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What percentage are married and/or have kids I couldn't even guess, because we don't ask... Is this something you don't ask because you don't think it's a useful question, or because your lawyers told you to not ask it? I would expect that "what does your significant other think of this" would be an illuminating question where relevant, both in terms of demonstrating an ability to recognize problems and demonstrating…
IANAL but I think it would be legal to ask; we're investing in people's startups, not hiring them. The reason we don't ask about such things is that we don't care. Interviews are only 10 minutes long. We need to spend that time talking about the startup.
Huh. Given how much people keep talking about how the team matters more than the startup idea, this surprises me.
Or is it that talking about the startup is the fastest way to learn about the people?