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Substitute "white and affluent" for entrepreneurial in "They believe that successful entrepreneurs come from entrepreneurial families and that they start their
by ojbyrne 17y ago
Substitute "white and affluent" for entrepreneurial in
"They believe that successful entrepreneurs come from entrepreneurial families and that they start their entrepreneurial journey by selling lemonade while in grade school."
and you pretty well have the gist of what Jason, Fred and Silicon Valley VCs believe in. Not quite racism, but certainly when asked "what does a great entrepreneur look like?", their answer is "just like me."
- pw0ncakes 17y agoThat's the natural tendency toward "mirrortocracy". Most people are disastrously bad at assessing the talent of people who are not like them.