There's a saying - if you can't kill the message, kill the messenger. I struck a nerve. An immigrant kid starting from a basement, public school. 2 blockbuster tech IPOs, best crypto incubator, building in web3 gaming. I earned my place in this world. The harassment I’ve received falls into three predictable buckets: 1⃣“You’re ugly / mid / fat / Asian / smell like rice” — pure misogyny and racialized contempt. 2⃣“She thinks she’s a big shot” — the gender authority gap on display. 3⃣Mocking my dating shitpost — the reality that women still get more attention for our photos than our ideas. None of this is new. But here’s what is: In the United States, abusive behaviors — especially those involving image-based mockery, sexual derogation, and targeted harassment — are not “just the internet.” They are taken seriously and handled accordingly. Every attempt to degrade, misrepresent, or weaponize my identity will be documented and addressed. Ironically, this only proves my point — and strengthens my conviction. If this industry is going to mature, founders, women, immigrants, and outsiders need to keep building anyway. So that’s exactly what I’ll do. We make this space better by refusing to disappear.