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> ...they are screened for such behavior, including a background check for incidents that happened before they got involved in YC However a background check ma
by pkaye 8y ago
> ...they are screened for such behavior, including a background check for incidents that happened before they got involved in YC
However a background check may not initially uncover anything because many of these incidences happen in private and due to the power dynamics many of the victims don't report it publicly.
- femto113 8y agoSure, but I don't see that as an argument against doing them. Even with an imperfect process I expect at least some people with a history of harassment would be deterred from even applying. If the potential penalties for lying about your past or committing harassment are sufficiently significant (i.e. exclusion from future YC events) it would incentivize VC firms to police their own employees and partners, and send only their best behaved to founder events.