揭露关于女性创业的误解_BEC初级作文

揭露关于女性创业的误解

CB: The first round was a seed round. I was actually approached by a partner within a VC firm, and the partner felt that there was an opportunity around a new product category of robots in the home. We started talking because of my expertise in robotics, and I was at a point in my carer where I was interested in commercializing the work that I had done academically [Breazeal is an associate professor of media arts and sciences at MIT]. Things move really fast pace in the entrepreneur world and time is money. You are having to make the best decisions you can with incomplete information.

CB：第一轮是种子投资。当时有一家风险投资公司的合伙人找到我，他认为一款新型家用机器人产品中蕴含着商机。因为我拥有机器人科学的专业知识，并且我当时也很有兴趣将学术上的成果商业化[布雷西亚是麻省理工学院（MIT）媒体艺术与科学副教授]，因此我们开始交谈。在创业领域，形势瞬息万变，时间就是金钱。你必须在信息不全面的情况下，做出最好的决定。

What are some of the biggest myths about being a ‘woman entrepreneur’?

作为“女性创业家”，你遇到的最大的误解是什么？

SK: There are plenty of stories, and I have been in plenty of situations when I was younger, where male investors wanted to sleep with me and they didn’t want to do business with me. Yes, there are some bad eggs out there that are men, but there are some women who are equally as snotty. Sexism exists, especially if you are young and good looking, but those are not the type of people you want to be around anyway. I don’t know how to make an asexual society. We are in a time right now when a huge set of swell is coming. There are a bunch of waves that are terrible that you don’t want to ride, but there are also a bunch of awesome waves that seem crazy – but you be great if you got on top of them. If you go to raise money and you find a guy that is an ass, move on. You have to remember that even if you have a good idea, people could still say no 100 times.