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You clearly don’t know the history of YC or haven’t been involved in a startup. Paul and Jessica started YC together. Saying she is like Bill Gates’ wife is ludicrous. Maybe “Paul Allen” would be less wrong.
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Jessica Livingston (2015)
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Re: Jessica Livingston (2015)
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Let’s not ignore the sexism here, because what you’ve written is pretty a blatant example. Besides that, the fact that you seem to have unironically written something like this:
> Things like walking home alone in the dark and other activities with low probability of danger they just are more reactive to it for various reasons.
makes me feel that you are either completely ignorant of women’s issues or minimizing them, neither of which helps your case.
Re: Jessica Livingston (2015)
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Let’s not ignore the sexism here, because what you’ve written is pretty a blatant example. Besides that, the fact that you seem to have unironically written something like this: > Things like walking home alone in the dark and other activities with low probability of danger they just are more reactive to it for various reasons. makes me feel that you are either completely ignorant of women’s issues or minimizing them…
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Re: Jessica Livingston (2015)
#184Earlier quoted context omitted.
Devil's Advocate: what are the counter examples for her x-ray vision for character?
Not necessary a counter example but with all the Reddit drama right now, I would like to know her opinion on Steve Huffman and if he is fulfilling expectations.
Looks like she has an interview with him on her podcast. :)
Re: Jessica Livingston (2015)
#185> No one understands female founders better than Jessica. But it's unlikely anyone will ever hear her speak candidly about the topic. She ventured a toe in that water a while ago, and the reaction was so violent that she decided "never again." I wonder how much wisdom has been lost bc of this effect. I feel like society needs to create a much larger incentive for thoughtful people to share their wisdom. Today, you st…
For the curious, I think this is what pg is referring to: https://valleywag.gawker.com/paul-graham-says-women-havent-b... (so glad that “news site” is dead BTW). He made some Summers-like foray on female founder’s abilities, I remember it was a big deal at the time, now I don’t know if many people remember it (note to self about any moral battle du jour that seem so important). I have no data to back this up but alwa…
Just when you think your opinion on journalists cannot possibly go any lower, they are going the extra mile.
Re: Jessica Livingston (2015)
#186Earlier quoted context omitted.
For the curious, I think this is what pg is referring to: https://valleywag.gawker.com/paul-graham-says-women-havent-b... (so glad that “news site” is dead BTW). He made some Summers-like foray on female founder’s abilities, I remember it was a big deal at the time, now I don’t know if many people remember it (note to self about any moral battle du jour that seem so important). I have no data to back this up but alwa…
I seem to recall it was “The Information” that was the chief instigator.
You’re right, Valley Wag summarized the interview done by The Information: https://www.theinformation.com/articles/yc-s-paul-graham-the...
Re: Jessica Livingston (2015)
#187Jessica is one of my favorite people from the YC community, and I think that’s a commonly shared opinion!
Re: Jessica Livingston (2015)
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Maybe the secret to being a good evaluator is to not do a distracting different task at the same time.
Chris Voss talks about this in his book "Never Split the Difference". He advocates for teams of people handling a negotiation with the most experienced negotiator just observing. The reason: it's incredibly difficult to be process, crafting and delivering responses in real time. If your primary goal is to observe the other side, that should be your sole focus. It's also incredibly valuable to have that observation he…
I learned this from Star Trek TOS where Khan congratulates Kirk on letting Spock question him while Kirk observes.
Re: Jessica Livingston (2015)
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I commented the same thing in another thread. I am not arguing the base rate or whether female founders experience discrimination, I am just arguing YC's female ratio is definitely not higher than other VC's which pg hints at due to Jessica. In fact I think other VCs have something in the range of 20% IIRC(would not mind to be corrected though).
Okay fair enough, but why look at female founders in terms total valuation percent, then? I think my point about the distortion from the (likely) exponential distribution of total valuation still stands, although in this case with regards to comparison between VCs. Isn't it straightforward to just look at percent of female founders?
> Isn't it straightforward to just look at percent of female founders?
Totally agreed. I couldn't find the numbers though.
Re: Jessica Livingston (2015)
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> I am extremely skeptical of someone who claims this ability in themselves or others. Have you never heard of someone being a good judge of character?
> Have you never heard of someone being a good judge of character? I’ve heard of people claiming to be a good judge of character, or claiming other people are, usually without evidence and as an excuse for actions which involve disregarding objective indicia of character as it relates to the decision at hand, and very often as an excuse specifically for making decisions that seem to amount to disregarding objective c…
I like to use nominative determinism to figure out who to hire, myself.
Dragonwriter, now that's a good name, you'd have a shot for sure.