The Ledger

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What-if
Naficy: Male founders receive more VC credit for past entrepreneurial success
“I think that if I were a man, I would probably Have gotten a little bit more credit for what I'd previously delivered. I think the personal reputation effect of what had happened with E would have magnified.”
Mariam Naficy Jun 4, 2018 ▶ 34:12 Minted: Mariam Naficy
Assertion Supported
Marla Beck: Competitors Eve.com and Gloss.com raised $10M to $20M each
“Eve.com, gloss.com, all of these other companies had raised 10 to twenty million dollars each, and so we were way behind.”
Marla Beck Oct 24, 2022 ▶ 27:22 Bluemercury: Marla and Barry Beck
Disclosure
Naficy: Raised a $2.5 million angel funding round to start Minted
“I was actually able to raise a pretty big angel around of two and a half million dollars, which is big for an angel around.”
Mariam Naficy Jun 4, 2018 ▶ 26:02 Minted: Mariam Naficy
Assertion Supported
Naficy: Eve.com closed its sale two weeks before the dot-com crash
“We closed it in April, 2000, Two weeks later, the market started crashing.”
Mariam Naficy Jun 4, 2018 ▶ 20:04 Minted: Mariam Naficy
Assertion Supported
Naficy: Eve.com generated $10M in sales during its first year
“I mean, we did ten million dollars in sales in our first”
Mariam Naficy Jun 4, 2018 ▶ 18:51 Minted: Mariam Naficy
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