I think that, frankly, it probably is a handicap whether she thinks it is or not. There are going to be folks who write off the female single founder where they wouldn't a male single founder. It's worth recognizing that there is a barrier, and the fact that we don't see it is the single biggest reason that it isn't going anywhere.
On the other hand, I agree with you that the dominating factor is the single non-technical founder problem. I'm unclear about how this really differentiates from wannabe clients who have a fabulous idea for a start up: "and will you please build the whole thing for 1% of net?"
Well, considering how much attention her post has generated that fact that she is a female well may be to her benefit. Her entire story could be valuable for her when pursuing funding, as it's fairly unique.
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I think that, frankly, it probably is a handicap whether she thinks it is or not. There are going to be folks who write off the female single founder where they wouldn't a male single founder. It's worth recognizing that there is a barrier, and the fact that we don't see it is the single biggest reason that it isn't going anywhere.
On the other hand, I agree with you that the dominating factor is the single non-technical founder problem. I'm unclear about how this really differentiates from wannabe clients who have a fabulous idea for a start up: "and will you please build the whole thing for 1% of net?"
Well, considering how much attention her post has generated that fact that she is a female well may be to her benefit. Her entire story could be valuable for her when pursuing funding, as it's fairly unique.
She's not promising her devs 1% of equity for building the whole thing. She's hiring a dev team to build her project, and paying them work-for-hire.
The net of the article is that there's a lot of challenges building a tech startup when you're not a dev...that's valid.