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I’ve personally conducted business with Patrick, and integrity isn’t a term I’d associate with him. Most polite term I can think of would be “shrewd”.
by jongorer 5y ago
I’ve personally conducted business with Patrick, and integrity isn’t a term I’d associate with him. Most polite term I can think of would be “shrewd”.
- rvnx 5y agoI don't think integrity fits into any of the metrics that you have to report to YC.
- guiriduro 5y agoThen its a pity, and an opportunity to improve or move aside for an organisation that does (and stronger ethics reputation for graduates thereof.)
- lostlogin 5y agoOuch.
- ignoramous 5y agoAt least they ask founders to be not mean [0] and specifically be nice [1] but do ask them to be relentless [2] and formidable [3], which may come off as shrewd? [0] http://paulgraham.com/mean.html http://paulgraham.com/mean.html [1] http://paulgraham.com/safe.html http://paulgraham.com/safe.html [2] http://paulgraham.com/relres.html http://paulgraham.com/relres.html [3] http://paulgraham.com/earnest.html http://paulgraham.com/earnest.html
- dang 5y agoYC has pretty strong ethical guidelines for founders and people have been removed from YC for violating them, so I'm not sure where you're coming from with that, unless it's just a cheap shot.
- rvnx 5y agoIt's not YC specific but systemic sadly.
- nixass 5y agoIt also may be a way how Irish do business. Had many interaction with CEOs from there, very poor experience I must say.
- quadrifoliate 5y agoAs someone who has had to face casual racism like this a lot due to being Indian, please take these casually racist tropes somewhere else. It's not okay.
- dang 5y agoPlease do not post nationalistic or ethnic slurs to HN. It's not what this site is for, and it destroys what it is for. That should be obvious if you're familiar with the site guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html - would you please review them?