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Thanks for the disclosure, Paul. We look forward to you guys checking out our application for ADstruc!
FYI ADstruc, your website is wrong, you aren't the first marketplace of that sort. Check out Tapinko.
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FYI ADstruc, your website is wrong, you aren't the first marketplace of that sort. Check out Tapinko.
Also, images for all the text? Really?
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Great post, Bastian.
I like your ADstruct concept. Having worked with a couple of out of home media companies, i feel there is definitely space for innovation. If you don't have contacts to European media buyers, fell free to dope me a line.
I feel like this is going to work against me - in a really serious way. First of all, I really liked knowing that I had a one in three chance of a woman, Jessica Livingston, reading my application. I liked how the application felt like a college application; they judge you based upon your potential and what you've done in your circumstances, not like an investor who says: "What experience and traction do you have?".…
Your comment comes off as over-dramatic, and somewhat fake, almost like you're looking more for attention than justice. Nowhere on the app does it ask you for your sex. If you were so afraid of your application being viewed differently because you are a woman, hiding that fact on the app is as simple as using an alias and answering the questions without saying 'OH YEAH, AND I'M A WOMAN.' And if you think any of those…
You can figure out that I'm a woman within 30 seconds of reading my application because of the organizations I've been involved with, what I studied, my accomplishments... oh, and of course the video.
Second, it's less about being "docked" because I'm a woman, but more about evaluators not relating to my accomplishments because what they value doesn't line up with what I've accomplished.
You can scoff at the "'they don't relate to me' crap", as you so eloquently put it. Or you can look at it for what it is: a problem in the tech world which results in a higher barrier to entry for women than it does for men.
It's easier to ignore this as if it doesn't exist and feign umbrage to me stating my fears, than it is to actually examine what goes on in an open-minded and sensitive way.
To relate to me you don't need a "a pair of breasts and a rush of estrogen" (how vulgar?!) but you do need a modicum of open-mindedness and sensitivity. Such characteristics you sorely lack.
I'm not trying to perpetuate the gender gap, but to acknowledge that it does exist in tech. Via discussion and awareness, maybe one day it will cease to exist.
That's what I really want. Men AND women evaluating me who see my potential as a businessperson even though I don't fit the mold of a traditional Silicon Valley tech entrepreneur.
Unlike most women in technology that I've met who have encountered bias and discrimination due to their gender, I'm NOT afraid to talk about it. I'm happy I brought this up and am not at all sorry that it offended you.
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Your comment comes off as over-dramatic, and somewhat fake, almost like you're looking more for attention than justice. Nowhere on the app does it ask you for your sex. If you were so afraid of your application being viewed differently because you are a woman, hiding that fact on the app is as simple as using an alias and answering the questions without saying 'OH YEAH, AND I'M A WOMAN.' And if you think any of those…
kryo, that was a really nasty, disparaging, and insensitive thing to write. You can figure out that I'm a woman within 30 seconds of reading my application because of the organizations I've been involved with, what I studied, my accomplishments... oh, and of course the video. Second, it's less about being "docked" because I'm a woman, but more about evaluators not relating to my accomplishments because what they valu…
Meh. You're being dramatic.
>man up
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kryo, that was a really nasty, disparaging, and insensitive thing to write. You can figure out that I'm a woman within 30 seconds of reading my application because of the organizations I've been involved with, what I studied, my accomplishments... oh, and of course the video. Second, it's less about being "docked" because I'm a woman, but more about evaluators not relating to my accomplishments because what they valu…
"you yourself are being sexist for assuming that a man would be so irrational and illogical for the sake of gender discrimination." Pretty much. Meh. You're being dramatic. >man up
In fact, your comment merely reinforces your gender bias, which I'm guessing many of your peers also hold.
"man up" ? Are you saying a man wouldn't get upset about gender discrimination? A bunch of men got VERY upset from the mere mention of gender discrimination--tried to put me down for suggesting it and told me to quiet down about it. Imagine if you were ACTUALLY discriminated against! What would you do?
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"you yourself are being sexist for assuming that a man would be so irrational and illogical for the sake of gender discrimination." Pretty much. Meh. You're being dramatic. >man up
Zarathu, the point is that it IS irrational and illogical--that's why it's a problem. It comes from the subconscious. Which is why so many people took offense when I brought it up... in their conscious mind they're not gender biased, but when they think about it, perhaps my more "feminine" accomplishments wouldn't be as interesting to these male evaluators as more "masculine" accomplishments. It makes perfect logical…
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"you yourself are being sexist for assuming that a man would be so irrational and illogical for the sake of gender discrimination." Pretty much. Meh. You're being dramatic. >man up
Zarathu, the point is that it IS irrational and illogical--that's why it's a problem. It comes from the subconscious. Which is why so many people took offense when I brought it up... in their conscious mind they're not gender biased, but when they think about it, perhaps my more "feminine" accomplishments wouldn't be as interesting to these male evaluators as more "masculine" accomplishments. It makes perfect logical…
As far as being discriminated against, I'm not quite sure how to answer that. My investors don't discriminate against me; I discriminate against my investors. They can't be gay or Jewish.
I too could see how some applicants would feel uneasy about this decision. Considering these are smart and savvy founders that are not investors in the applicants. Good thing YC is offering the "unapply" option for applicants. For example, the founders of http://www.thesixtyone.com , if they so happen to read my application, a lightbulb may go off in their heads. But as YC has stated, they have agreed to stop reading…
For example, the founders of http://www.thesixtyone.com , if they so happen to read my application, a lightbulb may go off in their heads. Take additional comfort in the knowledge that YC teams are small, and have far more ideas and light bulbs going off in their heads than they have time to implement. Ideas are not in short supply. Time to implement, ability to execute well, ability to connect with markets, and the…