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* “Did not want to endanger my company’s funding prospects” * “I was afraid of the consequences for my ability to get future funding.” * “VCs would penalize w
by Obi_Juan_Kenobi 8y ago
* “Did not want to endanger my company’s funding prospects”
* “I was afraid of the consequences for my ability to get future funding.”
* “VCs would penalize women for coming forward by icing them out of social and professional situations and denying them funding opportunities, meaning the bad behavior rarely got outed.”
You're saying that Callisto does not address any of those issues, that it's merely posturing?
- femto113 8y agoIt's reactive rather than proactive, so yes, I view it as posturing. YC already controls access to the founders, they can leverage that to make sure that founders are kept safe. This concept is not unprecedented: I can't even chaperone a field trip at my own kids school without taking a sexual misconduct training class and signing a statement that I've never been convicted of a sex crime. YC can and should require the same sort of thing from their investors.
- tlb 8y agoOther than the invitation list to demo day, YC doesn't "control access" to founders. Founders run their own companies. They get on planes and go to conferences and meet customers and investors and potential employees. YC gives them information, but they make their own decisions. The kind of people that make great founders wouldn't sign up for having their access to anyone controlled.