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Does this create an opportunity? Do investors who target women and unattractive men have less competition for the same product? Or does the effect last throug
by startupdiscuss 10y ago
Does this create an opportunity?
Do investors who target women and unattractive men have less competition for the same product?
Or does the effect last through all rounds of funding, customers, going public and so on? In that case the investor would be rational to mimic the preferences of the market.
I suspect it lasts through a few rounds of funding but at the point the company is large and can afford PR, and so on, it no longer matters.
This might mean that the smart investor should target the ignored company if the investor has enough money to get them to the point that they are self-sustaining.
- Danihan 10y agoUglyFounders.com?
- Mangalor 10y agoWhat's ugly is only attractive men getting funding regardless of substance. Like a beauty pageant.
- syllogism 10y agoAh but this is a Keynesian beauty pageant. The solution is not so simple. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keynesian_beauty_contest https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keynesian_beauty_contest (What I'm saying here is that if an investor believes other investors won't fund the founders, even for stupid reasons, they should pass too.)
- astrange 10y agoThis is probably two categories "attractive people" and "men" being conflated, "attractive men" are who you meet on Grindr and not at a VC pitch.