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Cassidy: Gender Is a Very Small Signal in Startup Success
“And the role that gender plays is quite frankly a very, very, very small signal. You know, a lot of different things it takes to be successful.”
Cassidy: 88% of Female Tech Founders Recommend Entrepreneurship
“Overall, 88% of the women surveyed said they would wholeheartedly recommend entrepreneurship.”
Cassidy: Diversity Initiatives Fail When Restricted to Women-Only Networks
“I think one of the biggest problems, I said this at TechCrunch Disrupt a couple weeks ago, people ask me, like, what is the problem with all of these efforts? I'm like, the problem is it's women for women, okay? I mean, it should be men and women for great tal…”
Cassidy: Only 25% of Surveyed VC Startup Boards Have Female Directors
“I think by our measure, at most, 22 to 25% of boards in the venture capitalists who are part or partners with us on the board list, about 25 gave us their data. And we also got data from one of our other sponsors, Wilson Sensini. Only about 25% of boards have …”
Cassidy: Startups Should Use One-Year Terms for Independent Board Directors
“In private companies, board seats are relatively low risk, high opportunity. If you are not so sure about someone, you set a board term. Like, in a startup, for somebody to give you a year of their time, by the way, that's plenty. You don't need to put somebod…”
Cassidy: Startup Boards Are Usually Too Late to Spot Internal Issues
“The one challenge of boards, and this is true, and this is one of the challenges performance wise, is boards are often too late to understand what's going on in a company, right?”