How ‘the Motherhood Penalty’ Plays Out for Startup Founders

How ‘the Motherhood Penalty’ Plays Out for Startup Founders
My experience fundraising while pregnant made it clear that VCs should reflect the experience of the founders they purport to support
Roxanne Petraeus
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Jul 30, 2020
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Photo: pixdeluxe/E+/Getty ImagesMidway through a call with a prominent venture capitalist last fall, he asked me, apropos of nothing, if I was pregnant. Previously, we’d been…
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Written by Roxanne Petraeus
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Co-founder of Ethena, Army veteran, and pun appreciator
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