PhDs are people too. They can have very different backgrounds. If the biggest, boldest, thing you see in the candidates with PhDs is always them having PhDs, yo

PhDs are people too. They can have very different backgrounds. If the biggest, boldest, thing you see in the candidates with PhDs is always them having PhDs, you are painting everyone with a PhD with the same brush, you are having incorrect prejudices, and probably making a mistake. Similarly, considering the author's self-declaration of being a TechStars alum, I also could pass judgement about them being a second-rate company since if you are willing to go through an accelerator, and you have not gone into YC, that probably means something. Luckily I know better than that. But I bet this superficial judgement would be more statistically accurate than painting all PhDs with the same brush.