11 September 2017
From the section Magazine
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| Eileen Carey |
"A Silicon Valley CEO reveals her
secret to getting ahead in business - dyeing her blonde hair brown, and
ditching her heels and contact lenses.
"Eileen Carey is a successful CEO, in her early 30s, with glasses and brown hair.
"But she didn't always look the way she does now.
"'The first time I dyed my hair was actually due to advice I was given by a woman in venture capital,' she says.
"Carey was told that the investors she was pitching to would feel more comfortable dealing with a brunette, rather than a blonde woman.
"'I was told for this raise [of funds], that it would be to my benefit to dye my hair brown because there was a stronger pattern recognition of brunette women CEOs,' she explains.
"Pattern recognition is a theory which suggests people look for familiar experiences - or people - which in turn can make them feel more comfortable with the perceived risks they are taking.
When she had blonde hair, Eileen says she was likened to Elizabeth Holmes, whose company Theranos has been through a lot of controversy.
"'Being a brunette helps me to look a bit older and I needed that, I felt, in order to be taken seriously,' Carey says."
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| Eileen Carey used to have blonde hair and wear contact lenses |
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Those roots look pretty dark to me.
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