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How the myth of the ‘girlboss’ harms emerging women in tech

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Glossier affirmed our inherent beauty, then reminded us that we can be even more beautiful if we buy their “Boy Brow” pomade, which sold one tube every 32 seconds by 2018. Glossier founder Emily Weiss speaks at TechCrunch Disrupt in 2018 Image Credits: TechCrunch. — Sophia Amoruso (@sophiaamoruso) June 1, 2022.

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Venture capitalists ‘like and subscribe’ to influencers

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Upfront Ventures Raises > $650 Million for Startups and Returns > $600 Million to LPs

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Photo by Scott Clark for Upfront Ventures (no, Evan is not standing on a box) Last year marked the 25th anniversary for Upfront Ventures and what a year it was. 2021 saw phenomenal returns for our industry and it topped off more than a decade of unprecedented VC growth.

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