alt Hacker NewsI hear story #1 periodically, but almost never see a quote. How is this stuff said specifically? It always seems like hearsay. I'm sure it's authentic, but I'd love to hear the details on how that stuff is actually said in conversation.
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I came across this thread on twitter this morning but isn't he the CEO / co-founder and he's clearly a man? I guess I don't get the reference. I know he has a co-founder who's a female, maybe she was lead at the time?
"1. A Sequoia partner passed on Cloudflare because he didn’t think a woman could lead a security infrastructure company. Seriously. "
Really sad that people are still walking around with those beliefs.
The fact that you hear this often (also not only from the victims of this) should signal that, even without quotes, there is likely some truth to it.
Someone asked him this down the thread. He replied that it was said to him. So it’s a first party account.