I really don't like your tone about female CEOs. UBeam and Theranos are terrible examples. Far more companies have been run into the ground by male leadership.
There's a present fad to seek out and support female contenders, and this makes those with good intentions meaty targets for those inclined to exploit good intentions.
It's not that women are less capable, it's that there's an angle where well meaning individuals may be exploited by predators.
In a way, it's flattery to claim that there may exist women who are aware of this opportunity and are exploiting it.
Guessing the tone right is hard on a pure-text medium. I was not referring to leadership abilities of various genders, but to the recent market trend where the gender (and age!) of the founder/ceo forms a major part of the pitch and media image.
that's not the point; there are many successful female founders; the point I'm raising is some VCs, even top tier, rush to be the investor in next big startup run by a female founder, without doing the proper research about the company or the technology.
PS - I'm a dude