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That statement borders on the obscene.

Just because someone gets anointed by family connections to money and PR, that doesn't make them an 'inspiration', regardless of gender.

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Obscene to feel for someone who fucked up their career so bad? It's just common empathy.

Not if the f-up was the result of their own fraud and they'll have a golden parachute anyway.

Obscene to think that she should be an inspiration for anybody.

C'mon, the point is a lot of people were inspired by a young woman forming a powerhouse medical company. Now we've found out it was all smoke and mirrors for years, and everyone who looked up to her was let down.

It is not that I studied her, it seemed like young, well educated, successful women, that is all.

>well educated

she dropped from Stanford at something like first year.

There are a good number of successful young females working in tech. They just aren't billionaires or hyped as much, that's all.

Here's an example:

http://www.ted.com/talks/tan_le_a_headset_that_reads_your_br...

Sure, and I was just expressing that. Like I said, I didn't study her, I might have seen article here and there.

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