The most overrated quality in a potential cofounder is experience. The most underrated is not flaking.
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I wrote that essay before we started YC. What I meant was, if I had two potential cofounders who were the same in every other respect but one was a mother with a newborn and one wasn't, I'd take the one who wasn't.
I used that example because it was one of the biggest distractions I could imagine. And having now had several kids, it's still one of the biggest distractions I can imagine.
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But why did you say women? Wouldn’t it be a distraction for men, too?
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Of course. I used women as an example because having a new baby is rarely more work for the father than the mother.
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And as a mother with three small kids and one due in 2 weeks, it’s devastating to hear this sentiment. I never applied for YC but now imagine it would have been part of your examination of my application.
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I haven't read YC applications for 5 years, but when I did we never asked or cared about this.
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Floored that you’d directly say it’s a distraction for WOMEN and not for men.
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If I were choosing between two cofounders who were the same in every other respect and one was a man with a new baby, I'd choose the other in that case too.
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