The 'Queen of the Internet' defends Kleiner Perkins in gender discrimination trial

One catchphrase that keeps popping up in the Kleiner Perkins trial is "needed a win." Why was Ellen Pao denied a board seat? Kleiner patriarch John Doerr said the senior partner who got the gig "needed a win." "Kleiner needed a win. If a billionaire venture capitalist like Doerr is aching for a win, just imagine how equal rights advocates in Silicon Valley — faced with platitudes about diversity, being called crazy, or deafening silence — feel. "I think Kleiner Perkins is the best place to be a woman in the business," Meeker told the court without a hint of hesitation.

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