If you make a list of the most successful tech investors, you&#x27;re going to find that they&#x27;re not as a rule all technologists. Ron Conway has a poli sci degree. Fred Wilson has a finance background. Peter Fenton at Benchmark has a Philosphy degree.<p>Note though that it&#x27;s only the women who get dinged as &quot;girlfriends&quot; tagging along with their technologist boyfriends when they co-found immensely successful venture capital firms.<p>Hopefully that helps you understand the immediate negative reaction your comments generated.