The epic startup story of Karl and Bertha Benz

The epic startup story of Karl and Bertha Benz(medium.com)

2 points by geopsist 10 years ago | 4 comments

devnonymous 10 years ago |

Oh that last statement... Such a disappointment. The entire post was well written and brought out the point of a partnership and 'doing what it takes', 'giving it all you've got' pretty well and then it ends with 'a woman's ingenuity and persistence'. Is that the point of the post? That sometimes you need a woman 'cos they bring some special ingenuity and persistence?

geopsist 10 years ago | |

nope it was not :) but you can agree that she did "see" it with another view. just my two cents :) no offence there

devnonymous 10 years ago | | |

Sorry, I might've jumped the gun and read it in way that was unintended. The statement could very well have been '...That or a person's unique insight and persistence.'

I guess the reason I misread is because as I was reading the post I was thinking 'wow, that's awesome ! she did all of that despite being a woman in the 1800s (when typically I presume this behavior would be frowned upon)' and then I read the last bit and thought, is he saying that she did that because she was a woman ?

Interesting how the content you read (past tense) influences what you read.