To raise another, less misogynist, possibility: she does indeed appear to excellent at selling her idea. So maybe that let to her success in VC circles. There&#x27;s also a lot of precedent in people dropping out of college and being success. Not just with software but also, for example, hardware – which is more similar to biotech. Considering the Wozniak&#x2F;Jobs success with hardware in the 80ies, I don&#x27;t find it entirely implausible that a smart hacker could be successful in biotech even without a doctorate these days.