A Reminder To Investors
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A Reminder To Investors
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#3Sad that it even needs to be said, but I could easily see people attempting to take advantage.
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#4Such a simple thing to write, but so useful. Waiting excitedly to see who else will follow suit.
Good call.
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#5I perfectly understand intolerance towards sexual harassment but I wonder what qualifies as "inappropriate romantic behavior" in this context. You can not ask a founder "on a date"? What's if is the other way around?
EDIT: of course this is coming from a nobody. I'm just curious.
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#6She hasn't made the point "explicit" (stated clearly and in detail, leaving no room for confusion or doubt [1]), because it isn't clear what "inappropriate" means.
edit: Using the word "inappropriate" makes the statement ambiguous because it states there is some sexual or romantic behavior that is "appropriate" (suitable or proper in the circumstances) [2].
If the intent here is to state that sexual or romantic behavior is inappropriate and there is a zero tolerance for this behavior, this statement fails to achieve that.
This kind of ambiguity is problem with corporate-speak in general.
Why would you write the following, which doesn't mean anything:
Y Combinator has a zero tolerance policy for inappropriate sexual or romantic behavior from investors toward founders.
When you could write:
Don't even ask founders out at demo day.
[1] https://www.google.com/search?q=explicit [2] https://www.google.com/search?q=appropriate
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#7I perfectly understand intolerance towards sexual harassment but I wonder what qualifies as "inappropriate romantic behavior" in this context. You can not ask a founder "on a date"? What's if is the other way around? EDIT: of course this is coming from a nobody. I'm just curious.
You wait until after demo day and the conflict of interest has cleared, before asking someone on a date. It's not that tough.
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#8I perfectly understand intolerance towards sexual harassment but I wonder what qualifies as "inappropriate romantic behavior" in this context. You can not ask a founder "on a date"? What's if is the other way around? EDIT: of course this is coming from a nobody. I'm just curious.
Correct: if your interactions with a founder are cabined by professional settings --- demo days, funding pitches, going for coffee to talk about their company --- romantic overtures are inappropriate. Similarly: if you're in process, at any stage, with a company, overtures to their founders are inappropriate.
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#9Was there something to spark this post? Or is it simply a reminder?
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#10She hasn't made the point "explicit" (stated clearly and in detail, leaving no room for confusion or doubt [1]), because it isn't clear what "inappropriate" means. edit: Using the word "inappropriate" makes the statement ambiguous because it states there is some sexual or romantic behavior that is "appropriate" (suitable or proper in the circumstances) [2]. If the intent here is to state that sexual or romantic behav…
I think for 99.9% of the human population (I hope!), they understand what inappropriate means. ask an adult if you aren't sure.