A case of white male privilege at TechCrunch Startup Battlefield Africa?
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Re: A case of white male privilege at TechCrunch Startup Battlefield Africa?
#2This needs to be retitled: The story is mainly about irregularities/flawed voting in a pitch competition.
"Now, curiously, LORI Systems were not part of the initial 15 startups announced to as finalists for the event nor did their name appear on the day's printed agenda and programme."
If this is the case, then legitimate finalists and concerned attendees should complain directly to TechCrunch HQ staff (whose info is probably listed on their site) via email and Twitter. At a minimum, this and other points raised show there was a huge lack of transparency, which shouldn't be swept under the rug.
Re: A case of white male privilege at TechCrunch Startup Battlefield Africa?
#3This needs to be retitled: The story is mainly about irregularities/flawed voting in a pitch competition. "Now, curiously, LORI Systems were not part of the initial 15 startups announced to as finalists for the event nor did their name appear on the day's printed agenda and programme." If this is the case, then legitimate finalists and concerned attendees should complain directly to TechCrunch HQ staff (whose info is…
The product demo was a google spreadsheet. For a company with $1m in seed capital come on
Re: A case of white male privilege at TechCrunch Startup Battlefield Africa?
#4This needs to be retitled: The story is mainly about irregularities/flawed voting in a pitch competition. "Now, curiously, LORI Systems were not part of the initial 15 startups announced to as finalists for the event nor did their name appear on the day's printed agenda and programme." If this is the case, then legitimate finalists and concerned attendees should complain directly to TechCrunch HQ staff (whose info is…
We agree and have raised the issues.