, but not to the level expected. It’s done multiple rounds since. This year the EU opened up a single investment market and startups are getting 2.3x times US startup investments. Probably that style company would do much better now… ? Larger pool of investors.