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So basically investors won't even give you the time of day if you speak with a non-foreigner accent and aren't affiliated with an ivy-league university. Everyt
by lhnz 13y ago
So basically investors won't even give you the time of day if you speak with a non-foreigner accent and aren't affiliated with an ivy-league university.
Everything I've heard about startup investment recently has made me feel sad about the world.
- daveove 13y agoThis is one specific investor therefore I'd caution making generalizations about "investors" in general. Accents - I presume you mean "if you speak with a foreign accent" and are alluding to PG's comments about accents. I'd read PG's clarification on the context of the comment. http://paulgraham.com/accents.html http://paulgraham.com/accents.html TLDR; it has more to do with the inability to understand what is being said. That said, raising capital is challenging.