1 Jul
2015
1 Jul
'15
2:01 p.m.
I found out also that I'm not very interested in working on products for children ..
Maybe for their parents .
That people from non profits / slow paced industries like education / social work and
social movements do not really work well with start up people and they have to be
contained in order to produce productive collaborations
That as a woman you'll be pressure to work on amateur hobby projects involving
education for girls
/ anything involving feeding kids in Africa and shut out of consideration for anything
more than that . Why bother with finance or electronics ?
But in the end there are a lot of great folks out there! It's an awesome ride
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On Jul 1, 2015, at 1:55 PM, Romy Ilano
<romy(a)snowyla.com> wrote:
Adam
We all go through these issues. We've all been there
I attempted to work on a children health eating idea a few years ago.
I was was also burned out
Engineers don't immediately respect you if you look like a young girl despite years
of experience ; having money is so important ;
People give advice but it's not always correct; there are lots of cool people who
who'll help you ;
Start up events are important but you must prioritize ; you'll meet a lot of people
but it's important to filter politely ; this stuff is hard; if people find out
you're working on a Health App they'll aggressively push 1500 calorie greasy
burritos on you;
Unfortunately there are a lot of cultural forces at play ; companies do not really make
money when people eat less and get healthy ; most major health problems can be solved in
the U.S. By avoiding most processed and fast foods not by buying more healthy food ;
exercise doesn't really make you that much healthier compared to avoiding most snacks
and standard American diet
Like Marc said take notes. Usually most of your thoughts are wrong often you're right
I came out of it learning how to code, avoiding making html 5 apps, lost a marriage, a
boyfriend, still nearly bankrupt but I learned a lot!
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