The epic startup story of Karl and Bertha Benz

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2 pointsgeopsist4 comments

Oh that last statement... Such a disappointment. The entire post was well written and brought out the point of a partnership and 'doing what it takes', 'giving it all you've got' pretty well and then it ends with 'a woman's ingenuity and persistence'. Is that the point of the post? That sometimes you need a woman 'cos they bring some special ingenuity and persistence?

nope it was not :) but you can agree that she did "see" it with another view. just my two cents :) no offence there

Sorry, I might've jumped the gun and read it in way that was unintended. The statement could very well have been '...That or a person's unique insight and persistence.'

I guess the reason I misread is because as I was reading the post I was thinking 'wow, that's awesome ! she did all of that despite being a woman in the 1800s (when typically I presume this behavior would be frowned upon)' and then I read the last bit and thought, is he saying that she did that because she was a woman ?

Interesting how the content you read (past tense) influences what you read.

You are right. It was just pure awesomeness that she did back in 1800s. Sorry for my bad writing :)

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