A middle finger to Calvinism.
The people at the meeting for female entrepreneurs looked at me as if I were Sywert van Lienden’s twin sister. Someone then responded with the assumption that, with a statement like that, I must have been raised with a silver spoon, and then wondered out loud whether I was socially engaged at all.
The reaction fitted a pattern I recognised. The moment women talk about what successful entrepreneurship is, the focus is on the social impact they make. Celebrating and valuing financial success is almost looked down on. And that is where the shoe pinches for me.
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