so before that the internet was primarily -- now it is used by regular people for business and commerce etc saw the rise and fall of the.com industry the stock shot up within six months it was down to two. so we were all rich and poor but it was fun. i made some lasting friendships during that time. in 2013, he was a.com survivor and said i've been working in the valley for over 15 years and she's the head of sales and software company and my manager told me even though they hate the number he said to me i've been told by some people in the group and company you are abrasive. would you mind toning it down a bit and by the way your lipstick is to provide and you wear too much jewelry. she was horrified and didn't stay in the company very long but said it's unbelievable what the women are facing today. there is such unconscious bias and you need to write about it. i said i want to interview a couple more people to see what is going on so i went to other women i want to hear about the experience and the basic bias and discrimination is it really that bad. i've been researching out of silicon v

now it's becoming used by regular, normal people for business and for commerce, etc.rked on pc world magazine as a tech reporter for two years. then i got the internet bug and went to work for a software start-up called tumble we'd software. and -- tumble weed software. i saw the rise and the fall of the dot.com interest. 1999 we went public, stock shot up to 10, within -- 120 within six months it was down to 2. i made some really lasting, wonderful friendships during that time. and for me, the inspiration was in 2013, actually, i was having lunch with a girlfriend who's been in silicon valley, who's a dot.com survivor like myself x. she said, sam, i've been working if the valley now for over 15 years, and i just had a performance review. she was the head of sales for a software company. i just had my performance review, and my manager told me each though my sales team had hit the numbers out of the ballpark, he said to me i've been told by some people in your group in the company that you're a little too aggressive, and gosh, you're even abrasive. do you mind toning

etc. those are not replaceable by technology. however, the methods for managing that, for commerce flowing through them are all digital -- expediapany. believe me, the billions of dollars that we have spent on technology over the last period would attest to that. those changes are forcing -- vonnie: you've been listening to erik schatzker at the global business travel association convention in boston. he's been speaking with expedia chairman barry diller. mitch mcconnell is scheduled to speak in just a few minutes. you can see the podium set up there on capitol hill. this is expected to address the failed gop house bill, the repeal idea is that now as well less than 24 hours after mcconnell dropped the replacement plan for lack of support among fellow republicans. we will bring you that news conference, live. this is bloomberg. ♪ . . a scarlet: i'm scarlet fu. julia: welcome to "bloomberg businessweek." markets."erg ♪ scarlet: we're live in bloomberg world headquarters. here's the top stories we're covering from around the world on the bloomberg. the health-care failure on capitol hill delivering a setback to president trump's a