Mason  🏃‍♂️ ✂️

I'm talking about firms, and their ability to hire

How is ability to hire overhead? How does that impact their ability to service female or URM founders?

I don't know if VCs should be hiring people to "service" female founders *over* other founders, for example? It's broadly difficult to hire talent that can do a really solid critical eval of a founder team, their product, and the market, which is what a junior partner is doing

I do believe we are now having a different conversation. If I can poorly paraphrase, I understood your argument to be 1) women may not represent in industries VCs like 2) it’s labor / overhead intensive to extend beyond classic industries No?

Sort of? Industry is one axis, but I dunno; it's a hypothetical. My point is that I wouldn't be surprised if there are correlates re: gender, age, location, etc. that reveal weaknesses in the VC model rather than systemic bias, and perhaps the solution is more funding models?

Oh I am 100% in agreement that it’s systematic weakness and not bias that creates this in the VC model. I am not disparaging the intent of (most) VCs. And I’m wildly in favor of new funding models, ala http://Indie.vc  But goddamn, 97% to guys?

I'm just sayin': I know where everyone wants to put their mouth. Let's see the money, let's see the returns, etc. etc. If you think I love going contrarian against my own gender, you playin' boy. I'm just done giving a single fuck anywhere a check isn't written.

I know (suspected,) and that’s why I respect the red team so much. “I'm just done giving a single fuck anywhere a check isn't written.” FUCK YES. Been saying that shit for a long time.