5 Things I Emailed This Week: Tech, Startups, Women
- I got to meet Alexis Ohanian and hear him talk about Hipmunk years ago—I think he’s great. || The Don’ts That Turned Alexis Ohanian into the Leader He Is Today
- Love this word: “Intrapreneurs!” || Intrapreneurs: Improving Internal Innovation/
- I’ve long been a loyal Lyft-only user based on sheer average niceness of driver, and I certainly don’t like the extreme sexism coming out at Uber, but I’ve never seen the original pitch deck for a brand whose name became ubiquitous for an entire category of product*, so curiosity wins out over principle in sharing this with you. || The Beginning of Uber
*I literally will text “called the Uber” as I press the Lyft button … you can’t even ‘call’ a rideshare service and I don’t have the Uber app on my phone.
- Or, to the people who have literally asked me, “is sexism really that prevalent?” Yes, yes it is. || Why Women Can’t Just Get Over It
- Fave quote: “A mattress company was burning investor money on pun-themed boat parties for people who had already bought a mattress from the company.” || Casper Mattress: Philip Krim
