YCombinator Startup School is back, baby, and literally the first field in the signup form is gender.
https://blog.ycombinator.com/announcing-startup-school-2019/ …pic.twitter.com/KrZxJSZVgl
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I personally find the LinkedIn field just as offensive
Yeah but I can only get offended incrementally
The explanation may be even more offensive if they, like a lot of VCs, psychologically profile founders looking for "high performance traits" using a framework built for – and by – straight cis white wealthy men.
Worth pointing out that this is startup school, which is not selective in the way the YC program itself is, but rather aims for scale.
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