Actual @paulg quote on YC's evaluation criteria: "a really bad indication is a CEO with a strong foreign accent". http://2.dashes.com/16JHtHJ
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@paulg you've raised this kind of point many times. Would love to read an essay on how your pattern matching isn't systematic exclusion? -
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@fascinated I'm acting like he influences the tech industry's priorities.
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@DerianBaugh give me the context where "they must just be clueless if they haven't gotten rid of their strong accent" is unobjectionable. -
@anildash I'm not saying it's unobjectionable. I'm not saying it's not hurtful. I'm not saying it's right... Only that it's his observation. -
@DerianBaugh so the fact it's his observation means… what, exactly? He shouldn't be criticized for it?
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@om Exactly. This really struck a nerve for me. Some thoughts: http://expletiveinserted.com/2013/08/27/strong-foreign-accent/ …@paulg@anildash
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Great news. Market validation of my prototype RT
@Valleywag:Powerful tech VC Paul Graham praises hiring discrimination http://valleywag.gawker.com/anti-foreigner-vc-also-supports-hiring-discrimination-1215372055 … -
I wonder how entrepreneurs with an accent "so strong that people can’t understand them" managed to get to YC in order to pitch
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