Uber? Rife with the same a*hole culture that exists in male-dominated Silicon Valley? How shocking!!! If youre a woman, and ride in Uber cars, you should read this article and do some additional homework. Because we should care. Here’s what I told investors the last few weeks when we’ve had this debate: You can certainly invest based only on the place you expect to find maximum return. That’s your job and your prerogative. But when it comes to the mounting misogyny in the tech world, you can’t sit on stage at industry events and say you care deeply about the state of women in the startup world and silently support assholes like these. You simply can’t have it both ways. And I’m going to be there to call it out, whether anyone listens or not. I’m particularly disappointed with Uber investors like Sherpa’s Shervin Pishevar or Jason Calacanis who I know well, have supported Kalanick’s antics, and have young daughters. They should care. They should be horrified. So, I’m turning that advice on myself: I’ve finally deleted Uber from my phone. For one thing, I increasingly don’t feel safe as a woman taking it, frequently late at night and alone. I’ve got a good solid alternative in Lyft, and life is too precious for me to put mine at risk.
Posted on: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 18:49:55 +0000
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